Lomo LC-A and flash

[heshanj]

ive been looking into buying a lomo for quite a while now.. and i think im finally gonna go for an original LC-A on ebay.. i think i have it all worked out.. except the flash. so the LC-A has a hot shoe, but i havent been able to find out wat flash can fit on it.. any info on this, guys? and any recommendations on which flash to get? something cheap of course im spending about USD150 on the lomo, not wanting to spend anything very close to that on a flash! i know that u need the LC-A+ to use some new accessories, but the flash isnt one of them, right? u can fix a flash to the original LC-A? i heard u can find one for around $10-20, and thats wat im looking for.. something cheap, and to help me out in darker times and of course for some of those cool lomo light streaky effects. thanks for reading!

 

[PeA_NuTz]

I am using this with my LC-A:
Holga 160 MINI Flash

About SGD$20. Cheap and comes with colour filters!

Or u can get from deal extreme cheapest hot shoe flash which is usd $10.

 

[heshanj]

thanks for the reply. i was thinking also of the holga starblitz 12m-q flash
Starblitz 12M-Q Flash

i see it has a fast recycle time, which.. well, i dont know if its important in lomography, but it might be! i also see the flash duration is 1/2000 where the others have a flash duration of 1/1000. is this better/not so good? im assuming these flashes cant be adjusted manually?

im also looking at the holga 15b...which has a flash duration of 1/1000 and recycle time of much longer, 6-8 sec.. any recommendations between these? i know theyre pretty much all the same basic flashes but i usually do some research before buying even the cheapest things for my cameras

 

[heshanj]

anyone?

 

[wenger]

i would recommend the colourwheel flash by lomography, it's pretty cool and you can just change colours of the flash on the fly just by turning a knob.. but it's pretty costly though! and i don't really use the flash so much for my :C

 

[zeehamzah]

You mean the colorsplash flash?
I never tried that before...

but TS, how about RingFlash from Lomography?
Its awesome too.

 

[wenger]

oh yup the colorsplash flash, it's quite fun to use and i love changing the colours to suit the different moods i'm in.. and i even mount it with my FE-2 sometimes for fun too!

 

[heshanj]

thanks for the replies. i finally decided on a holga 15b flash. its got color filters too, and to be honest, i really dont like how the colorsplash flash looks on top of a lomo lca