Two Cameras – One film (LOMO Mju)

Throwback Edit Version: I edited this in October 2024, checked the links and converted it to the new WordPress blocks format.

I must have been in a weird mood the day I took these photos and tested these cameras. I was so sure that one of them wouldn’t work that I decided not to waste a full film on both of them. After taking a few shots on one, I rewound the film and used it in the second camera. I rewound the film too far and had to use a film puller/retriever/picker to reload it in the other.

The first time I tried to use a film puller, I couldn’t get it to work. Then after watching a video like this one I have not had an issue since. Thank you camera people on YouTube and Jack 🙂

Anyway, I tested two cameras this day, two! I wonder how many cameras you can test with one film?

The first camera tested was the LOMO LCA that I sent away to be fixed. I bought this camera on eBay and it didn’t work. As you can see by these photos there should be two red lights in the viewfinder, this originally had none.

I contacted the seller and he offered to send me another free of charge, which was very generous. I tested the replacement and wrote this piece. A few weeks and a bit of money later, the once broken camera came back from Hobby Nexus. They did a great job and I highly recommend them. Here are the few shots from that half of the film.

I decided to sell this camera as I didn’t need two. I didn’t make any money on it due to the repairs, film, processing, postage etc. I didn’t mind as the seller sent me two and I would have felt obliged to repay him some money. I decided to keep the replacement and not this one due to this one having Russian din numbers in the iso selector. The replacement was just easier to use as it had ASA. I am not giving any details about the camera as I have written about this model before.

Then I retrieved the film end and placed it in the next camera. An Olympus Mju Zoom 105 deluxe. I wrote about a similar camera here. It is from 1995 and I got it for $3.

As I have already tried this model of camera, I don’t think there is a need to repeat the details. You can read more about it here. As with the other one I own, this one worked well and was easy to use. I mainly bought it because it was in good condition and very cheap. I thought I might eventually make enough money back for a film or two. Here is the rest of the film test.