Thanks a ton to everyone who has pledged their support and helped us to reach our funding goal!

To find out more about the Smartphone Scanner at the Smartphone Film Scanner Microsite.

If you would like to hear when the Scanner becomes available for purchase via the Lomography Online Shop, please add your email address to our Google Form before the end of February 2013.

The scanner has been featured in Wired, Petapixel, Hypebeast and these other great blogs below!

Uncrate – “Used to be scanning in film required either a flatbed scanner with a special compartment inside or a standalone scanner — neither of which were particularly cheap. Soon you'll be able to do it with nothing but your phone and the Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner”

CNET Asia – “We think this is a brilliant way of making film scanning more easily accessible. You only need your smartphone to be on your way to digitizing your childhood photos and other old memories captured before the days of digital cameras.”

Ubergizmo – “Talk about bridging the old and new schools of thought, where analogue photographers and retro-enthusiasts are able to jump aboard the digital bandwagon without missing a beat.”

Engadget – “The fine folks over at Lomography are at it again, but this time, they're out for something more than just quirky. In fact, this may be useful for many more people than those obsessed with retrofied / distorted photography.”

Pocket-lint – “Lomography aims to bring analog into the new age by acting as a film scanner that can easily hook-up with a smartphone, allowing users to scan, edit, and print 35mm film.”

Introducing the Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner

We are Lomography and we go completely crazy for all things analog. We're constantly developing an entire range of our own analog cameras, films and accessories; If you'd like to find out more about us, we'd love to be your friends on Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter; plus you can subscribe to our newsletter to hear all our latest news.

We're very excited to show you our first Kickstarter project...the Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner! This little gadget offers you an insanely simple way to scan, edit, print and share all your 35mm films.

Make Great Quality Scans Using Your Smartphone

Many of us still shoot analog photos or have heaps of 35mm film lying around at home. Maybe you have a collection of funny photos from when you were young or even funnier photos of your parents when they were young. Wouldn't it be great if you could share all those old memories in an instant? We’ve developed the Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner for this very reason; it’s a brand new way to scan your 35mm stills and the perfect tool for analog photographers and retro-enthusiasts.

The Perfect Tool For Scanning Your 35mm Films

The Perfect Way to Scan, Edit, Print and Share Your 35mm Films

Simply turn on the Smartphone Film Scanner back-light, insert your film, take a photo of it using your Smartphone and use the included App (iPhone and Android versions available) to edit and share. In an instant, you’ll end up with a digital version of your film which can be archived, emailed, posted on social media sites or printed.

The Smartphone Film Scanner was conceived as a way to offer photographers and enthusiasts a quick, easy and portable way to scan 35mm films. It offers unrivaled speed and convenience when compared to other film scanners. In addition, the scanner will work with a free integrated Lomoscanner App, which allows you to easily edit and share your scans.

Features

Instant Scanning, Instant Sharing. The Smartphone Film Scanner has been developed by a team of experienced analog engineers at Lomography who specialize in designing new analog cameras and accessories. Analog photography is our passion – and it’s this passion which drives us to want to capture every analog memory using the Smartphone Film Scanner. The scanner is designed with a direct light panel which illuminates your film; scanning each film is made as easy as capturing a photo on your phone. It scans at a quality perfectly capable for archiving, sharing and even printing.

All The Analog Images On This Page Have Been Scanned With The Smartphone Film Scanner

iPhone and Android Compatible. The Smartphone Film Scanner is compatible with all iPhone models and selected Android Smartphones* too. We're currently working on a free integrated Lomoscanner App and both iPhone and Android versions of the App will be made available. The Lomoscanner App will allow you to edit negative scans into positives, stitch together scans into seamless panoramas and animate 35mm analogue movies shot using the Lomography LomoKino camera. What's more, you can share those photos with all your friends with just the click of a button.

Works With The Integrated Lomoscanner App

In addition to working with all iPhone models, the Smartphone Film Scanner works with most Android phones too

Complete Convenience. The Smartphone Film Scanner is small and can easily be transported. Whilst back-lit photo scanners also exist for scanning negatives, these scanners are large and cumbersome. The Smartphone Film Scanner is small enough to fit in your bag or rucksack, allowing you to scan films away from home. It’s 100% mobile and easy to use.

Making A Scan Is Made As Easy As Capturing A Photo On Your Smartphone

Works With All 35mm Films. The Smartphone Film Scanner allows you to scan all different kinds of 35mm film imaginable. You can easily scan color negative, color slide and black & white films. It’s also great for scanning those unconventional photo formats including longer panoramic shots (such as those taken with the Lomography Horizon and Spinner 360° cameras) and 35mm analog movies (such as those taken with the Lomography LomoKino).

Awesome Rewards Available

We have some super rewards available for our backers. Below are a few of the highlights; check the side-bar for the full listing!

Pledge $50 - Get the Smartphone Film Scanner for a special launch price

Pledge $80 - Get the Smartphone Film Scanner and a Fisheye No. 2 camera

Pledge $90 - Get the Smartphone Film Scanner and a LomoKino camera

Pledge $100 - Get the Smartphone Film Scanner and a Diana Mini camera

Pledge $110 - Get the Smartphone Film Scanner and a Spinner 360° camera

Pledge $110 - Get the Smartphone Film Scanner and a Sprocket Rocket camera

Pledge $220 - Get the Smartphone Film Scanner and a LC-A+ camera

Pledge $320 - Get the Smartphone Film Scanner and a Horizon Perfekt camera

Pledge $390 - Get the Smartphone Film Scanner and an LC-Wide camera

Pledge $1500 - A once-in-a-lifetime trip to Lomography Headquarters. We'll treat you to 5 days and 5 nights in a great hotel. For 2 days of the trip, we will offer the complete Lomographic experience. You'll go on a trip to a traditional Viennese market searching for negatives with Lomography staff, visit Lomography HQ, build your very own LomoWall and have a night out partying with us too. And that's just the start...during your stay, you will be able to pick the leather design on your very own, one-of-a-kind customized Lomo LC-A+ camera. Of course you would also get your very own Smartphone Film Scanner too! Please Note: The time of this trip should be agreed on by both parties; you would be responsible for covering flight costs.

Pledge $5000 - The ultimate Lomography trip. Firstly, we'll treat you to 5 nights in a hotel in Vienna. You will visit a traditional Viennese market to search for negatives, spend time at Lomography HQ and build your very own LomoWall. Then we will fly you to Moscow for a trip back to the roots of Lomography accompanied by one of the Lomography founders who'll show you Russia through their eyes. We'll arrange 5 nights in a hotel for you. In Moscow, you will spend 2 days with a special Lomography program and we will organize trips for you to meet some amazing contemporary Russian artists. Of course you will also get your very own Smartphone Film Scanner too! Please Note: The time of this trip should be agreed on by both parties; we will cover the flights from Vienna to Moscow and back again and hotel costs in both Vienna and Moscow. You would pay for flights to Vienna and back home again to start and end the trip.

The Scanner Stretch Goals

With so much enthusiasm for the project, we're so inspired to see the connection between the digital and analog worlds is alive and well. With that in mind, we wanted to announce some stretch goals that we hope you're going to find pretty exciting.

$150,000 (Already Reached!) -As we have hit this major goal of $150,000, we want to offer every person that pledges an additional gift of one free Lomography Patterns Edition Leporello - perfect for all those times you want to share your photos the analog way! The free Leporello design will be picked randomly.

$250,000 - Our free Lomoscanner App is currently in development for both iPhone and Android - in combination with the Scanner you'll be able to not only easily scan all those normal 35mm photos but scan panoramas, scan and animate LomoKino movies and share them all with a click of a button. If you hit this stretch goal, we will incorporate additional features based on your input!

So if you have suggestions or ideas for the App that you would want to see realized, we want to hear from you. Drop us a line at customerservice@lomography.com with the subject line "Lomoscanner App".

If we reach this incredible milestone we will involve you in the development process and start implementing your suggestions! So, start sending us your ideas, we can't wait to hear from you!

About Lomography

We are a globally active organization dedicated to experimental and creative analog photography. We have a great, buzzing community of analog enthusiasts from all over the world.

We love the past and are keeping all the wonders of analog photography alive and kicking in the 21st Century! It's this love for analog which leads us to take trips to flea-markets to scour the stalls for amazing old images; and it's also why we are pretty chuffed with our new invention, the Smartphone Film Scanner! The Smartphone Film Scanner has been developed by Lomography and our dedicated in-house development and design team; the entire project has been spearheaded by the Lomography founders Matthias Fiegl, Wolfgang Stranzinger and Sally Bibawy.

We are currently celebrating our 20th anniversary. In our 20 years so far, we have a strong track record of developing many different cameras, films and accessories independently. For example, last year we released the Belair X 6-12, which is a new and breathtaking 6x12 medium format camera. Looking further back, we have also produced cameras such as a 35mm camera called the Spinner 360° which can take 360° panoramic shots, the LomoKino which is a 35mm movie camera and the Diana F+ which is a reinvention of a cult classic 1960s camera.

In addition to developing cameras, we also love developing new films and accessories. Last year, for example, we introduced a range of brand new 110 films to the world - a previously discontinued film we raised from the dead. We also produce accessories such as the DigitaLIZA which helps you to scan 35mm films using a regular flatbed scanner.

You can find out more about our history and the products we produce on our website http://www.lomography.com/about.

* You’ll find a list of phones we’ve tested the Smartphone Scanner with in our FAQ section below.

** All the analog photos featured on this page have been scanned with the Smartphone Film Scanner