When I saw the Kickstarter campaign I had to do a double take. Lomography was wanting to take their love of old fashioned photography a step further into the realm of instant cameras ala Polaroid with their new Automat camera. They started it a year ago with the Lomo'Instant, but now were taking it into a new level. Unlimited exposures on a single instant picture? Bulb mode with up to 30 second exposures? A lens cap with built in remote shutter control? How far can we push an instant camera?

It turns out we can push it pretty far, and they did. The Lomo'Instant Automat is a wonderful camera and a great piece of engineering. With modular lenses adding wide-angle and fisheye capability along with the ability to add filters this is far from your Mom's old Polaroid.

The added ability to set the exposure length and take multiple exposures while tripod mounted gives you a lot of the creative flexibility of a medium format or SLR in an instant, something I never would have thought of.

The camera uses physical film, so it isn't as flexible a medium to experiment with as digital can be, but there is something to be said for having that tangible record of the shot, and the serendipitous mistake that can create a one of a kind photo.

The Lomo'Instant Automat is available now from the Lomography online store for $179

The Lomographic Society is a global organization that is trying to keep interest alive in film photography, and their latest effort is to revive the tradition of instamatic photography with their newest product, the Lomo Instant.

Dead simple to use, and very easy to get decent pictures while still flexible enough to allow for some wide ranges of creativity in settings of aperture and shutter speed that you wouldn't expect to find in an instant camera.

My first two selfies taken with the Lomo Instant

The Lomo Instant they sent me is a limited edition called the Sanremo, and the kit includes the camera and the "Lomo Instant Lens Kit". This lens kit contains a fisheye lens, portrait lens, and close up lens. These lenses give you even more flexibility than you ever had with that old Polaroid.

The bottom of the camera has a chart to help you find the right flash and shutter settings on the go

The Lomo Instant uses FujiFilm instax mini instant film, an instant film that is easily found online. It develops fast with strong clear images and is fairly inexpensive.

The last thing they include in keeping with the societies goal of reviving the lost art of manual photography is a set of cards with photos and tips on how to get similar results with your camera. They range from the very simple to some very advanced techniques in the 18 card set and are a very nice group of tips.

As with their last major project, the Impossible Instant Lab, this became a reality after a successful run on Kickstarter. This is why Kickstarter is such a great idea. It launches great projects like this into the world on a regular basis. Here at Fat Boy Heaven we love Kickstarter, and we will keep bringing new and successful projects to your attention.