# Lomography Lomo'Instant Wide Glass

- Source: https://stierproducts.com/products/lomography-lomo-instant-wide-glass
- Category board: https://stierproducts.com/categories/instant-cameras
- Placement: #11 of 18 in Instant Cameras, C tier
- Brand: Lomography
- LP on this board: 393
- Last researched: 2026-08-21T07:53:21.671Z
- Method: https://stierproducts.com/methodology
- Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22062813 - every board at once, one dated snapshot per release, same licence, prices and photographs left out
- Reuse: Text, rankings, tier assignments, LP values and verdicts are free to quote and reuse with attribution to stierproducts and a link to the source URL (CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Product photographs are not covered: they belong to their respective owners and are reproduced to illustrate the product being reviewed. Do not redistribute them under this licence.

## Verdict

The Reddit comparison lacks strong endorsement and doesn’t establish it as a clear winner.

## For

- Hand-crafted, rugged body
- Single 1 V battery lasts weeks
- Wide-angle lens with no moving parts
- Large wide-glass prints
- Distinctive vintage look

## Against

- Fragile glass lens
- Limited exposure controls

## Flagged as one to avoid

This product entered 2 of 7 runs as one buyers cross-shop but should not buy, rather than as a pick. It is published here rather than dropped.

## Evidence

Consolidated from 7 cited sources across 6 outlets

| Outlet | Said by | Stance | Link | Link status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Michael Bennett | Michael Bennett | C | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPAkGVDgYBw | fetched and confirmed |
| Capture | capture.hk | B | https://www.capture.hk/en/blog/others-6/lomography-lomo-instant-wide-368?srsltid=AfmBOoqZnyxujjvchkmdJEc0hSTsKqcivDDZDiDMUomuFNJUy2mFDKIB | fetched and confirmed |
| r/instax | u/ambitious_grain | B | https://www.reddit.com/r/instax/comments/1vqklgl/lomoinstant_wide_vs_wide_glass_is_the_glass/ | fetched and confirmed |
| Pcmag | Jim Fisher | B | https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-instant-cameras | fetched and confirmed |
| PCMag Australia | au.pcmag.com | B | https://au.pcmag.com/cameras-1/46479/the-best-instant-cameras | fetched and confirmed |
| BGR | Hisan Kidwai | B | https://www.bgr.com/2191125/best-instant-cameras-vintage-aesthetic-buy-2026/ | fetched and confirmed |
| Michael Bennett | Michael Bennett | C | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZp7k04by4k | fetched and confirmed |

## Nearest alternatives on this board

| Rank | Product | Tier | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 6 | Fujifilm Instax Mini 41 | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/fujifilm-instax-mini-41 |
| 7 | Fujifilm Instax Square SQ1 | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/fujifilm-instax-square-sq1 |
| 8 | Fujifilm Instax Square SQ40 | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/fujifilm-instax-square-sq40 |
| 9 | Leica Sofort 2 | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/leica-sofort-2 |
| 10 | Polaroid Now Gen 3 | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/polaroid-now-gen-3 |
| 12 | Fujifilm Instax Mini 70 | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/fujifilm-instax-mini-70 |
| 13 | Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo Cinema | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/fujifilm-instax-mini-evo-cinema |
| 14 | Polaroid Snap | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/polaroid-snap |
| 15 | Polaroid I-2 | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/polaroid-i-2 |
| 16 | Polaroid Flip | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/polaroid-flip |

The full board is at https://stierproducts.com/categories/instant-cameras.

## What this tier means

- C: Fair. Acceptable in the right situation, outclassed at its price.

## How to read this

- Each category is researched in four independent runs, one per lens (expert consensus, value, reliability, community pulse). Every run ranks a board of candidates that deliberately includes products buyers cross-shop but should avoid. Placements score on a ranked ladder (LP), and tiers are derived from LP, so no tier is ever assigned by hand.
- LP is this product's points on its own category ladder. It is comparable within a category and not across categories.
- Link status reports what our pre-publication link check found when it fetched the cited URL. It says nothing about the quality of the review.
- A citation with no usable link is listed rather than dropped, and is excluded from the counted total above.

## Image

https://stspimgdevmfyk46r5vwkay.blob.core.windows.net/images/products/lomography-lomo-instant-wide-glass.webp

Product photographs are not covered: they belong to their respective owners and are reproduced to illustrate the product being reviewed. Do not redistribute them under this licence.