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Lomography Expands Classicolor

Lomography shipped LomoChrome Classicolor in 110 format plus a preloaded Simple Use Camera in March 2026, giving its October 2025 emulsion a second and third life in one move.

By Clara Bennett · April 14, 2026 · 2 min read
Friends on a city photowalk shooting colorful compact film cameras
Lomography's model in one frame: new film, new cameras, same street.

Lomography put LomoChrome Classicolor into 110 format and a Simple Use Camera preloaded with the same stock in March 2026, per KosmoFoto — a second and third format for an emulsion that only arrived in October 2025, announced at 11.90 dollars per 36-exposure roll with shipping that November.

What is Classicolor?

The sixth LomoChrome, and a departure for the line: instead of the family's usual spectrum-bending looks, Classicolor chases a classic-photography palette — rich reds and yellows, warm skin, honest blues and greens, medium grain. It is a C-41 color negative rated ISO 200, launched as a limited 2025 formula, and trade reporting at launch linked the coating to Original Wolfen in Germany. Lomography said 120 and further formats would follow; the 110 version and the Simple Use Camera, confirmed in March 2026, are that promise arriving early.

What else moved at Lomography?

Camera hardware, loudly. The Lomo MC-A — announced October 2025 at 549 dollars — reached shooters' hands in early January 2026: an autofocus 35mm compact with a 32mm f/2.8 glass lens, metal body, manual shutter dial down to 20 seconds, and an LC-A-style zone-focus mode. Reviews landed through January 2026, and Lomography has hinted at more bodies in development. Film remains the connective tissue: MC-A preorders bundled Redscale XR, and the Simple Use program keeps feeding single-use skeptics a reloadable path into real rolls.

What does this mean for your wallet and habits?

The 110 revival gets its first genuinely new color emulsion in years — good news for Pentax Auto 110 and Minolta 110 pockets gathering dust, since fresh 110 options have been thin. For everyone else, the lesson is Lomography's cadence: limited formulas ship, sell through, and reappear in new formats, so if a look appeals, buying within the first batch at list price beats chasing the second-hand premium later. Classicolor's 11.90-dollar launch price sat between budget and professional big-brand color; whether it holds through 2026's increase season is the open question for the next quarter.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is LomoChrome Classicolor?
An ISO 200 C-41 color negative announced October 2025 at 11.90 dollars a roll, the sixth LomoChrome. It aims for a classic palette rather than spectrum shifts: rich reds and yellows, warm skin, honest blues. It launched in 35mm as a limited 2025 formula; in March 2026 Lomography added a 110 version plus a Simple Use Camera preloaded with it.
Is Lomography still making new film products?
Yes. Classicolor is the sixth LomoChrome and got a 110 version and a Simple Use Camera within five months of launch, per KosmoFoto in March 2026. The company also shipped the MC-A, a 549-dollar autofocus 35mm compact announced October 2025 that reached shooters in January 2026, and has more bodies in development.
Why does 110 format matter in 2026?
Because fresh 110 emulsions are rare. The format nearly died with its cameras, and shooters with working 110 pocket cameras have had few new-stock options. Classicolor 110, shipped March 2026, is one of the few genuinely new 110 color negatives in over a decade, turning old Pentax Auto 110 and Minolta SLR pocket cameras from curiosities back into usable tools.