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Batteries for Lomography cameras

Camera Battery Guide
Diana Instant Square 4x AAA (flash: 1x AA) Manual
La Sardina (without flash) No battery
LOMO LC-A (Original) 3x SR44 Guide
Lomo LC-A 120 3x LR44 Manual
Lomo LC-A+ 3x LR44 (SR44 also works) Manual
Lomo LC-Wide 3x LR44 Manual
Lomo MC-A CR2 (3 V or 3.7 V rechargeable) Manual
Lomo'Instant (Instax Mini) 4x AAA Manual
Lomo'Instant Automat 2x CR2 (3 V each; remote release: 1x CR1632) Manual
Lomo'Instant Automat Glass 2x CR2 (3 V each; remote release: 1x CR1632) Manual
Lomo'Instant Square Glass 2x CR2 (3 V each; remote release: 1x CR2025) Manual
Lomo'Instant Wide 4x AA (remote release: 1x CR2025) Manual
Lomo'Instant Wide Glass 4x AA (remote release: 1x CR2025) Manual
LomoApparat AA (for the flash) Manual
Lomography ActionSampler No battery
Lomography Colorsplash Camera AA (for the flash)
Lomography Fisheye No. 2 AA (for the flash)
Lomography Fisheye One AA (for the flash)
Lomography Half-frame Simple Use Reloadable AAA (for the flash) Manual
Lomography Konstruktor No battery
Lomography Simple Use Reloadable AA (for the flash)
Lomography Spinner 360° No battery
Lomography Sprocket Rocket No battery
LomoKino No battery
Lomomatic 110 CR2 (3 V only) Manual

Here you’ll find Lomography cameras that use batteries, each listed with the battery type, how many it needs and a link to buy them. The details come from Lomography’s manuals and technical specifications (as of September 2026). On the LomoApparat, Simple Use and Fisheye cameras, the battery only powers the flash, so you can still take pictures without one.

CR2 cameras are worth a closer look. The Lomo MC-A runs on a single CR2 and, according to Lomography, also works with the rechargeable 3.7 V CR2 battery. The Lomo'Instant Automat, Automat Glass and Square Glass, on the other hand, take two CR2s at 3 V each. With two 3.7 V rechargeables, they could reach up to 8.4 V instead of 6 V when freshly charged, and we haven’t found any approval for that from Lomography. For the Lomomatic 110, too, Lomography only specifies 3 V.