The Diana World Tour aims to unite Lomographers from all over the world with one common motivation - an immense love for analog photography! It's a travelling exhibition of all things Diana - including photo safaris, learning workshops, the immense "Detrich Colletion" of classic Diana camera and Diana clones, delicious meals, and fairly out-of-control parties. Appropriately, its very first stop is Hong Kong - the birthplace of the original Diana camera of the 1960's! Running from 8/1/08 to 8/3/08, the highlights will include:

_A massive display of over 100 classic Diana & Diana clone cameras from the 60's to 70's

_The "Diana Vignettes" international photo & short story showcase

_A huge Lomography party with secret Lomography videos, tons of Diana photos, and live music

_A night photography tour around Hong Kong Island

_A daytime photography workshop & cultural tour of the Wan Chai old district

Of course, we'll bring you live blog updates and images from all of the festivities. Keep your eyes pointed at our Lomography Magazine for all the latest news!

To commemorate the Diana World Tour event in Hong Kong (the very first stop of the Diana World Tour, mind you), we're thrilled to present an exclusive limited edition clone of the Diana F+ camera. "Hong Meow" is the phonetic translation of "Panda" in Cantonese - Hong Kong's spoken language. As in neighboring mainland China, the Panda is one of Hong Kong's most beloved symbols. This limited edition was designed by the Lomography Asia team and features:

_Black and white color scheme and "Bamboo Green" wrist strap

_"Hong Meow" name plate with Panda-themed distance icons

_Customized outer box with bamboo graphics and images from the Panda photoshoot in Hong Kong

New to the Diana+? Never tasted the sweet thrill of clicking its shutter, winding its film, and peering through it's little red window. Here's all the crucial facts on this lo-fi hot-stepper:

_A faithful reproduction and a loving homage to the original 60's Diana - capable of the same dreamy & radiant images - and with a few new features tossed in.

_Its plastic lens, 2 shutter settings (daylight & "B"), 3 aperture settings, and manual focus are all hallmarks of the original Diana.

_The Diana+ offers a removable lens and super-small aperture for pinhole images, two image formats (12 or 16 square shots on a standard 120 roll), an endless panorama feature that allows for unlimited and nearly seamless panoramic shots, and both a standard tripod thread & shutter lock for easy shake-free long exposures.

_Each package includes the beautiful "Diana Vignettes" book - packed with over 200 pages of Diana history, Diana+ images, and truly off-the-wall short stories.

_The Diana F+ package includes the amazing electronic Diana Flash - to illuminate your subject with a burst of white or colored light

_Uses all varieties of medium format 120 film.

We promise to continually develop the Diana+ into the most stunning and comprehensive plastic medium-format camera system that the world has ever seen! Happily, we've already put a few notches in that belt. Here's the lineup of tasty Diana Accessories so far:

_Diana+ 35mm Back
_Diana+ 20mm Fisheye Lens
_Diana+ 38mm Super-Wide Lens
_Diana+ 55mm & Close-Up Lens
_Diana+ Splitzer
_Diana+ Flash
_Diana+ Case