Lomography Sprocket Rocket

I love the simplicity and sheer fun of Lomography A.G.'s plastic cameras, and the Sprocket Rocket delivers! I love shooting with this thing. My only gripe is that it should probably come packaged with a Digitaliza film holder; scanning the full width of 35mm film with my existing epson film holders is a little tricky (ok, actually, a LOT tricky). Because it's so light, I'm finding that it's always in my camera bag, and always loaded and ready. Because it's so fun and simple, I find that I'm taking just as many risks as I would with a Diana or Holga (or LC-A)... but with the SprocketRocket I'm burning through film just a tad faster. Oh well, that's what short ends are for...

Saw this online and liked the esthetics. When on hand it felt lighter than expected. Will use later and update thenñ review, was looking for a nice quality landscape camera and this one just popped up.

I have software on my phone that will simulate Lomo shots and I like this very much so I descided to try the real thing. I picked this particular camera because I like the sprockets being exposed and scanned / developed in the shots. Upon reciept I was surprised at how plastic, and primative, the camera was especially in relation to the price. As far as plastic is concerned it's even cheap for that. However I do appreciate the primativeness of the device. I took some shots and promptly took them to a one hour photo to get the film developed, scanned and maybe some printed. They know how to develop the film, however they did not have the capabilities to scan the sprockets or print doublewides. Well,... that's the whole thing, right? I found this to be common with "1 Hour" shops so I called some beautiq photo shops around town. They all said they could take this task on for a large premium. :( So the next option was to scann them myself and then go from there. A typicall flatbed scanner, which I have, won't work, so you have to purchase a specialized one. The off the shelf film scanners will not provide the desired results as well. So the choices I was left with were; 1 - buy a new scanner and accessory from the camera manufacturer to get the scans to work or send the film to a beautique shop. Too much of a financial and time investment for me. What have I learned from this? Bridging the digital and analog world is #$#@# sometimes.... Unless you really want to dive into this I would recommend getting a camera where the film can be easily processed. I sent this back to Amazon. Not because of the camera itself but because of the work after.

I keep finding excuses to load film into this camera. It's a little tricky and results can be unexpected, particularly if you forget to forward the film or remove the lens cap. The lens actually gets in the way of the viewfinder, so that adds to the element of surprise as well when you develop your images. It's remarkably sharp in the center, too. Just a ton of fun to use and adds to your creative options.

Processing the film is expensive!

The back cover is a little sketchy to work with.

Basic, straight-forward, fun camera that allows for a lot of exploration and creativity! Panoramic, edge-to-edge images are unique. Easy to do multiple exposures. Basic but solid understanding of photography will help you get the most out of this camera.

Unfortunately, I did not have good experiences with this camera. All of my films were very disappointing. The camera also broke very quickly (the film turner stopped working, so now I can't turn the film, which means I can't shoot).

Produit cool

If you're considering the purchase of this product then you probably already know everything there is to know about it. You've probably seen many, many pictures which have been snapped with a camera just like this one, with the results proudly displayed on Lomography.com It boasts a nice build quality and very simple function..... The one thing that makes this camera pretty unique is the ability to rewind the film while you're still shooting your roll. This gives you the ability to scroll back to a previous frame and take a double exposure, or if you want to get REALLY experimental you can advance the film whilst moving the camera to capture a HUGE panoramic shot. Okay so it's a 35mm camera which is dedicated to "sprocket hole" photography, this this respect it's a bit of a one trick pony... But it's one HELL of a neat trick!! It's true that you can modify almost ANY medium format camera to perform the same function, but this ready made solution is so much more elegantly done and takes a lot of the hassle out of converting your existing camera. The lens on the Lomography Sprocket Rocket is pretty damned wide and when this camera is paired with slide film (and cross processed) it's a killer combination! For the longest time: I was put off buying this camera because of the price tag (it ain't cheap for what it is!), but when the package arrived in the mail I finally understood how people justify the expense because not only does the Sprocket Rocket produce some fantastic photographs (when handled properly) the packaging the camera comes in makes it feel really special!! It's boxed in a presentation case made of extra chunky card and mounded plastic to make sure nothing shakes loose or rattles around in transit. The only down side is that it doesn't come with a shutter release cable, that would have made it the PERFECT package (in my view), but these are cheap enough (I recently bought one for £3 from my local camera shop).... As it stands, it's just PRETTY DAMN GOOD. In hindsight, I should have stopped worrying and agonizing over whether or not to buy the Sprocket Rocket. I should have just taken the plunge because in all honesty: This camera performs excellently, does exactly as it promises and doesn't disappoint.

Love this camera. Truly a unique and fun camera.

Macchina fotografica per panoramiche da appassionato l'ho trovata divertente.

Camera is light , being very simple, at the first film used I made mistakes the shutter isn’t coupled to anything and so multiple exposures – accidental or otherwise – are easily made , taken the first picture and so produced doubles. Like most Lomography cameras, it’s great fun to use, but you wouldn’t want it to be your only camera. The sprocket effect is cool, but gets old quickly.