Lomography Sprocket Rocket - 35mm Film Camera

Love this quirky simple little camera, results quite pleasing. However :-
1) camera back insecure so I would recomend elastic band round body to add security and stop it being easily 'knocked open'
2) frame counter confusing, you must rely on seperate dots system for each frame.
3) blue version is not blue - it is actually lilac!
4) wrist strap provided which screws into tripod mount is not the best way to carry camera. No case with a proper neck strap is avaliable.
5) would prefer hardcopy handbook rather than download

Otherwise pleased with this purchase and will persevere.🙂

The Sprocket Rocket espouses everything I returned to film photography for: it's a totally different experience using the camera than digital.
The Sprocket Rocket is a plastic film camera featuring a plastic lens that allows for panoramic shots, including the film sprocket holes in the exposure. The camera is fully manual with very few settings. You load the film, close the clip-on back, and wind the film on until a white dot appears on top of the camera, and you are ready to take a photo. If, after taking a photo, you forget to wind on the film, you will take a double exposure! Great when making an artistic choice… not so good when you have forgotten!!
Unboxing a Lomography product is an experience to be savored! With the Rocket comes an accompanying booklet and poster, which are really quite cool. However, you don’t receive a manual, for advice and guidance, you must go online.
Controls on the camera are few. Focus is manual by twisting the lens along a range from a flower icon (0.6 – 1m) to a mountain icon (1m to infinity). Shutter speed has two options: a normal shutter press at 1/100 speed or switching to bulb mode. In bulb mode, you keep the shutter pressed and time your longer exposure. Aperture control has two options: a cloud symbol designates f/10.8, and a sun is f/16. A key to making a better exposure is to consider the ISO of the film you use. I've found that Kodak Portra 800 has given me the best results so far.
When you compose a picture by looking through the viewfinder, remember it’s a blurry, rough guide only to the final shot. Leave enough room in your scene so that you don’t lose important detail in a sprocket hole! I’ve used four films in the Rocket so far and have got wildly different results. And in a world of instant digital imagery, there’s a real excitement when waiting for your images to be developed and scans to be sent back to you.
While the camera is inexpensive, buying film is expensive. My four films used so far probably cost more than the cost of the camera. Developing and processing film from the Rocket in a lab costs more than normal film cameras, because sprocket scanning requires special measures and comes at a premium. Note, unlike Analogue Wonderland, some labs do not process sprocket scans.
However, despite the additional costs involved, I am thoroughly enjoying using the Sprocket Rocket. My latest film in the camera is Revolog Lazer 400… what fun! Film photography is certainly not digital photography. It’s a different kind of pleasure and fun – but fun indeed!

my results really took me by suprise, for an all-over plastic camera the shots look great, my new favourite Lomo camera.

The Sprocket Rocket is by no means a perfect camera, however, it is very fun and a great introduction to 'sprocket photography'. Go in with the right level of expectation and hopefully you'll love the results!

Only sharp in the middle. Better results come from Brownie cameras.