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Hello all, I found this awesome camera, it's called the Lomography Spinner 360°, I was wondering if anyone here had used it before and could tell me if it's worth the money when I'm a poor student and could describe to me how it actually works and how much film each pull uses, I'm worried about it using a lot because again, I am a poor student so it wouldn't be much use if I couldn't afford to run it.


http://microsites.lomography.com/spinner-360/
http://shop.lomography.com/spinner-360

it looks really awesome though and I find with my camera i lose inspiration because I only have one lens and I just tend to get bored, but with this, I think I could be inspired in new ways :)
 
Looks pretty cool although inevitably with these things the applications are a little limited. Would love to see some real results with it though!
 
Most things you'd need to know on their website.

You'd probably want to buy a film scanner to get good use out of it because of the format. Similarly, getting it developed would be tricky - have to ask for them to leave the film uncut.

Does look like fun, though!
 
this does look cool but probably something you would shoot lots to begin with then put it away!

also interested in how you scan those negs too.
 
Saw this in AP and it looks OK, not a budget buster, but probably wouldn't buy it.
 
The AP blurb said it did up to 8 360degree pano's per 36 exposure film iirc.

I guess it'd be a develop and scan yourself job tbh. It costs a lot extra to get Xpan shots developed/printed which are only the same size as 2x35mm frames side by side, so I can't exactly see the cheaper minilabs processing it for you.

Most flatbed scanners will cope with a strip of up to 6 35mm frames at once, so a single frame that's (36/8) 4.5 frames long is no problem.
 
Thanks for the links everyone!

I'm not sure I'd be able to process the film myself because I don't have a darkroom I guess I could just ask them not to cut it.

Does anyone have any suggestions for a fairly cheap scanner which will be suitable for scanning film? I've used a regular scanner before but found it not too good also would purchasing one of these http://uk.shop.lomography.com/lomography-digitaliza be a good idea too?


Sorry i'm so oblivious to all this, but I need to know before buying :P thanks again everyone.
 
It's got the Lomography name on it. I imagine it's sold with a 500% profit margin on it or something.
 
you don't need a darkroom to process film - only to print it... A lightproof changing bag and a Patterson daylight tank will allow you to process black and white or colour film/negative in daylight. You load the film from the film canister into a spool inside the changing bag by touch, close the spiral into the tank, and put the lid on. The rest of the processing can be done in daylight, at a kitchen sink in around 20 minutes.

As to the gizmo to hold your transparencies under the flatbed scanner, it could be worth it if you really want a scan with the sprocket holes showing - most scanners negative carriers actually clamp the negs over the sprocket holes and mask that area out. You may be able to get away with using the neg. carrier for 120 film, or a simple sheet of anti-newton ring glass and a bit of 3m magic tape to hold the neg's flat to the anti-newton glass.
 
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