Gentlemen, have any of you had any experience with the Lomokino movie camera? I saw this devise a couple of years ago and became a bit fascinated with it. It is about as low tech and analogue as you can get. It uses standard 35mm film rolls mounted horizontally and makes four nominally 8.5mm film frames per 35mm frame length space. So 144 frames per 36 exposure roll. You hand crank the film advance at a speed of around 3-5 frames second. At say four frames per second you will net a 35 second or so film. Sometimes less depending upon length of roll.
You have the film developed or do it at home and there you go. A short silent film. If having a lab do the development you need to tell them not to cut the roll into strips. This way you can view it through the Lomokino Viewer or scan through their smartphone scanner attachment.
I've seen a number of the films on YouTube and they are a hoot. I would think you would want to shoot mostly black and white so you could develop at home for a reasonable cost. I haven't had a roll of film developed at a store lab in years so I have no idea what it costs these days. The only roll film I see at the discount stores is Fuji and a four pack is about $12. So you could fiddle with this rather inexpensively as long as you don't go completely crazy filming stuff like the vacuum cleaner. These have been on sale with the viewer for around 60 dollars lately and I thought it may make fun to use item during the holiday seasons upcoming. What say you?
You have the film developed or do it at home and there you go. A short silent film. If having a lab do the development you need to tell them not to cut the roll into strips. This way you can view it through the Lomokino Viewer or scan through their smartphone scanner attachment.
I've seen a number of the films on YouTube and they are a hoot. I would think you would want to shoot mostly black and white so you could develop at home for a reasonable cost. I haven't had a roll of film developed at a store lab in years so I have no idea what it costs these days. The only roll film I see at the discount stores is Fuji and a four pack is about $12. So you could fiddle with this rather inexpensively as long as you don't go completely crazy filming stuff like the vacuum cleaner. These have been on sale with the viewer for around 60 dollars lately and I thought it may make fun to use item during the holiday seasons upcoming. What say you?