The Sprocket Rocket SUPERPOP! Pink is a panoramic camera. The SUPERPOP! Pink is an edition of the Sprocket Rocket. It was released together with the Red, Teal and Azure in the SUPERPOP! edition. It was introduced by Lomography in May 2012. As the name suggests, the plastic camera is all pink.
The features of this edition are of course identical to the normal Sprocket Rocket from Lomography.
The features of the camera
The Sprocket Rocket camera uses a super-wide angle lens to expose an area of 72×35 mm onto the film including the perforation. Each photo taken with this camera is approximately equivalent to two normal exposures. On a 36 frame 35mm film, approximately 18 images can be taken with the Sprocket Rocket.
The camera's lens is made of plastic and has a focal length of 30 mm and a maximum aperture of f/10.8 (almost f/11). The corners are characteristic due to the strong vignetting and decreasing sharpness.
For panorama shots, the camera offers two exposure times: 1/100 second and Bulb for long exposures. Multiple exposures are possible by releasing the shutter several times without shutter lock. The film can be fast-forwarded and rewound at will. There are two distance settings: one for close-ups (0.6 meter to 1 meter) and one for everything else (1 meter to infinity).
The camera has a hot shoe that allows an external flash to be connected, and a thread for a tripod on the bottom of the camera.
Film types for the Sprocket Rocket
There is still a good selection of photographic film offered for the 35mm format. A recommended film for the Sprocket Rocket camera is the Kodak Ultramax 400*. It is flexible to use and allows for beautiful shots.
The film development
When developing the film, care should be taken not to cut it to avoid cut up images. It is difficult to get prints with the sprockets on the image from most labs. A good solution is to scan the images yourself and then have them printed at a lab.
