The yellow Sprocket Rocket was introduced in July 2011 with the Sprocket Rocket SUPERPOP! Blue, Sprocket Rocket SUPERPOP! Orange and Sprocket Rocket SUPERPOP! Green from Lomography.
The Sprocket Rocket with the usual features in a yellow plastic body. The buttons for winding the film are black.
The functions of the Sprocket Rocket camera
The Sprocket Rocket camera uses a super wide angle lens to expose the film including the perforation. Each photo taken with this camera is approximately equivalent to two normal shots. Therefore, with a 36 frame 35mm film, approximately 18 images can be taken with the Sprocket Rocket camera.
The lens of the Sprocket Rocket camera is made of plastic and has a focal length of 30 mm and a maximum aperture of f/10.8 (almost f/11). The characteristic corners of the pictures occur due to strong vignetting and decreasing sharpness.
For panorama shots, the camera offers two exposure times: 1/100 second and Bulb for long exposures. There is no shutter lock, so multiple exposures are possible by releasing the shutter several times. 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 for connecting an external flash and a thread for a tripod on the bottom of the camera.
Photofilms for the Sprocket Rocket Camera
There is still a good selection of photo films offered in 35mm format that are well suited for the panoramic camera. A recommended film for the Sprocket Rocket camera is the Kodak Ultramax 400*. This film is versatile and makes for beautiful shots.
Development of Sprocket Rocket films
When developing Sprocket Rocket films, it is important to be careful not to cut the film, as this can result in cut images. It is difficult to get prints from the Sprocket Rocket camera because most labs do not make prints with the Sprockets on them. A good solution is to scan the images yourself and then send them to a lab to have them printed.
