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| |  | 35mm Cameras | Home » » » Lomography OKTOMAT Compact 35mm Camera with 8 Serial Lenses | | | | | | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 5.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 4.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 4.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.44 pounds | | Package Length:
| 5.2 inches | | Package Width:
| 4.17 inches | | Package Height:
| 4.09 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.9 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 21 reviews |
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58 of 60 found the following review helpful:
 Freaky FunApr 04, 2005
By C. Copp
This is a cool addition to your camera bag, it is a cooky cool way to create "Art"! 8 little shots, you'll need to pay for the largest size prints allowed by your budget though to get the full 8 piccie effect, on each frame. As with all Lomo effect cameras the colours are skewed, the pictures are not bitingly sharp (getting a high res 35mm film helps though), and the effects are very much hit and miss, but the hits are superbly bizarre. Once you see the effect you'll be hooked, it is really a basic wind, point and click, hear the classic "whirrrrrrrrrzzzzzzzzclick" sound and you are done! It works best with a moving subject, crowd scenes, pets, kids, etc.... I took some shots at a hippy market in Totnes, UK and the results were great! Really odd and strangely unwordly. I took some straight shots with a Nikon D70 too and although these were interesting, the Lomo brought out the spaced outedness of the scenes, the colours and movement are pure Lomo. I love it and so will you too, for this price it is worth the gamble! Pop one in your pocket and whenever you come across a scene with bright colours, movement, shifting patterns the Lomo 8 lens camera will come into it's own. Shoot low to avoid 8 pictures of the sky and the tops of people's heads. Keep the wrist strap away from the front too.
24 of 26 found the following review helpful:
 Really fun and differentJun 11, 2005
By Courtney
I've had this camera for about 3 months and I think it's very unique and is definitely worth trying out. The only thing that I can think of that is a disadvantage is that it doesn't have a flash- you must take all pictures in sunlight or they don't turn out. It's really fun to take pictures of things like birds or cars on the highway because you get a completely different image in each of the eight images. I would recommend it for anyone into art.
10 of 12 found the following review helpful:
If you use it well...Apr 13, 2007
By A. Perez
I must admit I was apprehensive to purchace the product after some of the reviews of the OKTOMAT, but I have learned that it is an extrememly sturdy product. If used correctly, the OKTOMAT will not break. It is an incredible product and the images it produces range from awesome to so-so. Experimentation is key. It is difficult to get a bad picture from the OKTOMAT. I do suggest signing up with the International Lomographic Society once your camera arrives. It is a great place to store and share your pictures. The OKTOMAT as a whole is a great product that can make anybody a photographer.
8 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 piece of junk- no starsDec 31, 2006
By B
mine broke first roll. and it destroyed the film. it's a total piece of plastic junk and waste of money. it should cost under $1, or be in a gumball machine somewhere.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Fun If You Have The Right AttitudeNov 21, 2010
By David L. Staples
"Aero Engr."
Our Oktomat lasted for three rolls - not too poor a record, really, considering that we had by then spent about as much on film and processing as on the camera. Near the beginning of the fourth roll, the shutter began firing when the film advance lever was operated, and after a few hilarious attempts to take pictures like that, the shutter stopped operating entirely. Now the Okto's an honored element of our display of retired cameras. But we weren't disappointed, as our expectations had been commensurate with the 33-dollar price. Attitude is everything, see. For the record, we also have a couple of Diana Fs (one still works) and two Blackbirds (both still work). You can have a lot of grins with cheap cameras.
The funny thing about the Okto is that, instead of being mad that the thing had gone bad so quickly, we mused about how interesting it would be for someone to take this idea and execute it in a more robust build. The image quality is better than you'd expect from one-eighth of a 35mm frame, and with glass lenses and some critical internal parts made of, say, metal, you could have a ton fun. Or you could just spend another 33 dollars.
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