Spinner 360°

If you're looking for the "perfect" camera to document an important occasion, this is not it. It's a fun and quirky camera - something to play with on a Saturday. Be prepared to answer questions; it's probably the first time most people have seen one of these.Pros:Fun and quirky.Simple to operate.No electronics. No batteries.Any photo place can process the film (Target = .95 per roll) ... but (read the related Con)Cons:Photo quality does not compare to a DSLR. But it is what it is.Any local photo place can process the film, but very few can scan it to disk... or if they can, they cannot scan the sprocket holes. Consider scanning yourself, and purchasing the Lomography DigitaLIZA 35mm Scanning Mask Kit. (One reviewer suggests masking tape, but I don't want to gum up the glass).Film gets expensive.Remember:If you don't process the film yourself, be sure to tell whomever does, "do not cut the film."

I bought this camera as something new to play with and that's exactly what I got. Plenty of help from Lomography on their website to give you hints and suggestions on how to get the best results in a non-traditional camera.First things first, yes, you will eat up rolls of 35mm quickly with this camera. One 360 degree photo burns through about 4 standard frames of 35mm. Second, get yourself a Digitaliza 35mm mask. Trust me, your standard masks that came with the scanner aren't going to capture the sprocket holes that this camera exposes. Speaking of scanners, make sure it's a backlit type. Standard flatbed won't usually scan film anyway. I'm personally using a Canoscan 9000F and it does the job. However, and this can be pretty important. Make sure to upgrade your scanner software. The OEM probably won't know how to deal with sprocket holes in the scan. Mine didn't. I had to upgrade VueScan and I've heard SilverFast also does the trick.Yes, it might seem like a lot to go through, in addition to now having to work with film but if you're really interested in something different, it'll definitely be worth the extra effort.BTW, learn to use the Polar Coordinates effect with your scans.

a lot of wasted materials on packaging and advertisements inside the box. the camera itself is ok, not as fun as I expected

I was excited to receive this puppy after playing with an older model. To my surprise, this is a newer model and does not jolt my wrist around when shooting!

I'm a fan of Lomography and the machine was missing me, I love it!the only problem is the cost of the film

the camera broke 3 days after I bought it. Unhappy.... :(

So, the word I keep seeing people use is "quirky" and I suppose that's an adequate word to use. The Spinner 360 creates photos unlike you'll see anywhere else. That is the extent of good things one can say about this camera. The problem is that you might not even see the results.I bought one when they were priced at $100. I see they've wisely cut the price in half, but even that is too much in my humble opinion. I ran a few rolls through the camera before the little latching tabs on the film door broke off in the camera. I suppose I could tape the back shut to use it more, but that would be assuming I actually care to use it again.Due to the unique nature of the way the camera uses the film, negatives need to be carefully cut between each panoramic image. Each one of my shots was between 4 and 7 inches long. I held on to the rolls of film for several years before simply deciding to develop them myself because I didn't feel like finding a lab to process & scan them. The photos did come out kinda like what they advertise, but it's worth noting that any subject within an arm's length of the camera (ie, the person taking the picture) won't be in focus, which pretty much defeats the purpose of the damn thing in the first place.If you like 360 degree panoramic photos, don't be douchey hipster... instead, just buy a new Ricoh Theta, Insta360, GoPro Max, or one of the dozens of digital 360 cameras on the market these days. They're cheaper in the long run and generate far more interesting, usable, and creative images.

I had a very frustrating time trying to scan the negatives from the Spinner 360, but eventually got on top of it. Not every modern backlit scanner works, as Lomography would have it, but the backlit Epson Perfection ones do (and only the backlit ones). Some effort is needed to figure out how to align the film mask to the scanner backlit panel. Lomography says you can get the printing done at a photo lab, but I found this service is not offered in my middle-sized American city. Getting the negatives developed without cutting the strips was no problem, however.The Lomography company needs to provide a conspicuous link to the list of scanners that will work, and clear instructions on how to load the scanner and produce the jpeg files. I nearly lost my mind, questioning whether it was even possible to do with the scanner I bought. Their Customer Service could have been more helpful. The customer service at Epson had no idea of what I was talking about when I mentioned Lomography's DigitaLiza film mask.Once you get it going it really is a lot of fun, and the pictures will be great to share with friends and family included in them. The camera is easy to use. The colors in the photos are a little funky, but that's part of the fun, plus you can intensify them or touch them up digitally once they're scanned.Be ready to buy a film scanner and to devote a lot of effort to the scanning process if you can't find a lab that will do it in your town.

A lovely fun bit of kit from the folks at Lomo. Has good weight to it,feels sturdy and robust. Have only taken black and white shots so far, but have got some great quirky home developed images. Had a few issues with light leakage, ( a feature of lomography I believe) but this was fixed by checking that the light excluder inside hadn't got tucked back on itself when loading the film. Also need to make sure you hold it low enough on the handle not to interrupt the spin by the holding hand getting in the way.

I really wanted this to be good! The photos others have produced look awesome but after only a few uses the rubber band that allows the camera to spin lost its grip on the body and as a result it no longer spins at all. There is a replacement rubber band which I installed but again a few uses later it does the same thing.

One trick pony... But it's a great trick!