Last shots with the Sprocket Rocket

Every now and then you come across a camera that has a brilliant concept. To see the sprocket holes? YES PLEASE. But some can disappoint. That’s how I’ve felt about the Sprocket Rocket by Lomography.

You get some okay shots, and some awful ones.

A big downside to this camera is the cost of processing. It cost me $42 for develop & scanning the photos in this post, as they have to use their medium format equipment in order to scan the sprocket holes. I don’t think I’m completely done shooting rolls of film with sprocket holes, however I think I will try to find another camera to use (maybe a medium format one with 35mm adaptor as the cost/benefit of using the Sprocket Rocket unfortunately fails.

I think the photos turned out exactly as you’d expect from Lomography – they love light leaks and imperfections, but I prefer clean photos from my favourite SLR cameras (eg. Canon AE-1, Pentax Spotmatic) that I can put in an album to pass onto my kids one day, so I’ll be sticking to those cameras for the foreseeable future.

Honestly this roll of film was so old (dates back to 2015) that I don’t really remember where anything was taken, especially the giant apple; I have no recollection of taking those photos at all!

Photos taken with Lomography Sprocket Rocket using Kodak Color 400.