Customer Reviews

Action Sampler 2.0 Camera (Chrome)

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A lot of fun. This camera is the updated version of the Lomographic Society's action sampler. I have them all, I have to admit, I am an absolut Lomo fanatic. Finally I am a good fotographer!!! This camera is much more sturdy and more reliable than the first version of the action sampler. I love to take my kids and dog out in the fields and jump around taking pictures of action and motion. Or take it in the city and take pictures criusing along the boulevards. Thanks Lomographic Society, you brought the joy back in my once upon boring X-mas and Easter shots.

Emilia

I bought a CyberSampler 2.0 Chrome camera this spring and shot a few films. This camera can produce some nice movement shots. I recommend children, pets etc. You should get up close and remember to keep the camera still for the whole shot process. One should experiment with film with high ASA numbers. This is, of course, a novelty camera, and be prepared to "waste" film. The physical make (case, etc.) of the camera is very cheap and plastic indeed, but mine works as it should.

This camera is fun but remember...it's basically a toy. I bought it for snowboarding trips buy I don't know if it would function too well after the inevitable falls! Now I use it when ever i'm out and about. Mostly park activities, kids, pets, subway trains and street scenes.
Experiment with manual zoom (your arm) and with different film speeds. Fun is what matters!

That's the most important thing to consider if you're thinking about purchasing this camera: it's just plain fun to use.

If you know anything about lomography, you know that you shouldn't expect crystal clear, perfectly sharp pictures from a product like this. It is, by all conventional standards, a very crappy camera. Mine seems to have only one of its four lenses in anything close to good focus, it's hard as heck to load the film, and the images it produces look a little more like paintings than actual photographs.

But that's pretty much what I expected -- and wanted -- when I bought it. With its rather useless "viewfinder," I quickly learned to just let go, aim roughly, and shoot. Sometimes I completely missed my subject, but those pictures often turned out to be among the most interesting that I took.

I stopped worrying, and I just had fun. I never had to worry about changing batteries or getting things in focus or aperture settings or shutter speeds. I just took pictures.

I'd recommend it to anyone.

One final note, though: The product description states (as of writing) that the camera comes with two rolls of film. Mine however, only came with one.

outdoor pictures come out really good. not really for indoor use, even if you do have good lighting. you just have to be careful when you take it to the beach and trying not to touch the lens.

Mine included free 800 asa film! Did not read that in the descrition. The price is high! Wish it was cheaper! It is like a 35mm automatic camera without the batteries and a flash. I plan to have negatives only developed. Hope to save on the cost and then have my scanner that can scan in negatives to the computer. Scanner is the Canon mfr. CanoScan D660u. (is a USB connector). I believe it is avail here at Amazon.com. I have also heard of a Fuji 1x use 8 lens camera for golfing swing analysis. I wonder if it is cheaper!