Swing your head around and imagine your two eyes multiplying into 8 winking
in a 2.5-second, serial succession. You, my friend, have tasted only the very
beginning of Oktomatic pleasure. With one touch of the shutter button, its 8
tiny lenses fire in turn, creating a multi-frame mini photo vignette. Upload
your masterpiece to lomography.com and create a full-action MiniMovie! Uses
standard 35mm film and standard processing.
Take a Look Around and Set the Scene
Inspiration and the Proper Mindset are the first orders of business.
Swing your head around and imagine your two eyes multiplying into 8 –
winking in 2-second, serial succession. Isolate your subject from the swirling
image-mess around you. Now don't be shy, Oktomat's brick shape and wee mechanics
are charming enough to make even a surly chap smile. Go on with yourself as
if Oktomatic photography is an uncontrollable reflex – something which
your brain does not choose, but initiates with its own will.
Fire! and the Oktographic Story Board
SHOOT!! And 8 “clack's” later your subject is cleanly sliced
into 8 little frames, boiled, and served. It's no Hollywood feature, but believe
us, 8 frames can tell quite a tale. Envision yourself as a movie director on
the world's tightest budget – armed with 8 scenes and 2.5 seconds to relate
your micro-masterpiece. Among the many possibilities, you might grab an Oktographic
snippet from: your best friend's romp in the park, a parade of beagles, the
very moment that she said “yes,” big Charlie's unfortunate bicycle
lesson, passionate hedgehogs, or a boozy sea-cruise. Whatever the occasion:
choose your scenes, motivate your cast, and coordinate your cinematography into
a print-bound and oscar-worthy Oktomatic vignette.
Okto-Kino and The Lomographic Brain Trust
Your fresh-from-the-lab shots require one addition to reach their full
potential – a potent injection of Oktographic animation. Upload them to
the OKTO-KINO application on this very micro site, pop into your folding director's
chair, grab some butter-slathered popcorn and peel your eyes as your Oktomatic
images are instantly transformed into live-action 8-frame cinema. And, by all
means, don't keep this little screening all to yourself – it's a solemn
Lomographic duty to share your images with the other maniacs in our online community.
Need some inspiration or looking to get some (?), then check out (and add to)
our Tips and Tricks for an ever-growing online encyclopaedia of Oktographic knowledge
as scribed by your fellow Okto-heads.
Features:
- 8-Lens Battery
Your miniature block of windows into the outside Oktographic world - one push
of the shutter button releases all 8 lenses, in turn, over 2.5 seconds.
- Collapsible Viewfinder
Want to shoot from the eyeball - just raise the nifty little viewfinder for
a first-person view of what your Oktomat sees. Note: if this doesn't appear
too precise - you're right, it isn't!
- Fixed Speed And Aperture
No focusing, no fiddling, no worries - just fire your Oktomat in full sunlight
or SLIGHTLY overcast conditions (with fast film) and your images will be absolutely
brilliant.
Specifications:
Size: 4.25" x 3" x 1.25" (11cm x 7.5cm x 3.2cm)
Weight: 0.4lb (0.2kg)
Film Type: 35mm (Negative, Slide, and B&W)
Lenses: 8 individual units
Serial Exposure time: Approx. total 2.5 seconds for all lenses
to fire
Approx. Lens Aperture:<
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