Comments on: Lomography Oktomat Review: the 8-eyed art machine

By: Jay Versluis

Jay Versluis — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:25:25 +0000

Good luck – let me know how your first roll comes out. Hope you’ll have better luck with the Oktomat than I did

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:04:58 +0000

My husband gave me the oktomat as a birthday present 2 weeks ago, I really hope I don’t have the same problem. I’ll see in two days what are you talking about when they give me my first film revealed.

By: Jay Versluis

Jay Versluis — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:27:37 +0000

How exciting Alex,
maybe there’s some more life in the old girl yet – I’ll try it out when I’ve got some time.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:32:47 +0000

Thanks for your review, i have just bought an Oktomat and i would not have realised about any problems until the photo shop handed me back a load of blank films. You are right about the problems with the film but i think i have found an easier solution than getting the screwdrivers out…

When you first load the film, it appears that..
‘the wind-up mechanism has too little power to pull your film out of the cartridge’
… as you said in your review. However if you waste the first 3 or 4 photos and help the wind up mechanism get a hold on the film by pushing on it and really cranking the wind up lever, after that it seems to be able to do it fine. I think thats ok!?!?

anyway, nice review. shame you didnt get along well with it.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sat, 15 May 2010 11:42:20 +0000

thanks for your honest feedback and comments on about the cameras, i was thinking of getting it. but now i think i’m getting something else and i’ll definitely come on your page for more ideas on what kind of cameras to get! cheers!! :)

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:07:56 +0000

Hm.. I was actually looking into getting an Oktomat, but now I’m really considering the Super Sampler.. Thanks for the post! And thanks Google for getting me here, haha