Action Sampler Photographs
Posted by rachelcreative on May 28, 2009
This is my Action Sampler camera – now sadly broken after running just 2 films through it (I tried to “fix it” – oh well!).
Sports 35 Action Sampler
The camera has 4 lenses which fire sequentially to make 4 images, split seconds apart, on one 135 film frame.
The first film had lots of cat “action” shots and my husband running around the garden on my request. Also a few images from a wheelie walk around Birmingham city centre one grey afternoon.
Football Kick
He Shoots He Scores
Kitty Tummy Action
Hoodie
Urban Walk
The second film came from a stash of expired 135 film given to me by friends after moving house and discovering lots of film along with cameras. The first film from the batch I used in my Action Sampler turned out to already have a set of pictures on it from many years ago. So I got some interesting double exposures.
Penguin Sky Grass
Lazy Running
Cat on Skyline
Prehistoric Giraffes
Ugland Giraffes
Zoo Rollercoaster
alvason said
Busted? What a bummer! Have you seen this one?
Adam
rachelcreative said
Oh yes – so pretty! But the photos it takes are nothing special. All the quirkiness appears to be in the design not the function unfortunately. Which is such a shame because they look so good!
Seb said
Whaaaa, those double exposures are trippy!
Never seen one of those action cameras, looks like fun.
theaardvark said
What’s broken on it? Is it fixable?
rachelcreative said
I forgot you’re Mr Fixit now
It was a very specific spring – wider at one end than the other, both ends hooking over alitle plastic tab. I tried to salvage it but couldn’t hook it back on without knackering the coil. I fugured that combined with trying to find exactly the right spring I was never going to fix it and wrote it off.
milo said
hi. I just got myself the same action sampler that u have.
Apparently, when I snap pictures, the indicator at the bottom of the camera is not moving at all.
Does this mean the camera is broken?
rachelcreative said
Hi Milo
If you are able to wind the film on then it is probably just the counter that is broken. Just keep clicking and winding on until you can no longer wind it on. Remember to rewind it before you open it up though!