Nishika N9000 35mm Quadrascopic 3D Lenticular Camera

I love this item.I still didn't try it, but it looks good:)

When I first got the camera, it made a rattling sound like there was something loose and just rolling around in there, but everything seemed to be working fine. Halfway through the first roll though, the shutter stopped working. I'm going to try to fix it later, but to most people it probably wouldn't seem worth the trouble.I also have the n8000 and have had no problems with it. If you're looking to buy a Nishika camera I would definitely recommend the n8000 over the n9000.

Sure, it's cheap. Buying and developing your first roll of film will probably cost more than this camera. That doesn't mean it STAYS cheap. You're going to spend a lot of money if you want to learn how to use this camera properly.I bought it for the .gifs. If you search "Nishika" on tumblr, you'll find a lot of cool animated gifs where the frames flow back and forth, resulting in a shot that looks like the signature moments from "The Matrix", only instead of Keanu dodging bullets, you get to see people in giant sunglasses blowing cigarette smoke. Awesome.Out of the four rolls I went through before giving up on this camera, I think I pulled off three or four 3D gifs that I thought were acceptable. Coming from a digital photography and videography background (I primarily shoot with a Canon 1D MKIV), I forgot how challenging it is to expose on 35mm film with no light meter and only one choice for exposure settings (bright, or less bright). This is nothing like the 35mm disposable cameras that we've all used that somehow came out evenly exposed most of the time. This camera will result in dark or blown out frames four out of every five times you click the shutter. Since each exposure uses four frames of film, that adds up very fast.I am not entirely faulting the camera for its technical limitations. My inability to expose for it does fall heavily on me. I'm saying that you as a user will need to take a lot of time and effort to figure out how to make this thing work nicely, and that will be a fairly expensive process. Once you figure THAT out, you'll need to come up with a process to get your film developer to not crop your prints, then figure out workflow to scan and align the resulting images. Be prepared.The camera's packaging is very retro-sexy and hopefully will never change. The box is now a showpiece in my office that I'm more proud of than the images I've created with it. The camera itself is a hollow, moulded piece of plastic that feels like any other $12 35mm camera from the '90s. It's a very simple device, and does what it says it will do. Push a button and two frames of film will be exposed. Wind to the next two. Repeat.Searching for media and posts tagged "Nishika" will net you a lot of very cool pictures and moving images, but the purchase of this camera on its own is far from a promise that you'll be able to make the same things. Trying to become a Lenticular 3D photographer will take a lot of time, money, trial and error. Either be prepared for that kind of commitment, or leave it to the hipsters.

I had high hopes for this camera. After reading many reviews on it and the N8000, I thought the N9000 sounded and looked better. I have experience with film cameras, using a Diana Mini which is equally low-tech... Well, I just can't get the film to advance. Also, the rewind lever was broken as soon as I took it out of the box. I had to have the camera shop rewind the film in a darkroom.The first roll was a disaster. Though the camera was winding and the counter advanced, the film itself apparently did not advance, so I ended up taking 12 shots on the same frame. Completely overexposed, useless. Second roll... I thought I took some great shots! Great 3D setups and I put in a lot of effort! Counter was advancing, film seemed to be winding this time, but apparently it still didn't advance, so all 12 exposures were on the same frame again. I'm throwing money down the drain on film and developing. :( Can anyone help?

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Don't plan on using this camera to make 3D lenticular prints. This camera is 15 years old and printing not available. Buy it only as a curiousity.EDIT:Note that the above was written in 2007. Since then there have been lenticular printing service come and go. There may be services now, but plan to pay more than the camera is worth to get processing. Best use of the camera may be to scan your processed film and do what you want with it. This is the second camera from Nishika which they sold though multi-level marketing. The first camera (N8000) was a total joke with it's fake pentaprism, paper lcd screen, and a piece of lead int the bottom to give it heft.BTW, I've bumped my rating from one star, to two, but the N8000 still gets one star. If you are serious about 3d photography there are better choices.

so far it's been OK,

I purchased this camera. I don't know where the other reviewer purchased his camera from but the seller I purchased mine from shipped it with updated instructions on where to get the pictures processed. I sent my pictures in. They came out great. I now have 3D pictures of my daughter's birthday! This is really nice for capturing those special moments in 3D. The 3D lenticular pictures look fantastic!