Lomography Diana F plus 35mm Back Door with Four Plastic Frames

The Diana id a great camera and a lot of fun to use. It truly brings photography back to its basics. The only issue I have is that there is a bit of a learning curve and, while it can be forgiving, having fun with the Diana's more artistic features can lead to a lot of pictures not coming out right or not at all. This can be expensive while getting to know the Diana camera, especially if using 120 film, not to mention the development coast! With the 35mm back you can snap pictures constantly, get to know your camera more and not worry about the higher cost of film and development of 120 film. Once you've mastered the camera a little more you can "graduate" to 120 film and take full advantage of what this dynamic camera has to offer. Plus the 35mm back can add a few extras of it's own. Definitely a great item to add to your Diana kit.

I am big on photography and got the Diana as a gift. It's a fun camera but finding places to buy and print on 120 film was really difficult for me. That and the 120 film doesn't give you that many exposures. So naturally this was a no brainer. It was worth every penny. It brought that camera to life for me. I take it everywhere now. You can still shoot in square 120 format or choose from 3 others including allowing the film's sprockets to show. And anywhere can develop it. I'd recommend this to everyone.

For me, the 35mm back lasted 12 shots (on the first roll of film) before it stuck or broke or an internal gear went wonky. The counters stopped turning and the film advance became tighter (harder to turn than it started out). I was able to rewind the film though. Since I threw away the packaging and refuse to return an item without it's original box I said "what the heck, it's trash anyway" and decided to take it apart (or so i thought) to see if I could spot the problem. Well, sure there's a series of gears that work together; however there's a main internal gear that turns along with film perforations. From what I could tell, something inside the plastic behind the main gear stopped turning. The peforation gear will turn, but will not advance the counters.I went ahead and had the partial roll of film developed and discovered the truth to another review. For most of the shots I used the default lens, and they were horrible (subject cut off, faces/heads chopped, etc). The one photo I used the wide-angle lens on was ok. Now I'm hardly an expert with my Diana F+, but the few rolls of 120 that I've taken so far have been fine (pretty cool infact).In my opinion this is not a good accessory to the Diana F+. Yes, 35mm is much more convenient and cost effective, but I can't bring myself to buy another 35mm back. I'm seriously considering the Holga 135BC like the other reviewer said (thank you for the suggesiton).

I was excited to receive this, as I don't want to hack my medium format cameras in order to take sprocket hole pictures. I assembled as instructions said then loaded some 24 exp 35mm film and went out to shoot. I got to picture 16 and the take up spool stopped. I double checked to make sure I was on N setting, and that the counter was set to panoramic to match the mask I selected. Everything was fine. But the knob would not move. I wound up trashing a roll because it would not rewind either. So then I added a second roll. This time I got to 18 before it stopped. I rewound the film and put it away. When I got home I tested an old expired roll and watched it to see what was going on. The film was spooling just fine, and then just stopped at about the same place. The film release tends to slip out while it moves so this tells me there is definitely something wrong with that function or the spool itself.Luckily I had an extra Diana F+ and 35mm back I bought as a backup, so I assembled that one and tried it as well. It did the same thing on a different camera. There are no other reviews like this out there so I don't know if it is me, or if this product can just not handle a full roll of 35mm film on the take up spool. It seems to stick in about the same place. So if you buy, just be aware that you will probably wind up wasting about 6-8 pictures on a 24exp roll. DO NOT USE 36 exp as you will waste even more.I have sent an email to Lomography to ask about this problem. I think the product is basically junk. But at least the camera works.

i was super excited when i found this on amazon...cause it seemed like everyone else was taxing big time for it. i wanted it because it's easier to develop 35mm then 120mm..not to mention it's easier to find rolls of 35mm. so i received it pretty fast and had my guy put it together so that i wouldn't break anything..they plastic is like every other plastic, pull too tight and it breaks.i didn't have any issues with the spool stopping or anything like that..i was able to get through the entire roll and still haven't had any issues. the only thing i was told by a photo processor was to stick to 120mm because the pictures would come out better. personally, i like the sprockets..it gives it a good look.i would def recommend this.

I wanted to run some 35mm film through the Diana as it is cheaper and I like the exposure on the sprocket holes look. It works great.

Exactly as described

Good stuff for diana user.get to save lotsa money on films and developing.

This does exactly what I wanted it to. I can now use my Diana F+ with 35mm film, which is much cheaper and easier to get developed than 120 film.The back is not too difficult to attach to the camera, and the instructions are clear (but make sure you read the instructions clearly before using it). The back comes with a sturdy branded pouch to store everything in, which is very handy for keeping the original back of the camera safe and dust-free.Recommended if you want to be able to use your Diana F+ with more ease.

Fits perfectly, so excited to have this option.

Very happy.