Already owning a 35mm Seitz roundshot, which is sadly on the fritz (another patient for Lenor's Camera repaid on Fairfax and 6th) - a few months ago I picked up a Lomo Spinner 360º. It's a super-fun camera, which takes remarkable panoramic frames if you just remember a few things.

To start with, she's pretty simple.It's rated for 400 ISO film, so:
If shooting in bright/sunny conditions on 400ISO, put it on the 'sunny' setting. Cloudy? Put it on cloudy.
Shooting 100 ISO on a sunny day? Leave it on cloudy.
On a 24 frame roll, you get about six spins. As you can see from the photo here, you need about five full frames to get around 360º, so do your maths on how many spins/length of roll.
When loading be careful to make sure the velvet sheet it is flush against the spindle, and not tangled under the film. There is no shutter, so this is how your film stays in the dark.
At the end of the roll (when it stops spinning) - slide the switch to 'R', pull the fan belt off of the small gear beneath the body, and rewind.
'R' closes the shutter. If you rewind without it, you'll expose the whole film that you've just filled with pano-goodness. Bad.

After reloading, don't forget to slide switch back to Sunny or CLoudy, and slip the fan belt back on the bottom.
See which way the dolphin above the lens is swimming? That's the way it spins. Be aware that at the start/end of each frame there will be some light pollution, so adjust your grip accordingly when pulling the rip cord. I've found that if you're at 6 o'clock, start with the camera facing 3 or four o'clock to you for best results.
As far as films go? Go for it. Shove anything you like in there.

The E6 I've put through it looks spectacular, when processed as slide film.
The BW is also great. It spins a little too fast for low light unless you put 3200 in it. I'm experimenting with attaching a hot-light to the shoe-mount to see what I can come up with in the dark, I'll let you know how that goes.
When you're shooting, get some angles going on, you'll enjoy the results.Be sure that everyone stands quite close, it's a SUPER wide lens.Great for group shots, and candid selfies.Hard not to get yourself in the shot actually!

I process and scan my films at home (except the E6), because it's quite an exotic job, but you could easily get a lab to process them and just not cut the rolls, then take them home to scan them.Otherwise you're looking at some hefty proc/scan costs and for that money you can pick up a Canon 8800F or something that will do the job on your own time.
Speaking of scanning, go to the frame store and pick up a cheap 8x10 picture frame, keep the glass to help lay the negative flat on your scanner - because it's so frikkin' big.
I've taped mine up with gaff guides and things to help get the film straight on the scan glass.

Overall, it's a super-fun camera that captures a scene unlike anything else out there.

It's light and easy to carry around, and quick to reload.Enjoy!

Let me know if you have any questions!

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via flickr.com

Something about American fire engines makes me think I'm in a Thunderbirds epidode. I'm 36 - not really into cars or anything like that, but Fire Engines here make me feel like I'm 7.
Especially the ladder trucks.

After I voted today, at the Consulate in Century City, I snapped this off, as it was parked out the front.

Squee.

Also for the Nakatomo building in the back.

 

And just for shits and giggles:

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