Thinner than a communal wafer is an excellent analogy for Instax's dynamic range. It isn't very forgiving, but I find that part of the charm. Always got my Instantkon in my backpack when I go for walks or hikes.

I use this as a point and shoot-ish camera with my Graflex. I really love my unit and I dont think ill stop using it until it breaks because its just so good at what it does

love the new intro! great video!

New business idea: swiping large format photographers’ video gear while they’re under the dark cloth! 😂 The portraits are really cool, as well as your new video camera setup! 👍

Great timing, spent the weekend shooting with the Graflok back, too

Cool seeing some large format from you again! I had a lomograflok for a couple of weeks on loan from Lomography. Loved it, it's such a cool way of shooting Instax. Me being me, I preferred Insta Monochrome. And I feel you it was surprisingly tricky to expose correctly. As always cool video, loved the fisheye angle thingy you did.

As I watched another episode of Ektachrome Christmas where my thoughts of depression grew ever increasing I needed to be brought back to life and thankfully dear boy your Lomo Instax show saved the day.

I think that stairway shot is one of your best. The portraits are good too. 4x5 is a pain to shoot, but I think the extra care it makes you put in results in a better hit to miss ratio. Another thing to try for reflected highlights like in the stairway shot is a polarizing filter.

Definitely my favourite video of yours yet!!!:))

Fantastic video, Caleb! Very dynamic. And your music choice is awesome. Way better than on that other channel, called...... grainy days, I guess?

There’s a place in Melbourne selling a film called Speed 400, which was used in speed cameras until recently. It’s some type of color Agfa film that looks pretty good. The place is called Walkens House of Film. Just thought you should know 😊

Very nice, what a cool piece of tech! 🎉

It’s little walks around the city that makes me miss LA. I used to love wandering and shooting…of course not with a 4x5😂 Great vid! I think portraits really work with instant. Unique look you can’t get otherwise, like you said. One of these days I’ll jump in to large format. These Graflocks seem to be a good way to get used to shooting 4x5 without burning through extremely expensive film!

That's interesting, I just got the Lomo Graflok too. When reading through one of Ansel Adams books he mentioned he liked having polaroid to do instant test shots on location and that sounded good. So coming from that angle I didn't like the Graflok. Can't test the focus since it uses the mask. The mask isn't centered. And you have to remove the Graflok just to eject or the film catches on the mirror mount. It's an interesting tool and a fun use for instax but mine's going on ebay and I'm sticking to normal film (just got a bunch of Kodak Readyload); this stella still has the groove for LF film dev.

I see Jason on my feed, that means you uploaded a new video and I start yours first in a loving back to back double feature

Ok the portraits are really rad. 🎉🎉🎉

Those portraits are absolute fire!

Been thinking about getting an Intrepid 4x5 for enlarging my 6x9 medium format. Now I have one more reason. Thank you.

That was really cool 😊

That is really quite cool and surprisingly for a lomography product not a stupid price

not sure i would say 4x5 quality, but definetly fun to use! I have shot over 300 shots of instax wide on it and its fun, don't use in the cold though, it will shoot out all your instax for some reason.

Idk why but the photo ejecting is so dang satisfying

Recently acquired a Lomo Graflok and have shot a few packs, definitely finicky but so addictive! Mine has a couple issues where it struggles to eject the darkslide (have to help it along by starting it manually, not ideal) and it will just keep ejecting film if it is less than like 50 degrees, so you have to warm it up before ejecting shots taken in the cold. Nailing exposure is definitely tricky. Seems like the sensitivity almost changes with the particular lighting. I read somewhere that someone rated it at 400 in darker scenes and 1600 in very bright scenes... or maybe vice versa, but that didn't seem to work out for me. My current theory is that it has a "reverse reciprocity", where it has extra sensitivity at higher shutter speeds, perhaps since it is only designed for the 1/125 or so that Instax cameras use. Speaking of reciprocity, I've done a lot of indoor/lower light shots and the reciprocity is quite interesting. Found someone who worked out that it kicks in at around 1/10 or slower and is around a factor of 1.3. So a simple formula for the reciprocity is just multiple by 10, raise to 1.3 power, then divide by 10. Ex. 4 seconds becomes 12. This does definitely seem to work or at least get very close in my experience. Anyway, great video as usual! Excited to see what you do with it in the future!

Purchase the Brooklyn Camera Film adapter for this setup. Saves a step and over a period of time is worth the $90

Yyyaaaaaaayyy!!! It's that bad boy of phooottography!!! The Baaaaaaad flllllllaaaaashherrrrr!!! I mean, Bad Flaaaashheeezzz!!! 😅

Great video! Did you compensate for the Bellows Extension in your photos? It may not be an ISO issue. You probably metered correctly, you just extended too far 😛.

You got some bangers here: the stairs and Lauren against the yellow backdrop. Now I’m curious how the Graflok compares to a Polaroid I-2 sharpness-wise. I think Instax is inherently sharper to begin with?

I've always wanted to try and canabalize a Fuji 6x9 and add one of these backs to it.

I shoot my lomo graflock mostly with older, less contrasty lenses like my old 135mm f3.5 Tessar. That helps a lot with not blowing out highlights. But I still consider it beeing more of a fun toy than a film that I take seriously. If I want that in such a small format I put a roll film back ony my cameras and throw some proper C41 film in it.

Honestly having shot a lot of instax in my graflok the ISO is strange and changes under different lighting conditions. It sucks but sometimes bracketing exposure helps. I'd also say that shooting a subject out in the world extenuates the LF depth of field. So maybe shoot some portrait outside in another video. Also instax-wide doesn't resolve (compared to it's peel apart ancestors) so you don't have to use a super fast lens. Really enjoyed your video.

to say it in David's words: Georgetown University! love the shots of Lauren

BTW, Did you see Brooklyn Film Camera’s shim with the built in focusing glass? Makes it a bit faster to shoot

This is pretty cool. The biggest problem with large format is total cost per exposure. Maybe ( if the quality is there ) this is the solution to the problem.

May I ask how you got the fisheye/peephole look on some of the video here? I love the look but haven’t seen too many lenses that can achieve that look.

Ah man! A new Bad Flashes and grainydays video on the same day!!!! What's next, aerochrome coming back?

Wow this came out just in time. New to 4x5 but really want to invest in a lomograflok. But need a camera first. Can anyone recommend a 4x5 camera? Which one was used in this video?

The difference between a photographer and a person that takes photos... At this time in my life I don't have time to go out just to shoot, but I take my camera everywhere I go. For me then being a photographer means taking a photo purely because there is some artistic perspective of a scene that I see that I think is beautiful and want to capture to share my artistic vision with a non-descript viewer. I think then someone taking a photo who is not a photographer is someone teaching a photo to capture and share a memory. It's all relative though, I take photos of my family life that encapsulate both of those descriptions.

Looks like someone got fisheye fever from Poor Things

Could also be that the shutter speeds on the lens are off.

Haven’t been paying attention but whatever happened with that film camera giveaway thing from last year?

Am I the only one who's getting some Truman Show vibes from the video footage here?

I’ve never seen Rebel Moon and never will, but I’m sure your opening slow motion shot was better than that entire show…

Your exposure is off because of bellows extension factor

communion wafer. LMAO

How can you talk about 4x5 quality if you can't use it through enlargement ? BTW I find the instax results rather unsharp compared to a 4x5 negative.

Don't waste your time with that Instax color film, go straight for the monochrome version

I'm annoyed, he's getting better at photography. I stay for him, but now I stay for his photos

"4x5 Quality in an INSTAX Frame" No, looks more like disposable 35mm film camera quality.