How to Use Instax Mini Film in Old Kodak Instant Cameras (my version)

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DISCLAIMER: Every camera is a little bit different, meaning what I do in the video may be HARMFUL to your camera or may not be the best solution. I recommend using this video as a jumping off point for you to experiment with using Instax film in these old kodak cameras for yourself.
Sections:
00:00 - Introduction
00:56 - How These Cameras Work
03:29 - Instax Mini Film and These Cameras
05:48 - How to Make the Kodak-Instax Film Slides
23:58 - Technical Details
In this video, I show you how to use Instax Mini film in old Kodak instant cameras, such as the Colorburst 250, The Handle, or other cameras from that time period that take PR-10 cartridges.
Like I say in the video, please leave a comment if you have any questions about this obscure process!
PhotoChemicals' videos:
• How to use Instax film...
• UPDATE: How to get MOR...
PR-10 cartridge model (USE AT YOUR OWN RISK):
www.thingiverse.com/thing:190...

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@stopmo6845 2 жыл бұрын

I made another video on how to make these slides compatible with Instax SQUARE film! Check it out: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jK2pq7t6nriogn0.html

@blankslate1198 3 ай бұрын

A great, clear KZfaq video. Should be a model for KZfaqrs. No silly chatter, no sound effects, no overly loud "background" music, no frantic, distracting, self-conscious gestures. Just good clear straightforward explanations with reasons. TYSM!

@ashlyperez4937 2 жыл бұрын

Literally just found this camera at a yard sale and decided to look it up and stumbled on this video, also I’m so glad I keep a spare pack of Instax mini film in my purse, happy to be in the this small niche group

@Patkat-gb6ir 2 жыл бұрын

The square film does infact work

@pdtech4524 9 ай бұрын

I'm here having seen an old kodak instamatic camera for sale locally quite cheap, having watched the process and having to finish putting the film into the slide in a dark room, it seems a bit of a faff when I could just go and buy an instax mini camera for a little more....😁🤔😳 I suppose if you have the kodak camera already, it's a good workable solution to get it working again. But to go out and buy one just for all the faff of loading it, I'll pass on that! 😁👍 Great video though!

@TheEigylyte Жыл бұрын

My grenfather brother got this, to get this in Lithuania in soviet union time was a miracle, he got this in 80s and tooked The only one and first One foto of my mom gratuation. On the back was name kodak, funny inuf all decades they called it polaroid until l showed Photo of this camera, l love polaroids and now l have fuji instax vide, and 70s white One polaroid and soon 90s my childhood polaroid, l just love instax Photos... Those colors and size and how they gets out sound...

@busrakayk3127 2 жыл бұрын

this was exactly what I was looking for! but I was distracted because I fell in love with your voice!

@michael-vincentdanella-mer57 2 жыл бұрын

I love this so much, thank you!

@milaliams 8 ай бұрын

This video is so good. Can’t wait to experiment! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

@Tijsknecht 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video! I just got the same model you have and wanted to try the video of photochemicals, but found your video after I ordered some film so I'm using yours. Also I think the reason photochemicals worked without the support strips is because he used a cheaper manual eject, which probably helps with the amount of pressure on the film compared to the automatic you have.

@samspielmann7704 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the step by step explanation

@bentbilliard 2 жыл бұрын

Followed this loosely and it worked. Thanks!

@bentbilliard 2 жыл бұрын

Using a Kodak EK2

@mixtapesforever1765 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video!

@therestorationofdrwho1865 2 жыл бұрын

You should still be able to use Polaroids film in the Kodak camera, if you can make it work. Polaroids film being exposed from the other side doesn’t matter, and they both work by having a chemical pod which is broken and spread across the emulsion.

@raze3297 Жыл бұрын

Polaroids exposing from the other side DOES matter though. The images will be reversed. Of course you can just un-reverse them after scanning if the original photos aren't a high priority. Also, Polaroids are too long to fit into the Kodak cartridges and the excess film will bump into the rollers. You *might* be able to finagle one in but you risk prematurely rupturing the chemical pods or damaging the emulsion in the process. Not to mention the larger image area of Polaroids so about a centimeter is going to be cut off vertically on every exposure.

@blahblah7272 4 ай бұрын

thank you!! this video is amazing

@blahblah7272 4 ай бұрын

Thanks you!!! this video is amazing

@swishpan 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial, this is great news for all those Kodak fans. I always regret these cool looking cameras was not usable any more. The big question is, to you need to load the film in a darkroom?

@stopmo6845 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, you do need to load the film in pitch black, which I just do in my bathroom with the lights off. I intentionally made the Kodak-Instax slides have distinct features that allowed me to feel which side to put the film in as well as what orientation the slide is in. Regretfully I didn't really go into detail on how to load the film, but I do quickly show how at 4:50 in the video.

@yarashaban6702 2 жыл бұрын

Thank youuu 🤍

@justCamLIVE 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@maurorodriguez3982 Жыл бұрын

Increíble

@electrawilson1512 2 жыл бұрын

I have a Kodak colourburst 50, I’m assuming it’ll be a similar process where cartridge and slides are concerned. Going to try this out, stay tuned lol.

@Benjamino_01 2 жыл бұрын

Nice

@removalist1995 2 жыл бұрын

could you make a tutorial for polaroid 600? thanks

@augustogarbarino4111 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been wanting to do this for months now since I got mine but when I first started the camera, the gears started to roll and a piece of gear fall out. Now what I want is to open it up and 3d print the gear but I can’t find a way of open them up, need a little help. But this cameras kinda worth it

@richfrattarelli4294 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! I'd have the same camera and would love to take pictures with it but don't think I'll ever have the patience to build the holders. But very cool. Any reason you didn't try the Instax Square? I think that would be sweet. Thanks.

@stopmo6845 3 жыл бұрын

Trying the Instax Square film was going to be my next step until the unfortunate mishap that broke my camera. I see no reason why it wouldn't work so when I get the chance I'll definitely try it!

@chrisboz8423 Жыл бұрын

I bought the colorburst 50

@meeshuholierov2422 Жыл бұрын

How would you compensate the difference in ISO and how to avoid the breakage of the camera?

@dmitriyfedorov6331 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting and so complicated. Probably I was inattentive, but about the difference between ISO Kodak Instant film and Fuji Instax?

@stopmo6845 2 жыл бұрын

I think the original Kodak film was 100 ISO, so the exposure time that Kodak instant cameras have is sometimes too long for the 800 ISO Instax film. However, most Kodak cameras have a brighten and darken setting. I generally shoot everything with the camera set to fully darken the image, which usually works for getting proper exposure. If it's still overexposed, I shoot with the flash activated but covered by my hand to force the camera to shoot at a high shutter speed. It requires a bit of experimenting, but proper exposure is possible

@alexpaterson4244 2 жыл бұрын

This is really fascinating! A few years ago I tried this with my polaroid 1000 camera using a method similar to photochemicals's. I kept getting results like one of your earlier attempts: with uneven chemical spread in a stripe pattern, the chemical pouch sometimes burst also. You mentioned that polaroid has a different method for developing the photos: would this mean that Instax film wouldn't work in a polaroid camera even with these adaptions? or do you think the side strips could help? Thanks!

@stopmo6845 2 жыл бұрын

I imagine the side strips would help, but I would be cautious since old Polaroid film was made thinner than modern Instax film. The added thickness of the strips puts extra strain on the gears since they were designed for a thinner film, meaning they might be damaged with the strips added to the slide. That said I have had a chance to compare Polaroid cameras to Kodak instant cameras since making the video and I see no fundamental difference in how they spread the chemicals, with both using nothing but rollers. Because of this, I don't see why my design wouldn't work. I'd recommend doing some of your own tests to see what strip thickness works best for the Polaroid 1000 camera, starting with just one layer of cardstock and working up from there. Give it a shot if you think it's worth the risk!

@therestorationofdrwho1865 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve run instax film through my Polaroid camera many times, it breaks the pod and spreads the chemicals pretty much perfectly most the time, sometimes doesn’t make it spread all the way every now and then.

@chrindo8237 4 ай бұрын

for everyone trying this without a cartridge, the link for the 3d model is an adapter for instax wide film, and won't fit instax mini (mini is too tall). currently designing a 3d model that'll fit instax mini film

@jedaedaquigan1383 2 жыл бұрын

Hi.. thank you for this very helpful video. I got a Kodak Ek160 and I think this would also work. However, the battery is special. It uses a duracell Size J 6v batter and I couldn't find one. Would you happen to know what other battery can be used as an alternative? Thank you.

@joseporrasjacome5466 2 жыл бұрын

Love this video 🤩! I don't speak English, can i use this same technique for a kodak colorburts 200 camera? greetings from Mexico!

@stopmo6845 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, as long as you have an empty cartridge for the camera it should work the same.

@yoohoo4075 Жыл бұрын

Is there ways without a cartridge? I got mine today at a vintage store for my birthday and it doesn't come with a cartridge nor can I find anybody that's selling just the cartridge.

@kalammmmmmmmmanta 6 ай бұрын

Hey I followed your instructions very clearly yet the problem seems to be the process of the photo "leaving the camera". I can hear my camera moving but the film is not leaving the cartilage. Any idea why?

@sbh47 11 күн бұрын

I found one of this cam in my grandfather's room and idk how to do these complicated steps

@Kanestorm 2 жыл бұрын

Can i buy these cartiages? (where the film goes into?) i just noticed i mine is missing one :/

@andrew2865 11 ай бұрын

Hiii. where can i get the cartridge?

@stephenkessel6037 Жыл бұрын

im using a kodiak champ, i followed all these instructions to a tee and my fuji instax film is coming out blank. any suggestions?

@Dan-TechAndMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe you did mention it and I missed it, but how have you figured out how many of these sheets with Instax film you can put in a single cartridge at once? I imagine it might not take all ten shots like the packs originally do. If you did figure out what it takes at max, is there any difference for the Square sheets?

@stopmo6845 2 жыл бұрын

Because of the increased thickness of each slide compared to the original Kodak film, 10 slides will not fit in the cartridge. I think the most I got in at once was 8. However, I also learned from experimentation that the more slides there are in a cartridge the higher the chance is that multiple slides will be ejected at the same time, which would likely ruin multiple shots. Because of this, I don't recommend using multiple slides of this design in a cartridge just because of how unreliable it is. I think my film slide design would need to be completely revamped in order to make loading more than one into a cartridge viable. As far as I can tell, there should be no difference between the Instax mini slide and the Instax square slide in terms of how many you can fit in a cartridge.

@tatyssg 2 жыл бұрын

Alguien de Argentina sabe dónde puedo conseguir ese cartucho, por favor?

@samihaullah3832 Жыл бұрын

Is the camera still useful if you don’t have the cartridge ?

@user-mu8oj5uw3l 2 жыл бұрын

What kind of film is commercially available for the kodak colorburst 350 version and which one should I buy?

@stopmo6845 2 жыл бұрын

Film for this camera is sadly unavailable. The only way to take pictures with it is to use Instax film and the method I show in the video

@viihallves01 Жыл бұрын

I made this support to test on my camera, and it doesn't work the films spoiled. My camera is the EK-160-EF model.

@eternal_horror 2 жыл бұрын

Ok so I keep trying this with my camera, but none of the pictures will come out. They all just have the same weird pattern on them with little light spots. I’m doing all the same steps and it just won’t work

@chanehall2125 2 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate this video. I am afraid when I put the film in the holder invthe dark, that i would push on the chemical packet and break it or push on the photo part and damage it before exposure, has this happened to you or is it not necessary to worry to much? Also if you remove the dark slide from the cartridge in the dark room and you take out 1 or 2 of the films out and you put back the dark slide, do you think the cartridge if safe from exposure?

@stopmo6845 2 жыл бұрын

In my experience, pressing on the exposure area will not damage the film. As for the chemical packets, they are robust enough to *gently* press on (which is something you have to do in the dark to make sure you are putting the frame into the holder properly) without the chemicals getting ejected from the packet. As long as you're fairly gentle with handling the frames, there's nothing to worry about. The Instax cartridges have a thin piece of black plastic over the slot where the film exits to prevent light leaks. Unfortunately it also acts as a one way gate for the film. The only way I've been able to reinsert the film or the dark slide was by removing this plastic piece, which puts the film at risk of being exposed even with the dark slide present. I personally store my open Instax cartridges face down inside a lunchbox.

@chanehall2125 2 жыл бұрын

@@stopmo6845 Thank you! ❤️ This helps a lot.

@user-ti5fd3gs8z 11 ай бұрын

I guess mine lavks the cartiage

@sugandalee7595 2 жыл бұрын

can kodak colorburst 250 camera use instaxsquare paper????

@stopmo6845 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, after some experimenting I was able to get Instax Square film to work with this camera using a modified version of this slide design. I might make a video similar to this one for that when I have the time

@rubybell1331 2 жыл бұрын

@@stopmo6845 that would be great if you could! I have the colorburst as well

@DashTrippn 2 жыл бұрын

I tried this method and even though it spread's the chemicals out very well the image always come out white. Even when I loaded the slide into the cartridge in a dark room. Sometimes when I take a picture I see the outlines of something trying to come thorough but I can never make anything out. Any Ideas as to what's going wrong?

@stopmo6845 2 жыл бұрын

It's most likely a fault in the camera. Since these cameras were designed for a much lower iso film, your particular camera may be dramatically overexposing the image. If the camera has an exposure compensation setting, I'd turn that down all the way to the darkest setting possible. It's also possible that your camera's shutter or some other component is somehow broken. The best advice I can give is to re-inspect the camera to see if there's any damage and make sure it's in perfect working order. I'd also recommend taking a shot in complete darkness, which in theory would result in a black image. If it still comes out white, that would mean at some point between loading the camera and taking the picture light had the opportunity to expose the film.

@DashTrippn 2 жыл бұрын

@@stopmo6845 Alright thanks for the advice I'll try that out and see if it works. Thanks for responding.

@thicupps4256 2 жыл бұрын

Why must you load it in the dark?

@stopmo6845 2 жыл бұрын

The individual Instax frames are light sensitive at all times until a photo is taken with them. Only after the chemicals spread across the face of the frame is it safe to expose it to light. If you expose the frame to light before taking a photo with them, then when you do take a photo and give it time to develop it will come out completely white.