Polaroid modified to use Instax film

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Polaroid modified to use Instax film - episode 3

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Күн бұрын

Hacking an Instax wide camera as a back for the Polaroid Land 100. Doing a CLA on the Mamiya 105mm f3.5 seiko shutter. Making a ground glass. Trying out the instax film back. Installing the Zess rangerfinder from a Polaroid 250.
Here is the link to the duo TLR blog post about the use of the Mamiya 105mm f3.5.
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@erichstocker8358 3 жыл бұрын

This is basically building a new camera and rebuilding a shutter. Lots and lots of work. Loved the video and the details of the description but I don't really see the advantage to doing this on a polaroid rather than buying a better camera for the instax film. Great job with the work and the video

@RotarySMP 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I agree, except that the "better camera for Instax film" doesn't really exist. The only thing that comes close is the RF-70 which is so close to perfect, except for the crappy lens they put in (and therefore the price doesn't work for me).

@anglegrinder1174 Жыл бұрын

Super cool build and awesome video. lots of helpful tips, thanks for sharing!

@RotarySMP Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Hope to see your version of this.

@timSIXXX66 4 жыл бұрын

I love this series you are doing! I really enjoy how precise you are you are with this as well. I shoot a lot of Instax Wide and I would love a camera like this, with the old glass and manual shutter combined with the Instax film.

@RotarySMP 4 жыл бұрын

I would also love a camera like this especially with some system to focus :(. Thanks for watching.

@MatthewTinker-au-pont-blanc 4 жыл бұрын

Glass cutting tip, float something like white spirits or paraffin with a brush over where you want to cut before cutting. I don't know why it works better, but it does: Regards, Matthew

@RotarySMP 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks I'll try that.

@SjamK 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating workmanship! So inspiring, thank you!

@RotarySMP 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. Glad you enjoyed it.

@SjamK 3 жыл бұрын

@@RotarySMP Yes I did enjoy it, thank you! I saw other videos with people attempting the same thing, but you take it so much further. So many great ideas and techniques. Looking forward to more videos about your cameras! Cheers from Prague, CZ

@RotarySMP 3 жыл бұрын

@@SjamK Thanks. I look forward to having the Schaublin working, as I have a few camera projects in mind.

@bobapthorpe 4 жыл бұрын

Growing up in Wisconsin in the early 1980s, we got syndicated reruns of the original Paul Hogan Show. There's a sequence where he makes toast by nailing a slice of bread to the wall and taking a propane torch to it which is eerily similar to how you extracted carborundum for lapping. EERILY SIMILAR.

@RotarySMP 4 жыл бұрын

Good description. Thanks for watching.

@NicoCarsAndCookies 4 жыл бұрын

Ready für the Olympic Games! You’ve got the torch and your 1st shot of the Olympic Rings are awesome. Is it the Winter games in Vienna at that time of the year? Good job may, even if the camera is as blind as a Mexican bat for the time being! There is at least some CNC machining coming on episode 4! :)

@RotarySMP 4 жыл бұрын

As with all the other majors of the camera industry, RotarySMP Inc debuts its high end professional camera in time for the Toyko Olympics. C/N/O/P are all engulfed in corporate panic, as the new player eats their lunch :)

@nikond90ful1 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video.

@DoRC 4 жыл бұрын

The biggest issue most people have when scoring glass is not pressing hard enough. You want a good solid score in one pass. A light score will cause issues.

@RotarySMP 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that. I'll try pushing harder.

@JYphotography 4 жыл бұрын

you can drill a new hole next to to original infinity hole, then you can cheat the rangefinder

@RotarySMP 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. I've seen various hacks for the range finder, but my first issue is to move the lens back closer to the body, so that it can go to infinity. Once the lens is correctly located, I have been thinking of going all in and maybe making a replacement cam, so that the Rangefinder is accurate for the shorter 105mm lens across it's entire range.

@johnbrewer318 Жыл бұрын

I took a camera lens apart once......

@RotarySMP Жыл бұрын

This only worked because there was a YT video showing me how to do it :)

@johnbrewer318 Жыл бұрын

Not doing that probably was my mistake!@@RotarySMP Great build by the way!

@RotarySMP Жыл бұрын

@@johnbrewer318 Thanks John. It has been both fun and frustrating to use. The film kick out is pretty flakey, the back latch pops open, the lens shutter has kind of gummed up again. But it has shot some cool photos. I need to make another one... better.

@MakarovFox 3 жыл бұрын

working in lenses is like clock works very small parts

@RotarySMP 3 жыл бұрын

I'd never done this before. Lucky someone did a video on how to.

@MakarovFox 3 жыл бұрын

@@RotarySMP yes internet have a lot of thing, a lot of crap to but thanks God that we have that amount of information, imagine if you wanted to do this like 30 year ago, you needed to look a lot of specific books and maybe dont fine the exact information you need

@RotarySMP 3 жыл бұрын

@@MakarovFox Very true.

@MakarovFox 3 жыл бұрын

hehe i was think yes he will ended using the mill for cutting that aluminium fail