If you read the instructions, you'll fin that shaking the photo is discouraged as it can damage the image - possibly giving rise to strange blue lines at the top 😉

There's often too much 'digital' these days. These cameras create nice snapshots of a time and place that you can send to friends and family. The imperfections give an added charm, often lost when taking photos digitally. Good video, James!

My dog lost her shit when she saw you on the tv, started barking like crazy. I think she’s your number 1 fan

I was unsure about this video just from the title. For a moment I wondered if it would be a complete waste of time. James never disappoints - the whole thing was interesting and enjoyable. From the shortcomings of the camera to the pub on the beach it held my interest. A quaint location with a lot of lovely photo opportunities. I would have shot the buoy in landscape with a wide lens including the left end of the left building out to the water on the right. Completely different than what James did…thinking about my own response was real engagement with the content. For me the video framing and clarity were 2 orders of magnitude better than the instant photos and made this almost a travelogue. Too bad we didn’t get to see the pub. James, stick to family snaps with that toy - it seems to be great at that. And go back to this beach with your serious gear. Cheers!

Love these kinds of challenge videos where you try to take the most out of any given scenario. Perfect start to a Saturday.

I always find your videos entertaining. This was an interesting challenge. Some of us are old enough to have spent more years shooting film than digital. Needing to count your available shots is something I haven’t done in a long time. It might be kind of fun to get a camera like this and give this challenge a try.

I love the game-interactive kind of vibe this restriction of 10 photos and you explaining choices influence the experience of warching this vid. It's a pleasant runaway from the digital and please keep on making those challenges James, all the best!

Check out the Instax Mini 90 Neo Classic too. Most of the issues you had (exposure control, tripod plate, flash control, and timer) are all on the Neo. Even still I think the shots you took are pretty great for a base level mini all things considered.

Love this practice! Very excited to see more shoots using instant film cameras. You should go a little street photography session.

I really enjoyed this as a bit of a photography challenge. It may be a cheap camera and absolutely not made for landscape photography. The images have a certain feel to them that I quite enjoy.

I think it could be used when you are scouting future photo shoots. The photo may not be great, but you can use it to line up your shots. Fun video.

I came here on my trip to north wales a few years ago and it was great seeing James photographing the same boat i did 😄 Great video

My daughter has one. I do like sneaking landscapes with it from time to time. Really enjoy the look when it works

I always have my instax wide in my camera bag, bigger pictures, more controls (exposure compensation for example), lots of fun, and a macro lens to put on, I have a lot of fun documenting my travels or my walks (10 shots to describe them). This is great, I started photography with instax and old polaroids, of course, they can't compete with digital cameras but you can still achieve really nice results. I use to take a picture of the shot with my phone (a frame in the frame to put on instagram), it works really well too.

Very entertaining video. You always cheer me up. I loved the photo with the dog. (It was as though you had trained that dog to run through your shot😉). Very good. 👍

With our complex interchangeable lens systems, it can be a lot of fun to go out and play with a really simple camera and challenge ourselves with them. I have a Nikon Coolpix S8100 pocket camera that is a really simple to use automatic camera. It was one of two pocket cameras I used to carry around back before phones had decent cameras. I still enjoy taking it out once in a while to mess around with and see if I can trick it's auto programming into doing what I want.

I took a Polaroid to a festival and took photos of people then gave it to them. It was great, also had a few on some tables at my wedding, love having these physical images

Lovely video as always :)

That pub used to have their name on the roof tiles, I did some KAP there years ago after it was named on a global list of top ten beach bars!

I have one of these and I've only used it for family things in the past, Christmas, Birthdays etc. I've never thought about using it for landscape photography though ha! Mine has a dial setting for different environments, a cloudy setting, sunny and an indoor setting. Can't say it's been used in quite some time. Interesting and very different video!

That was fun it reminded me of Kai W videos from back in the day ... photography with shitty/toy cameras!

I take one when I go out and about shooting landscapes. One thing that caught me out was the temperature range it’ll work in. Be careful of it facing the wind it can literally prevent the shot from developing

What happens if a super awesome sunset appears? You will run to the pub and cry in your pint.

This was quite fun because I know Nefyn beach quite well, and the Ty Coch is a good pub

Great as usual 👌

Nice to see you finally shooting Fuji. These Instax cameras are so popular and I've never understood why! Just buy the cool printers they make (SP-3, Instax Wide etc).

The sound of my childhood. Click, buzzzz. - Elaine

I kind of like the size of those photos coming out of that camera. Reminds me of those old time idol card people could collect...

Good fun, I especially liked the traditional flipping of the “Polaroid” film to help it develop and dry.

HAHHA just watched this and funny enough I went for a walk yesterday and I took my daughters instax11 out as well - no that happy with the results I got after a couple of shots - Wood/landscape not suited for that camera - could really do with filters- thinking of getting "Instax evo mini" which has inbuilt filters you can select before you print. Another great vlog -

Loved this one James - we all need to have a bit more fun sometimes.👍

The Instax Mini 90 gets you the tripod mount and some controls. We bought it for the same reason, quick baby snaps and travel memories you can share instantly to friends. There is also black and white film for the Instax that helps it shine a bit more.

Just a few things. I remember the video "Why I'll never shoot film", and you saying the film photographers use Portra 400 and think they are making art but all they are doing is just pointing a camera at things.... Anyway, don't shake your instant pictures - it's a common misconception, it has no effect except to possibly make them worse. After taking a shot, put it in your pocket or other dark place and until it fully develops. You will get richer tones, better contrast and a longer-lasting picture.

I have the SQ6, the Wide and have used a mini in the past. For control the SQ6 has the most of the 3. The Wide does have options to lighten and darken but you cant turn off the flash. The Wide is my favorite for the size of the print and it seems sharper as well. It would be nice if they came out with a low iso option film. 400 is fairly high.

It's so fun to experiment with instax. Did you see the Nons SLR? You'll have a bit more options to play with!

I've got the Instax Wide but haven't used it outdoors. Figure if James can do it then I should give it a go. The buoy was a great shot given the constraints.

That was fun 😁 There are Instax cameras that allow manual control for hard core Instax fans....I think by Mint and LOMO

Loving the "3...2...1" countdowns. Reminds me of 90s school photographers 😉

Should try out the Fujifilm Instax mini 90 retro. Has some more control such as flash control or even a bulb mode. And yes it does have tripod mounds and rechargeable batteries that last like 8 film cartridges. Great video with something new!

when I wanted James to shoot Fuji not sure I had this in mind!!

I have the instax pro or something like that. It has a tripod mount and you can choose between over and under exposure. And it has 3 different distance settings. It also has a self timer and you can do double exposures. I like that it is still quite simple but there are some choices other than pointing it on the subject.

Like someone else said, don't shake the photos. The outside is already dry because of the way the print works, and shaking it just damages the shot if you shake hard enough.

Often with photography it feels heavily dependent on understanding all of the tech involved instead of the art. Adding those restrictions was enjoyable to watch.

Nice one. The Instax Wide is your next step!

Probably not the most helpful comment, but I got the Instax SQ6 a while back and whilst limiting you can at least turn the flash off or lighten or darken the images. I tend to use it for little abstract shots now and again, but certainly a challenge to use well!

Hi James, hope all is well with you and your family. The instax is a fun camera, and depending on the model you acquire it has some of those features you are asking, mine has all that you were refering. But regarding the video, I loved it... Why... Because I do this quite often. I load up a cartridge in my instax and just go, or I load up the camera give it to my 6y old daughter when we are going for a walk, she also loves it. There is even a monochrome film for straight up shooting BW. Also the instax printers are cool also, with a newer Fuji camera you can pair it and print the pics out of the camera. But for the printers I would only use the Basic color film, even for a BW print, its cheaper than the other films instax have. Somehow I feel a fairly basic quality photo album is nostalgic and beautiful in a photo world so uptaken with high resolution and top notch quality. I wish you all the best and thank you for your video.

Thanks James I will never own are use this camera I might have until you demonstrated it as my daughter is supposed to have my first grandchild next month and I thought about getting one . I stick with my obsolete DSLR or Samsung Phone

If nothing else, it was a nice walk that would have been made better had the pub been open. 👍🍺🍻

I took my Polaroid ImpulseAF to Southerndown in wales. Some good rocky shots but boy does it struggle with a wide landscape view. Used the Impossible color film from back in 2015. The dynamic range just doesn't exist you get like 1 stop either side of the "sliding exposure control". But good fun!

Very entertaining James…. So, was the Pub open?

Hi James, I'm curious would you ever consider doing a bit more with your website. It's lovely and it allows your designs to be a bit more of a focal point but it also feels lacking and though it could use a bit more of a personal touch of yours. Just my 2 cents but a header and maybe a video on loop at the top of some of your work would draw a more dynamic feeling from it as we enter a generation of web pages that're increasingly dynamic. Love your work and straight takes on technology.

Only you can make a video about a camera that is NOT an "all singing and dancing, full bells and whistles, top of the range, dearer than a second-hand car, mega-mega-pixel, bicep workout" and make it semi-interesting.

Hi James, an interesting if slightly bizarre subject this time .. Dunno why, but everyone shakes the picture while it develops on polaroid cameras and alike, maybe its in the hope of making a good photo .. one of life's little mysteries. What was really interesting was observing how you decide on composition, as that's where I learn a lot from you. Thanks for sharing.

I really liked the dog photo and the over exposed look. Might have to grab one of those cameras. The pics come out better than what I manage 😂

The call for the day...2:51 "going to head towards the pub"...3:03 "the grass will maybe be greener over there". Some nice compositions that the little camera was not able to deliver on. That was a fun challenge, though.

I own an instax printer and love it. Just a printer, mind you, not a camera like yours. So, it's less convenient because I have to transfer the photograph from the camera to the phone, before using the app to print it. But, easy enough. Fun at parties. Great when I photograph musicians and can immediately give them a print. I only photograph very small gigs, typically in bars, so these musicians often never even see the photographs people were making of them, much less a printed version. And I love the big smile I always get when I give them one :) Easy way to make their evening better. My way to thank them for the music.

That blue bit at 5:10 looks like vignetting from the polarizing filter. My guess is, you didn't have it properly centered over the lens. Or maybe, as @NeilT suggested, it's from shaking the photo like a Polaroid, which it isn't.

Interesting and engaging video as always Regarding Wales, I'm visiting North Wales at the end of this week, for the first time ever. Travelling from Scotland on Friday. Any tips you guys may have for decent locations for photos would be appreciated. Cheers, B.

You don't need to shake the photos by the way. I have a Fuji Instax 100, Fuji Instax Wide-film, and I usually use B/W-film in it with ok results. Big brick of a camera though. It gives me nice exposures and the colour-photos especially turn out quite sharp I find.

I'm wondering if that pub is going to re-open when the fishermen come back in with their catch!

I really enjoyed this video. I don’t exactly know why. But it was enjoyable and fun.

James, previously given up on the cameras but try the new Instax Wide (approx 350 gram) portable printer with your phone for mobile instant landscapes!

I've had to resort to using my DSLR to get an idea of what settings to use with film SLR cameras that I've shot with. 🤣

The different ND filters make though! I was almost blinded when he took off the filter

Ive been looking at the instax wide for some fun

I am thinking of getting one of these as baby 2 is on the way

Would have loved a closer look to them photos. Liked the artitstic approach,

Well done. Very interesting experiment. I’m sure you will do better next time. 😉

Shaking the pictures, and not protecting them from the light as they develop. I'm getting shivers down my spine 😅

Fun video, but I thought the best bit was when you suddenly moved the ND filter from your video camera. I’d no idea you were filming through one. Cue a video with showing the different effects perhaps.

Buoy was this a challenge. I haven't shot film for a long time. I intended to a couple of years ago and life got in the way. I do like the way that these modern instant cameras produce almost exactly the same quality of images of Polaroids and film from donkey's years ago. They offer a great nostalgic quality. I never owned a Polaroid, but we did use a polaroid back on a Mamiya for proofing purposes in the studio where we shot magazine covers. It's Boy, by the way. Also, when you knew it was going to overexpose virtually everything, why didn't you use the NDs? And, AND, why do you think the shutter is so easy to press when every photo cost you a quid? 🙂

My kids bought me an old Poloroid camera. Just getting the exposure correct has been an expensive proposition. So, now I have two. A really old one, one from the ‘70’s and I’m looking for one of those collapsing cameras (SX 70?). I’ve used almost every camera format and type built. Cyanotype? Some are only useful for family snaps. Others, you have to work hard. Nice try! Leica makes a version of the camera, but you probably know that.

I get it that you're switching to Fuji now? 😁 The instax is simply a fun camera, we got one for like 20$ only downside is the baby blue and snowflakes livery on it...

Nice looking Swedish MÖSSA (hat) you've got there, even got the Swedish flag on it. :D

makes we want to get the single use film cameras that had like 25 or 30 shots in them like when I was a kid. Those were so much fun even though it was so easy to over expose them lol

I like the retro look these images give, almost like the only thing likely to save a landscape shot is composition. A refreshing break from digital...

I shoot polaroid and instax wide , I think the right shot can really make a good landscape photo

Don't shake it. Outkast are not Polaroid reps. You don't shake a self-contained instant picture. It's pointless and on top of that, it can crack the chemistry and make it worse. Just let it develop out of direct sunlight and check it out later. Yes, same applies to Fujifilm Instax EDIT: Only Polaroid Peel-Apart Film you'd gently shake to dry as the surface of the peeled film was actually wet and exposed to the air. But almost everyone has stopped using those since the self-contained film has come out.

I had this idea some time ago but never tried it

Ahh. I miss that noise

That blue bit is likely to be due to the sun. The sun on instax film usually shows up as a black circle. My guess is it’s perhaps something to do with that

I like how the challenge was to use the that camera, then you put a filter in front of it that probably costs more that the camera does :) ... guessing.

An entertaining video, James. I think these cameras were mostly designed for indoor use, with less light. As a side note, stick to Squarespace as a sponsor. I'm having an impossible time, (apparently as some others), getting MPB to pay me for the equipment I've sent them. Their service is awful.

Almost makes me want to go out and buy some Instax Wide film for my Instax 100.....almost.

You'd probably be better with an instax mini evo or instax sq10. They are still instax but more hybrids. You can change the exposure. And choose when to print or not.

The yellow or orange thing is a fender ;-)

You could just have made the title "Using this camera in a video so I can claim it against tax" 😉🤣

Funnily enough, next video in line is "A Photography Tip About Exposure". Thanks for the video, I know now what not to do with my Instax!

If you want an Instax camera that has high quality lenses, adjustable exposure and weighs as much as a small child, try the Mamiya RZ Zinstax back. Great fun and totally impractical. :)

Polishing a turd? Best view is from the pub :)

Index finger on the shutter release is a design feature for profit, we all work for profit so can't complain really, inkjet printers follow the same commercial idea.

What's your process for B-roll footage? Do you do any script in advance or is it just spur of the moment. That shot of you walking across the beach from afar must have taken at least some level of planning, no?

I know it is a bit counter to the point of this camera, but would have loved to see you scan these in and show what kind of photoshop magic would be possible.

How about turning the camera body 90 degrees - that might turn down the exposure and give you a better composition - or are we all portraiture format oriented these days - what with the advent of the cameras in our phones

Top Heaton trolling 😁

7:30 still feels like you're playing Russian Roulette

Such a fun video I think that camera might be slightly underrated 😳

I disagree with you James, these photos do have a point and are lovely, uncontrolled exposure and high and miss focusing. And what a gorgeous beach!

Pity you didn't pop into the pub. Apparently it's in the top ten best beach bars in the world! and that's official

Re 2:17, my gf has an Instax SQ6, and you can turn the flash off...I'm surprised you can't do that with this model as well. But nonetheless agreed that it's not a great landscape camera.