The I DON'T LIKE POLAROID PRINTS appreciation thread

Godfrey said:
I don't take homework assignments. I do own three Instax technology devices (a LOMO Instant Square, a NONS InstaxSQ back for Hasselblad, and an Instax Magny 35 with Leica M film back for Instax SQ prints with my Leica M4-2 and M6 bodies...) and have used them quite a lot.

But I'm way ahead of you. I've been studying camera technology since the 1970s.

The Fuji Instax print architecture was one of two designs ('expose from the back' and 'expose from the front') that Polaroid patented in the process of creating integral film and the SX-70 camera in the 1960-1970s. Polaroid used the 'expose from the front' design to facilitate the already well along the way SX-70 SLR design. Kodak tried to steal the 'expose from the back' design patent, and got beaten for it to the tune of a $19 billion dollar judgement against them. When Fuji sensibly licensed Polaroid patents to create Polaroid compatible films and later Instax films, they chose to use the 'expose from the back design' for the Instax line as it meant a simpler light path and lower cost to manufacture the bodies. See "A Triumph of Genius" by Ronald K Fierstein, ©2015.

Most of the reason for "all the mirrors" (quoting you) in the SX-70 was because the SX-70 is a single lens reflex, that is, the image that you view through the viewfinder is formed with the same lens that it is formed with on film. It does not have an auxiliary viewfinder. If you don't understand this, take a look at the Polaroid SX-70 promotional video on YouTube:

The Instax Wide EVO is a digital camera combined with an Instax Wide printer. This from
instax.com

instax WIDE EVO™ | FUJIFILM

Welcome to the special website for the instax WIDE Evo™ hybrid instant camera. A camera that features a wide-angle lens to help you capture more of the action. This hybrid instant camera is packed with functions, like film and lens effects, film styles and more, which you can combine to make any...
instax.com instax.com
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Our first WIDE format hybrid camera

Both Hybrid Instant Camera and Smartphone Printer in a single device.
Simply choose a photo stored on your camera and print it! You can even print instax™ photos from your camera roll on your Smartphone!
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How else could you transfer and print photos from the camera later, from your iPhone, or save photos and make multiple copies of them with various effects? Why else would you have a Micro-SD card in the camera, and built in storage memory?? The Instax EVO Wide does not have any viewfinder other than the LCD ... fed by the digital imaging system components.

Here's my assignment to you: Photograph the back of your Instax EVO Wide camera with the film pack load door open so that I can see the light path from lens to film. If there is no direct light path, then it is NOT an instant print camera in the same sense that a Polaroid SX-70 (or any other Polaroid instant camera) is. It is a new type of hybrid camera, meaning it is the combination of a digital capture sensor and an Instax Wide printer.

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eff off. jeez, type to your heart's content, i didn't read a single word. don't you have anything better to do that "school" someone in a forum? you win, okay. feel better now? but once you scan a SX-70 print, by your definition, it is no longer "instant photograpy", so again by your definition, you have no business posting in this group. so there. have a good life.
 
AusDLK said:
eff off. jeez, type to your heart's content, i didn't read a single word. don't you have anything better to do that "school" someone in a forum? you win, okay. feel better now? but once you scan a SX-70 print, by your definition, it is no longer "instant photograpy", so again by your definition, you have no business posting in this group. so there. have a good life.
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I figured you wouldn't read it. Bye. You are ignored.

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Desk Chair - Santa Clara 2025
Hasselblad 500CM, Sonnar 150mm f/4, NONS InstaxSQ back​
 
I re-stocked on Polaroid 600 Color and B&W film a week or two ago. The last batch I'd been shooting with I'd received in September 2023 and worked well, but I loaded up the SLR670a and shot through a pack yesterday ... Both flash indoors (using the MiNT Flashbar 2) and ambient outdoors exposures. I'm impressed: absolutely perfect exposure and color through all eight shots!

I think Polaroid has been working hard to improve the consistency of their film and it shows.

That's not to say I made eight great photographs ... bottom line remains how much I put into selecting and framing a subject for how good the photos are. But they're technically all just fine... ;)

G
 
.. and this is eight shots of 600 B&W straight out of the Polaroid SLR670x by MiNT from this morning's short walk:

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I'm pleased..!

G
 
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