TTartisan Folding Instax Camera

[Ko.Fe.]

It looks like all manual and rangefinder.

 

[boojum]

Blending old and new. It looks interesting. $$??

 

[lynnb]

Looks great. I’d be more interested if they released one that used Instax Square film. The credit card size Instax Mini film is a bit too small IMO.

 

[Retro-Grouch]

It looks like no electronics, and maybe a crank to eject the film. Also appears to have real controls on the lens. And who is making "spring driven" leaf shutters these days, unless TTA is making its own? Very interesting! And probably not cheap...

 

[cboy]

If they put a rangefinder in camera such as this then we can safely say all those naysayers who said it's expensive to tack on a rangefinder, to put a sock in it then show them this camera, because we know full well it ain't gonna cost as much as a Leica

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

I want this!

 

[Bolo Kukus]

Me too. I'll pair it with my 1950 Zeiss Nettar and my 1953 Voigtlander Perkeo I. For a 1947 photographer.

Now if only somebody (are you listening, China?) could produce an affordable instant film for this little beauty...

 

[KoNickon]

Very interesting indeed. Let's see what the details are.

 

[robert blu]

Interesting, very inteteresting...I would like to have one...

 

[Out to Lunch]

 

[wlewisiii]

The missed a beat by not going with a Tessar design, alas.

 

[rhl-oregon]

I’d buy this as opposed to a plastic point and shoot blob, for the pleasure of rangefinder focusing, metering, metal heft and folder controls.

If this succeeds, maybe a 120 film version comes next—another reason to support TTArtisan. I use several of their lenses for M and L and X mount.

 

[wlewisiii]

I just remembered - the Seagull Folder was numbered the 203. Perhaps calling theirs the TT203 is a riff on that?

 

[xayraa33]

Easy for the factory to make it into a reintroduced Seagull 203 camera taking 120 film.

 

[Godfrey]

Looks neat.

I have some Instax wide i should use up.. i'll pull out the MiNT RF-70 for that.

G

 

[neal3k]

Here is my Seagull 203 for comparison.

Seagull 203 by Neal Wellons, on Flickr

I would certainly be interested in the Instax shooting TT203.

 

[CMur12]

The missed a beat by not going with a Tessar design, alas.

For the size of the print, I think a Tessar-type lens would have been overkill.

The triplet should be more than adequate and this camera definitely has my attention.

- Murray

 

[KoNickon]

So the rewind crank would eject the film? Presumably you'd have to turn it properly in order to release the developer, right? Very cool concept, for sure. It would be interesting to see what a decent lens can do with the Instax Mini format.

 

[wlewisiii]

For the size of the print, I think a Tessar-type lens would have been overkill.

The triplet should be more than adequate and this camera definitely has my attention.

- Murray

Yeah but I'm a Tessar fanboy! Just ask Sonnar Brian 🤣 😈

 

[cboy]

With way it works and the effort in its mechanism it's probably better suited for more deliberate shooting such as a TLR.