Nailed It!
vickersdc

Nailed It!

After some fun and games utilising Instax film in my 135 year old 1/4-plate camera, failing, then studying the characteristic curve for Instax, I ventured up the road to try again. This time success!
Location
Whatley, Somerset (UK)
Equipment Used
c1896 Underwood 'Instanto' 1/4-plate camera fitted with Schneider 90mm f8 Super-Angulon lens.
Exposure
1/30sec @ f45
Film & Developer
Instax Wide
Lens Filter
None
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Nice! I like the vivid colors, dynamic range, sense of depth and movement with the curving road. :smile:
 
Thank you for your comments @BGriffin23 - After a few trials and tribulations, this is the first Instax photo that I've taken, that I actually really like! The real thing is even better to be honest :smile:
 
@John M Austin - yes, Instax is instant film. It just so happens that the Instax Wide is almost the same size as 1/4-plates, so in the wooden holders that I have I can fit one sheet of Instax. It's not perfect as the Instax is about 1mm too wide on one dimension, but I can get away with it.
In a changing bag, I slide an Instax sheet out of it's original holder, put it into the 1/4-plate DDS, shoot and then transfer it back to the original holder. I then fit this into an Instax Wide 100 camera, press the shutter button (in the changing bag so it's not double-exposed) and out the sheet pops for developing.
 
Damn clever! Does the film lay flat in the film holder? If it's any thicker than standard sheet film, you'd have to defocus slightly to account for the difference in film thickness. Is that why it appears to be slightly unsharp?
 
@John M Austin - you can see how the film fits from my post about using the Instax film in the 1/4-plate camera. It only fits on one side easily, despite being a DDS holder although I am very seriously contemplating making the minor adjustments needed to be able to fit sheets in both sides of the holder.
As regards the sharpness... the actual Instax sheet shows a sharp image (although the resolution is 10lp/mm according to Fuji), so it'll never look like Velvia! It's likely to be slightly unsharp because of my scanning rather than anything else (you have to keep the face of the Instax sheet off of the scanner glass to avoid Newton rings).
 
@vickersdc Now that's cookin with gas! Wonder what a screwier lens would do? Any plans?
 
@JBrunner - no, but as I had to take off the original brass lens to fit the Schneider, and knowing that Instax has terrible reprocity timings, maybe I could re-fit that lens (there's no shutter apart from the lens cap) and give low light photography a go?!
 
Dee, yea, I think you nailed it, mate. Caught the light on the cottage perfectly. A well caught moment. I love it. Well done.
 

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