In this video I mention that the 680 needed a tinted window to expose correct Recent research/updates in the SX-70R project mean that this information is no longer correct
Great camera rebuild. Can you display in a future show when you add the grid lines onto the SX-70 fresnel screen on B role. It would be good to see how it looks through the viewfinder.
Love your channel! Your videos made me consider sending you my sx-70 for an overhaul and i-type upgrade ( just as soon as i figure out the customs red tape needed to ship something from here to Australia 😀) Keep up the good work!
Love your videos and i would like to see a future video of your private camera collection or sx70 sonar vs slr680/690. And funny enough dankpods has done a few videos on Polaroid cameras
Except for maybe that gold SLR 680, I think this lovely combo of leather and modern parts might be the best refurb you've done yet! I agree with your sentiments on the PolaStudio battery pack. Insane performance, probably due to a slight overvolt (within safe limits) to account for the aging electronics or relatively high resistance of those thin ribbon cables. Though I guess you replaced the PCB too, so that might also have something to do with it. I also agree that a battery door could be done tastefully, minimizing the effect of aesthetics while making a product that will last essentially forever. Though having said that I'm usually a person who takes function over form, so maybe I'm biased. Ditto on your thoughts about modern social media and video content lately! I avoid short form videos (save for a handful of my favorite creators will also do long form) like the plague. Especially certain Chinese spyware disguised as social media...lol I feel you just get more value out of longer form content, and it also forces you to focus on parts you may find less interesting, which is good for your attention span. Adrian's Digital Basement is one of my favorites too, same for Louis Rossman and the like. Great video as always Jake, and thanks for the shout-out. I'm looking forward to dropping my Sonar in the post for you! And who knows, maybe you'll find something on mine that's worth a video? Hahaha.
I still prefer the look of the current Polastudio rechargeable battery instead of a door, it ruins the aesthetics. I understand your point of view, but I would prefer it to be cleaner. That said I don’t have one myself, when I saw $210 I decided to go on using Polaroid 600 and SX-70 film. Anyway, keep up the good work, you’re a godsend!
Hello Jake, love your detail video! Its hidden gem for fixing the sx70. And I am currently try to clean my sonar lens, but how come you take off the lens so easily in 45:01? I try to rotate it out like you did, but feel like something (maybe the sonar gear) is blocking it from all the way out?
Im unsure about the powerkit from polastudio. I have the powerpack from retrospekt for my 680. But the powerkit looks much better and seems to have more Power. Great Video!
10:13 Or you could cut your leather skin with holes for the screws so you can take off the bottom panel without having to de-skin it. Would even look less obtrusive than having a panel in the back. [edit]13:57 I see you already figured that out yourself 😂[/edit]
Anyone has 3D model of this housing? Currently I have slide-on lipo with self timer but it tends to slide out when in backpack. This idea of extended housing looks brilliant 🤩
Question on the sonar sx 70 there are 3 wires at the top that I believe go to the flash, but on pola studios’ pdf those no longer get connect because the flash in now controlled by the IC ? (On sonar models only)
When I connect external 6 volts to the outer case battery test terminals of my sonar model, the camera starts the shutter/gears on repeat. When I insert a standard 600 cartridge everything works fine. Do you have an explanation for this? Is it bad connections or something else.
really just adding in some quick way to change out the battery, even a door, id be fine with. its such a permanent change that its the only thing keeping from even wanting to get it done. the prospect of just casually being able to use I-typ film is a really big appeal but the powerbar S is already cheaper and you just slap it on the top if you got a sonar... i suppose im also one who doesn't want to modify or having changes made to my camera unless needed. The other thing is SX-70 Accessories are just expensive cause it is a bit of a niche hobby within the photography spectrum... what can you do?
the Powerbar-S is certainly a 'clean' way of adapting the SX-70 Sonar to take i-Type film. But in terms of 'modifying' a camera, truth is the camera should ideally be overhauled regardless of which option you choose. To get the best out of the Power-bar S, the camera should really be 600 modded and have its internal metal tongue removed to make use of i-Type film easier. Otherwise you are stuck kludging fiddly filters over your packs of film, and getting no benefit from the faster ISO. As my video demonstrates, many of these cameras are ticking-timebombs waiting to fail (see mirror silicon). So advertising something as ‘plug and play’ and ‘no mods required’ does the public a dis-service when it comes to people getting the best results from their gear. Additionally, although the new Powerbar-S does feature a flash pass-through, it does become a pretty flimsy tower when the bar AND a Mint flash are installed. If you use flash regularly, this is something to consider. Modding the camera to accept a different base panel like this is very easy to do when the camera is being serviced and is already being taken apart. Each battery adapter has its own pros and cons
Any chance you could adapt the Pola power thing with another usb charge plut on the other side to give it 20 years life?. using the one until it dies and then switching to the other one.
In this video I mention that the 680 needed a tinted window to expose correct
Recent research/updates in the SX-70R project mean that this information is no longer correct
Thank you again Jake! Your skill and knowledge of these is unmatched. Stunning work as always and looking forward to putting them both to work. 📸🔥🔥
It was my pleasure!
I’ve got a SX-70 sonar, I don’t use it as much as I used to. And I certainly had no idea before this channel that it was a time bomb. Spooky 💀😂
25:17 "Lube makes the world go 'round" 👀
Perfect timing! I was just finishing one of your other videos.
Great camera rebuild.
Can you display in a future show when you add the grid lines onto the SX-70 fresnel screen on B role.
It would be good to see how it looks through the viewfinder.
Love your channel! Your videos made me consider sending you my sx-70 for an overhaul and i-type upgrade ( just as soon as i figure out the customs red tape needed to ship something from here to Australia 😀) Keep up the good work!
I'd love to!
It might even end up on the channel... 😉
Would be great seeing a breakdown of your cameras and why u have them !!!
You are doing a great job. Thanks for the video.
Impressive!!!!
Love your videos and i would like to see a future video of your private camera collection or sx70 sonar vs slr680/690. And funny enough dankpods has done a few videos on Polaroid cameras
I'll certainly do content on this in the future
Except for maybe that gold SLR 680, I think this lovely combo of leather and modern parts might be the best refurb you've done yet!
I agree with your sentiments on the PolaStudio battery pack. Insane performance, probably due to a slight overvolt (within safe limits) to account for the aging electronics or relatively high resistance of those thin ribbon cables. Though I guess you replaced the PCB too, so that might also have something to do with it. I also agree that a battery door could be done tastefully, minimizing the effect of aesthetics while making a product that will last essentially forever. Though having said that I'm usually a person who takes function over form, so maybe I'm biased.
Ditto on your thoughts about modern social media and video content lately! I avoid short form videos (save for a handful of my favorite creators will also do long form) like the plague. Especially certain Chinese spyware disguised as social media...lol I feel you just get more value out of longer form content, and it also forces you to focus on parts you may find less interesting, which is good for your attention span. Adrian's Digital Basement is one of my favorites too, same for Louis Rossman and the like.
Great video as always Jake, and thanks for the shout-out. I'm looking forward to dropping my Sonar in the post for you! And who knows, maybe you'll find something on mine that's worth a video? Hahaha.
I still prefer the look of the current Polastudio rechargeable battery instead of a door, it ruins the aesthetics. I understand your point of view, but I would prefer it to be cleaner.
That said I don’t have one myself, when I saw $210 I decided to go on using Polaroid 600 and SX-70 film.
Anyway, keep up the good work, you’re a godsend!
A small door at the bottom wouldn't look THAT bad
Truth is we need to think about the future instead of today's convenience
I’ve an sx70 sonar I’m tempted
Hello Jake, love your detail video!
Its hidden gem for fixing the sx70. And I am currently try to clean my sonar lens, but how come you take off the lens so easily in 45:01?
I try to rotate it out like you did, but feel like something (maybe the sonar gear) is blocking it from all the way out?
You must disengage the gears first
I do this by lifting up the sonar assembly on the right side
@@theinstantcameraguy Ahhh thank you ❤
Nice job!
Have you preciously shown how to calibrate the infinity on these cameras? If not, that would be fun to see!
Hmmmm... I'm not sure
But I can certainly cover that in the future
Im unsure about the powerkit from polastudio. I have the powerpack from retrospekt for my 680. But the powerkit looks much better and seems to have more Power.
Great Video!
10:13
Or you could cut your leather skin with holes for the screws so you can take off the bottom panel without having to de-skin it. Would even look less obtrusive than having a panel in the back.
[edit]13:57 I see you already figured that out yourself 😂[/edit]
Anyone has 3D model of this housing? Currently I have slide-on lipo with self timer but it tends to slide out when in backpack. This idea of extended housing looks brilliant 🤩
Question on the sonar sx 70 there are 3 wires at the top that I believe go to the flash, but on pola studios’ pdf those no longer get connect because the flash in now controlled by the IC ? (On sonar models only)
Amazing work! Do you think it would be possible to remove the sonar unit from one of these altogether?
@@_guillermo no
The sonar is an integral part of the shutter. It might look like an add-on accessory but it's not
@@theinstantcameraguy cheers, thank you!
This is the only guy Ik who can tell a camera by its smell
So can the batteries be replaced in this version of the PolaStudio or is it impossible without breaking the housing?
It's possible but you have to remove it from the camera and then dismantle the internals
When I connect external 6 volts to the outer case battery test terminals of my sonar model, the camera starts the shutter/gears on repeat. When I insert a standard 600 cartridge everything works fine. Do you have an explanation for this? Is it bad connections or something else.
You need a pack of some kind of film in the camera to trigger the film counter switch
Or your camera will be stuck on dark slide eject mode forever
really just adding in some quick way to change out the battery, even a door, id be fine with. its such a permanent change that its the only thing keeping from even wanting to get it done. the prospect of just casually being able to use I-typ film is a really big appeal but the powerbar S is already cheaper and you just slap it on the top if you got a sonar... i suppose im also one who doesn't want to modify or having changes made to my camera unless needed. The other thing is SX-70 Accessories are just expensive cause it is a bit of a niche hobby within the photography spectrum... what can you do?
the Powerbar-S is certainly a 'clean' way of adapting the SX-70 Sonar to take i-Type film.
But in terms of 'modifying' a camera, truth is the camera should ideally be overhauled regardless of which option you choose. To get the best out of the Power-bar S, the camera should really be 600 modded and have its internal metal tongue removed to make use of i-Type film easier. Otherwise you are stuck kludging fiddly filters over your packs of film, and getting no benefit from the faster ISO.
As my video demonstrates, many of these cameras are ticking-timebombs waiting to fail (see mirror silicon). So advertising something as ‘plug and play’ and ‘no mods required’ does the public a dis-service when it comes to people getting the best results from their gear.
Additionally, although the new Powerbar-S does feature a flash pass-through, it does become a pretty flimsy tower when the bar AND a Mint flash are installed. If you use flash regularly, this is something to consider.
Modding the camera to accept a different base panel like this is very easy to do when the camera is being serviced and is already being taken apart.
Each battery adapter has its own pros and cons
Any chance you could adapt the Pola power thing with another usb charge plut on the other side to give it 20 years life?. using the one until it dies and then switching to the other one.
Anything is possible
But I'd just prefer it had a door lol
I have an sx-70 sonar that needs repair does anyone have any recommendations on where I can get it repaired for a reasonable price
@@TheDraKing umm...
Me?
hi! what are the different lubricants you are using?
Lithium grease. Liberty oil. Graphite. Plastic grease. Depends on the part that needs the lube
YO HOLD UP YOU CAN ADD A GRID TO THESE 58:31
Yup. I discovered you can lol