INSTAX Mini Cameras with FLASHING ORANGE Lights | Can I FIX It?
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- These FujiFilm Mini 9's and Mini 11's are part of the camera joblot I bought recently for £80, for some reason.
Whilst filming this, I learnt that the orange flashing light fault is VERY common on these things.
Let's see how many, if any, I can get working!
Hope you enjoy!
Steve
PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest way to go about repairing broken stuff. I'm pretty good at melting plastic though. Please don't copy me - I'm an idiot.
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Stupid Orange Flashing Light
Nice work with the board swap impressive soldering
Maybe a piece of dark colored tape over the orange flashing lights should fix the stupid orange flashing light 😂
Watching your channel inspired me. I have had like 3 mulitmeters, multimmuters, whatever lol and never got to working with them. Santa saw my wishlist and i got myself a good station, ipa, leaded and unleaded tin, flux, wicks, capacitors, resisters, loop,lights etc etc. And after 5 years finally able to fix my studio monitors that once were blown out by a currency issue in my home. It saved me a lot of money as i didnt have to buy new powerboards, just replacing some capacitors and fuses.Thanks for everything i learned from you. Thanks for sharing your $0L1D humor. bless you
so does your daughter like the camera? I think the younger generation really like the whole retro analog lo-fi stuff these days.
Brilliant, Happy Christmas Steve
I ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT.
😁 glad someone did!
Hell yeah, I didn't expect a Wednesday video, at least not this early in the morning. Made my Wednesday.
You can't do ultra close ups on the polaroid style there is no focus system, the reason its its not centered is parallax the viewfinder doesn't look through the lens..you need a brightly lit subject a few metres away, and wait for the photo to develop,
Hi Steve! Following up on the comment about the "parallax effect": One of the drawbacks of cheaper cameras is that they don't have through-the-lens viewing, so the closer you get to the subject, the more off-centered it will be. You wouldn't notice it (probably) if just snapping photos of people.
Those instax mini 9s, you have to read the instructions to get the best results. There is a dial that you turn to what the orange light recommends for the lighting conditions. Then you will get a much better photo.
Instax mini 11 is much better as it does it all for you. Yes these caneras are picky as they only like to uae Alkaline batteries. Bought many "faulty, flashing orange light" and turns out just the previous owner didnt use the correct batteries lol.
Great video!!! Was frustrating to watch as i was screaming out about youre looking at thw wrong side 🤣🤣
I am glad to know that I am not the only one who doesn't enjoy fixing "Snappy" cameras. I did it for a living back in the day and I see it isn't any better now. Thanks for what you do!
Hi Steve. I really enjoy your videos. It amazes me how you can come up with so many cool rhymes. Here’s hoping you and your family have a very Merry(Happy) Christmas!!!!
The pink one where the photo comes out but are ruined is a mechanical problem. The two rollers squeeze the chemical across the photo are probably loose and doesn’t squeeze properly. I don’t know if there is an adjustment for the tension in these rollers. Maybe it got dropped and got warped.
it also could be a bad film. The chemicals inside could be a bit dry. I had that problem often with ancient Polaroid Film
@@TheKrogon vaccum sealed new stock ... he opens it right in front of the camera.
@@darknase If the film is old, it doesnt matter if it was vaccum sealed.
@@TheKrogondidn't he use the same film with the other camera?
@@kziad1 he tried a different film at 21:00. I am not saying i am right, it could be the rollers or the film
The construction of these is insane. Who hardwires up boards like this? Is it 1950 again?
The reason that the photos look off center from what you see in the viewfinder is called viewfinder parallax. It happens in viewfinder cameras and not in SLRs. The reason is the viewfinder is above the lens, and have to correct it by pointing the camera down a bit. SLRs don't have viewfinder parallax because you are looking through the camera lens itself. The first 35mm we were taught to use in photo school was a Leica M3 and we had to learn how to correct parallax. Some cameras had a line in the viewfinder to help.
Plus these camera's are meant to produce a "acceptable" image at the most common ranges. "4 inches from Dave" is a great title for a punk band but no the kind of location that will have these camera's produce a good image. It can't focus that close (it probably doesn't focus anyway) the flash will throw it's light past the subject, and it's off-center because of the parallax.
It's usually fun to see Stez struggle, but sometimes I wish he'd do the unthinkable and google how these things work before starting the fix...
id be so tempted to mix the case colors up.
I'm glad to see Dave get the recognition he deserves, perhaps he could start selling signed photos.
Great channel, I'm not sure why but it is
Those caps can give you a huge zap. Found that out futzing around with one of my digital cameras that took a fall. Dave was offset because of parallax error. Those cameras don't look through the lens so up close shots are off center. College photography class bubbling up from deep storage.
Thanks to you I managed to get a zip not working from ebay for £6. And fixed it. With a simple clean. Whoop whoop ❤
Always good to watch your videos, quite entertaining. I've used polaroid cameras before and although initially you do get an image it does take a long time for the picture to fully fix. I saw a video years ago where someone would take a portrait picture of someones face and use a stylus pen to it before it develops to alter their features, was funny to look at.
My friend and I used disposable cameras to make 'tasers' using the flash capacitors. I also worked at a 1 hour photo Walgreens at the time.
We made one that had hidden terminals in the grip, and I was able to install a new tool of film in the dark room at work.
After a full roll of film planning or friends, I developed the film too. Lots of pictures with the subject either at weird angles, blurry, completely missed, etc.
The strongest one we made could burn a hole through a quarter with it's arc.
funny you pointed out the capacitor, people used to make ghetto tazers out of disposable cameras because of those caps. always a good safety tip to discharge them safely!
One of the best songs you have done, imo. awesome stuff. I always listen
I’ve watched pretty much all of your videos and perversely enjoyed this the most - perhaps it was the sheer irritation exuding through the camera. Glad I’m not the only one who embarks on completely pointless and fruitless projects 👍🏻
Steve love the channel. I have subscribed. Just wanted to mention when you point up to refer to some other video or link, I don't see anything ! No worries though just letting you know.
At least we have lots of pictures of our Dave to treasure forever more.
Hi Steve, wishing you a merry Christmas and safe new year, only got one gripe, your video lighting swamps out the multimeter every video, apart from that, awesome videos mate, stay safe, keep up the great work mate. 🤙🏼🇦🇺
Joe from Australia 🤙🏼🇦🇺
I seem to remember when my family had a polaroid camera (back in the 70s) you had to keep the picture in a dark place to let it fully develop.
When i initially test these cameras i use an old film cartridge that i load back up with some spent photos just to save me wasting a new pack on some crap camera i have bought as spares 😅
As with most cameras they would probably work better in good daylight. I have tried fixing cameras in the past with limited success. They are very fiddly especially without a schematic or repair manual. I did manage to get a Nikon D100 working with a donor, but it's easier to just buy a working one.
Merry x-mas Steve and to all around the world from Germany
I felt this one. Rapid intake of breath.
Felt so sorry for you for whole video understanding that you going to find out that pictures are on the other side 😅 great stuff though!
I looked into the orange blinking light on Mini 8/9 and started drawing a schematic, getting some idea of how the PCB works, testing all the components etc. but ended with the realisation that it's a firmware corruption that happens. Once "bricked" there is no way back. Very shitty design. We have a working Mini in the house that I built from combining two cameras and i'm hoping it will never corrupt the firmware.
Love the channel and the shirt! Merry Christmas everyone
Good stuff Steve mate, hope you have a good one.
Nice
Merry Christmas Steve!
You discharged the capacitor, but then hooked camera up to power supply with finger close to capacitor! Would desoldering one of the wires temporarily be a safe thing to do while working on it?
I do miss my SX-70 sometimes!
Merry Christmas
you can put the prints back in the cartridges and use them again for film transport testing again in the future. black side faces front 👍🏼
Dave's on film
Love the shirt bro. Merry Christmas!
21:37 Epic moment
pissing myself laughing at you a) looking at the wrong side, b) not waiting for them to develop, c) burning through cash 🤣
14:50 One of the springs for the rollers are not pressing down enough to squeeze the chemicals correctly. Probably a broken plastic post for the spring.
Solid supid orange flashy things
Just so you know, my son got one of these new for a birthday, and it had the same issue out of the box... Try it with different batteries and brands, I know it sounds ridiculous but those cameras are REALLY picky about the battery you put into it... I forget what we used, but once we found the one it liked the flashing indicator error blinking went away.
My Roku remote is a pain when it comes to batteries. I have to have the same two all the time. This is despite having many, many brand new Amazon rechargeable.
Woo!
Steve, P.T.O.
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pink camera with the oval patterns. the rollers aren’t working evenly. check the springs / clean the rollers.
This printer, is it just an lcd in a box? If it is using light sensitive films i wonder how it puts image on paper. Cameras are straight forward, shutter lets light in and done
hey steve can you make the song jingle bells from just the sounds of your meters/ tools/ moocow sucker etc...
Hiya pal big fan 👍. L Button working as power button on nintendo switch. Can it be fixed. Keep up the top content 👍👍
22:26 They are not great because you are closer than 90 centimeters which is closest distance. It says on the front of the camera!
You have a screwdriver, works well to discharge the capacitor.
If you can figure out the issue plauging Canon Powershot cameras from the 00's causing them to no longer be powered by AA batteries I'll be keen to tune into that for sure, they power by the DC jack so they do still work!
Very common issue the pins on the bottom of the battery door loose there tension. They need to be bent up very carefully to make a proper contact. Ifixit have a guide on how to fix the problem
The age old tradition of palming off poor tech to your child 😂
Aww im 7 months too late to tell you those cametas arent for taking photos of stuff 6 inches infront of them! You need to take photos of things 6 foot away for it to be centered and in focus! ❤
I think you are taking close ups when the camera is fixed focus for general pictures at some distance. Go outside and take a few pictures to see... The reason "Dave" is not in the center is because your view finder is off to a side. Thumbs Up!
All I can say it's content 😁
22:45 - Parallax error. You are looking out trough the corner of the camera while the lens sits in the bottom center, and you're up close, even too close. What the viewfinder and lens is pointed at is not the same point.
Comment #6 of telling Steve to clean his mat.
Shake it like a Polaroid picture. You of all peps should know that song.
DOH!!!!
Steve, does the word parallax mean anything to you?
You mean those old microcontroller boards from the 2000s? /s
1/2 a step from opening the pizza box upside down... 14:00
Never shake instant photos (both Polaroid and Instax) - It will screw up the chemistry and smear the image.
I don't think the other camera has a light leak. I think the rollers that spread the developing chemicals inside the film are not pressing the film hard enough.
Unfortunately these Instax cameras kind of suck. They're not really much good for closeups and they don't work very well indoors- and the viewfinder doesn't work when you're close to the subject either.
@StezStixFix can u fix my ps5 and ps4?
Even if you fix it uncle steve they take really crappy pictures just buy a a Canon Selphy printer CP series :D
We always hate it when the computer tech guy asks us if the computer is plugged in and turned on. I imagine the camera tech guy asks if you’re looking at the correct side of the photograph. 😂
Poor Dave, getting papped in him house.
yes you do need to meware of flash capacitors. You can get a kiss wih a nice bite out of those. (I have tried).
Bonus points for touching one lead with one hand and the other with your other hand so you take it through the chest. I got stunned and light headed and sat down hard. Almost passed out! Just through one hand hurts bad enough.
@@hugegamer5988 yeah it hurts enough just across one fingertip. The camera I was working on had a much smaller (physically) cap han this to but I think it was a made for purpose flash cap. I never tried it on my tongue like a 9v battery though.
Only here for the singing. 😉
❤
I know it shouldn't, but It bothers me that someone of a similar age to me doesn't understand how pre-smartphone era fixed focus cameras work. They are not designed for taking a macro on a desk, you need to go outside and take a photo at a reasonable distance in daylight. And the viewfinder is not looking through the lens, so of course the image will be offset if you take a close-up. The broken camera looks like it has light leaking into the film chamber, which is probably fairly easy to track down.
I love your videos and you do some amazing work, but I think some of your frustrations in these camera videos are down to operator error.
Ah. Parallax error due to the nature of separate lens for film and viewfinder and being too close to the subject for camera design, hence Dave not being centred.
The flashing fast means the flash is ready to take a pic. Until then with the new ones no clue but going off the old version ones. Hope that helps.
The amount of things you could have known by just reading up a little bit on how these cameras and the film work.... So frustrating....
Stupid instant cameras & instaprinters
It's ironic that the Mobo was silkscreened "SCAM". That's what these cameras are, film packs are expensive, and quality is awful. They're not even good for kids as cost is ridiculous and build quality is similar to a market bought, Chinese toy. It's sad that Fujifilm had a real reputation in the imaging market, and now they just seem to (ahem) focus on these Polaroid knock offs. I know they still have their high end side, but their prosumer, or compact markets have all but gone (due to smartphones probably) I suspect these "instax" cameras are made by a 3rd party manufacturer and Fujifilm thought "we'll have a bit of that". The only market these appeal to is the hipster market, but even then they'll have digital cameras better than those
👍🏻😀
Time to enjoy the digital age. Who needs polaroids anymore?
Oh no I'm looking at the wrong side oops 😂
And this, dear viewers, is why the Camera Phone was invented. For those too young to remember the dark, dark days of Poloroid and all the other wacky cameras that came before... You either got a poor, blurry, totally colour inaccurate Instant Poloroid photo, or you went to Boots and handed in a roll of film to be developed in 72 hours. Or, if you were ESPECIALLY unlucky (ie.. Me), you had the wonderous Kodak Disc cameras (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_film) which were... horrendous. 10mm x 8mm negatives on a disc shaped film. And you still had to wait for them to be developed into the worst record of history you can imagine.
Thank god for digital photography.
Sounds close to the View-Master format of slide film.
Aww, but the old days of taking rolls of film from your vacation to the pharmacy to be developed and then after a few days getting back a bunch of overexposed blurry photos was so much more exciting! Sometimes they even had half of one photo on one side and the next half of the next photo on the other! Kids these days are spoiled with instant decent photos they can instantly send around the world. Where is the mystery? The intrigue?
@@bobsoft Damn I remember ViewMaster... I had one for a birthday, I must have been like 6 or so. I remember getting The A-Team slides, you could see stills from the TV show in 3D. It was pretty epic for a 6yr old back in the 80's :D
@@hugegamer5988 Or when you got someone else's envelope of photos?
We have these cameras, the quality isn't all that great.
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HE WAS LOOKING AT THE BACKS OF THE PHOTOS... 🙄
Minure! Hahahahaha
Stupid Instax mini
These sort of cameras arnt reall designed for such close up shots. You need to take room shots
The whole Polaroid printing is a big myth of instant printing.. the awesome technology but doesn't come cheap.. I will be happier with decent pic which takes about 2 hours, taken on film.. going back to the Kodak moment.😅
I could see your blood pressure rising. Stupid cameras.
Yer , that crap eye piece isn;t what the lens sees so any close shots will be very off center. Kids cameras.......🤣🤣🤣
Who buys these ?
Ok man I love your videos but this was infuriating. You taking picture after picture and looking at the wrong side. Please, you have to work on your investigative method.
Steve can change a simple fuse from a fan and still can make people laugh. Love this channel.
I think that first camera has a light leak in the body, based on how the same part of each photo was totally exposed.
As for why Dave wasn't in the center, the viewfinder in those cameras is offset from the lens, so you aren't seeing the same thing as the lens is. It's not like an SLR where you're looking through the lens. If you're taking a photo of something close, you have to account for that offset when you're framing.
Parallax Error
@ acidhead.
Trigonometry is fun, and easy, if you paid attention in class.
I believe parallax is a made up word😅
Parallax is a made up word; made up to define the apparent shift in an object's position depending on the viewing angle.
English is fun and easy, if you paid attention in class.@@chrisprobert6
Hey, are there any plans creating a video about creating the songs for the videos? E.g how you select / create the base music, the whole process. I mean you basically release a new video every week with new music for it as well, this on it’s own is amazing. And the music for this video was spot on!
Yea! Do an AMA. That would be fun!
Steve your channel is awesome. The humor, the music, the editing and composition. It’s all unique and makes for a fun, entertaining, and educational viewing experience.
Also, taking on things such as that board swap is inspiring. I don’t doubt my ability to do this work as I’ve spent many years in the past doing solder work installing flash/tune chips on OBD1 ecus, repairing damaged traces and cold/broken solder joints on weather exposed ecus, modifications to make JDM ecus work in USDM cars, etc.
But for those who may not know how to do work such as this, you take the fear out of it. Worst that will happen is something that’s broke will still be broke. And you show that in the end the learning experience, skills, and knowledge gained are sometimes worth more than the repairs.
Glad I found your channel way back when. And glad I stuck around. Been here since 15k sub mark.
Those capacitors are brutal. I have been shocked a couple times with them and it is far worse than a mains 120v shock. Just beware not only do you have to stay away from the capacitor contacts but also from the circuit board. Also if you don't have a fancy capacitor discharger a big flathead screwdriver works well😂.