In this episode we will check whether Instax Wide can take good photos and where the problem actually lies in the cheapest and most popular instant camera system.
The problem of instant photography that's available now is that the cameras are awful. Plastic lenses, limited shutter and aperture selection... I have the Fuji Instax Link Wide and when printing a digital photo from it you can really see that the film itself is excellent when properly exposed. Truly excellent, colors - range, everything one could desire and more.
You’re right. The only alternative for now is Nons which is not classic instant camera but SLR or Graflok from Lomo. There is nothing in between like Instax with faster glass lens and autofocus. It's a pity because you can get a really nice picture from this film.
@@grainystories Those are better cameras indeed, but I think the best is Zinstax custom back for the Mamiya RZ. That's a proper profesional camera which doesn't have the reliability doubts that one might get with kickstater/small scald type products. Unfortunately Zinstax is very expensive and also a custom product/hack. Also medium format - while the cameras aren't all that expensive, the film, dev and scanning is. That's why I ultimately gave up and went for the printer. I had the polaroid hi print but its far below what instax can do.
@@Armitage01101 well of course Mamiya it’s a different level and my little dream 😅 And in this case Zinstax can replace even peel apart back. But for now both are out of my budget 🙈 Only medium format I have is Pentacon Six made in East Germany. So it’s not the highest quality but still usable. Although as you said. If you let the lab do developing and scanning it’s an easy way to bankruptcy 😂 Sometimes I wish I had return to analog like 10 years earlier.
@@grainystories At the moment analog really requires coming at it with a plan, cognizant of how quickly the costs will escalate. 35mm black and white is still perfectly affordable but everything else costs much more than how it appears at the outset. 35mm color with commercial development and scanning with Kodak photo films has reached close to parity with Instax per frame which is just insane.
It's good to highlight that we have this D/L buttons which can help to 'correct exposures', also we can use external flash to fill more difficult scenes, but this is not the intended use of camera. Dzieki za material, pozdrawiam :)
Wow, you’re right I completely forgot about it 🤯 you’re right it’s not meant to be used for landscapes but still if you know how to use it, it can produce really nice shots. Pozdrawiam, wesołych ;)
Thanks for your video & your information about this cameras limitations. I’ve got both an Instax Wide & an Instax 100 (from 1999). I prefer using the 100, but it’s very hit & miss with light. Either photos are really dark (with a definite blue tinge to them) or really washed out. I find that the Wide can handle bright light better, but photos tend to be a bit out of focus. Admittedly, I’m still experimenting with both, so some of the problems I’m facing could be due to my own inexperience with each camera. However, I do like the fact that both cameras aren’t perfect & the fact that periodically I do get at least 1 or 2 decent shots. 👍
I have 100 and don't have issues with light. However if your subject is darker than the background you should use exposure compensation, but so far photos look 10/10. Maybe pick another 100 and see if metering/exposure is better.
Wow! thank you so much for making this kind of stuff, 12 subscribers? are you new on youtube? I can see your videos are so well made, it's always such a special thing when you find someone making awesome content about this. I've had some exposure issues with my instax wide today while my SLR680 is being refurbished, and this coincidentally comes up in my recommended 😁
So nice to read comment like this :) SLR680 is brilliant stuff and i envy you a little 😅I've just got Polaroid 660 and I fell in love again in instants. Instax as i said is not a bad camera if you know how to shoot with it but Polaroid for me is a different kind of magic 😁
There is no problem with Instax Wide FILM. The only problem is that Fuji Instax cameras are lousy, and frustrating. Lomography instant cameras are not as wqell made, but allows more creative control over picture taking. Lomography instant cameras are fun. Instax cameras are for those who don't want to think about taking photographs. Polaroid makes an even better camera, the I-2, but you are limited to square format, and the costs are much higher - more expensive camera, more expensive film. I wish there was a camera like the I-2 for Instax Wide film. If I was running Polaroid, I would make an I-3 for Instax Wide film. Why does Polaroid have to just use Polaroid film? Likewise, why doesn't Lomography make an instant camera for I-Type Polaroid film? As photographers we need more choices.
Great video, thanks! Instax wide camera is horrible! I think there's another version available in Japan, I've seen them on Ebay. I bought the Wide printer and print from digital pictures, much better.
You may be right but still cameras like Instax Wide or some Polaroids (for example 660) have landscape focus mode and there are many people who shot even architecture with instants 😁 And I think some advice from this episode will apply for this both types of photography. Anyway after finishing Georgia series I will try to check Instax and maybe Polaroid in portraits :D
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The problem of instant photography that's available now is that the cameras are awful. Plastic lenses, limited shutter and aperture selection... I have the Fuji Instax Link Wide and when printing a digital photo from it you can really see that the film itself is excellent when properly exposed. Truly excellent, colors - range, everything one could desire and more.
You’re right. The only alternative for now is Nons which is not classic instant camera but SLR or Graflok from Lomo. There is nothing in between like Instax with faster glass lens and autofocus. It's a pity because you can get a really nice picture from this film.
@@grainystories Those are better cameras indeed, but I think the best is Zinstax custom back for the Mamiya RZ. That's a proper profesional camera which doesn't have the reliability doubts that one might get with kickstater/small scald type products. Unfortunately Zinstax is very expensive and also a custom product/hack. Also medium format - while the cameras aren't all that expensive, the film, dev and scanning is. That's why I ultimately gave up and went for the printer. I had the polaroid hi print but its far below what instax can do.
@@Armitage01101 well of course Mamiya it’s a different level and my little dream 😅 And in this case Zinstax can replace even peel apart back. But for now both are out of my budget 🙈 Only medium format I have is Pentacon Six made in East Germany. So it’s not the highest quality but still usable. Although as you said. If you let the lab do developing and scanning it’s an easy way to bankruptcy 😂 Sometimes I wish I had return to analog like 10 years earlier.
@@grainystories At the moment analog really requires coming at it with a plan, cognizant of how quickly the costs will escalate. 35mm black and white is still perfectly affordable but everything else costs much more than how it appears at the outset. 35mm color with commercial development and scanning with Kodak photo films has reached close to parity with Instax per frame which is just insane.
@@Armitage01101 it is. Not only film is expensive because gear prices are also irrationally high.
It's good to highlight that we have this D/L buttons which can help to 'correct exposures', also we can use external flash to fill more difficult scenes, but this is not the intended use of camera. Dzieki za material, pozdrawiam :)
Wow, you’re right I completely forgot about it 🤯 you’re right it’s not meant to be used for landscapes but still if you know how to use it, it can produce really nice shots. Pozdrawiam, wesołych ;)
Thanks for your video & your information about this cameras limitations. I’ve got both an Instax Wide & an Instax 100 (from 1999). I prefer using the 100, but it’s very hit & miss with light. Either photos are really dark (with a definite blue tinge to them) or really washed out. I find that the Wide can handle bright light better, but photos tend to be a bit out of focus. Admittedly, I’m still experimenting with both, so some of the problems I’m facing could be due to my own inexperience with each camera. However, I do like the fact that both cameras aren’t perfect & the fact that periodically I do get at least 1 or 2 decent shots. 👍
I have 100 and don't have issues with light. However if your subject is darker than the background you should use exposure compensation, but so far photos look 10/10. Maybe pick another 100 and see if metering/exposure is better.
Wow! thank you so much for making this kind of stuff, 12 subscribers? are you new on youtube? I can see your videos are so well made, it's always such a special thing when you find someone making awesome content about this. I've had some exposure issues with my instax wide today while my SLR680 is being refurbished, and this coincidentally comes up in my recommended 😁
So nice to read comment like this :) SLR680 is brilliant stuff and i envy you a little 😅I've just got Polaroid 660 and I fell in love again in instants. Instax as i said is not a bad camera if you know how to shoot with it but Polaroid for me is a different kind of magic 😁
There is no problem with Instax Wide FILM. The only problem is that Fuji Instax cameras are lousy, and frustrating. Lomography instant cameras are not as wqell made, but allows more creative control over picture taking. Lomography instant cameras are fun. Instax cameras are for those who don't want to think about taking photographs. Polaroid makes an even better camera, the I-2, but you are limited to square format, and the costs are much higher - more expensive camera, more expensive film. I wish there was a camera like the I-2 for Instax Wide film.
If I was running Polaroid, I would make an I-3 for Instax Wide film. Why does Polaroid have to just use Polaroid film? Likewise, why doesn't Lomography make an instant camera for I-Type Polaroid film? As photographers we need more choices.
You have made a fantastic review of this camera. Enjoyed watching 👍
So happy to hear/read that :D Thank You!
Great video, thanks! Instax wide camera is horrible! I think there's another version available in Japan, I've seen them on Ebay. I bought the Wide printer and print from digital pictures, much better.
Yes, Instax printers prove that as I said the main problem isn’t the film but camera itself. Thank you so much for watching and comment 😍
Thanks for the video :-)
You’re welcome 😍
I have the original model. I was never happy with the film exposure - often way too dark. The film is hard to find unless you mail order it.
Well that’s strange. In Poland Instax film is probably the only one let’s say analog medium available even in not specialized stores. 🧐
that's why the Nons Hasselblad back is heaven sent!
Nons back is awesome but why the second part of this set is so expensive 😂
zastanawiam się dlaczego ta recenzja nie jest w języku Polskim?
Odnoszę wrażenie, ze jednak w Polsce zainteresowanie fotografią analogową jest wciąż małe ;)
Dlatego, że w języku angielskim kanał będzie miał znacznie większy zasięg.
I think the cameras primary use would be for portraits not landscapes
You may be right but still cameras like Instax Wide or some Polaroids (for example 660) have landscape focus mode and there are many people who shot even architecture with instants 😁 And I think some advice from this episode will apply for this both types of photography. Anyway after finishing Georgia series I will try to check Instax and maybe Polaroid in portraits :D
I am certainly glad i decided to get the printer over the camera
No doubt, printer works much better.
Ceska Republika`?
A little bit higher :D