This video was super helpful to me. I just got my SX-70 Sonar back fully refurbished and modified to use 600 film and tested it on my polatronic 2350 flash, and it was WAY TOO powerful to use. So I actually covered the flash lens piece with some light dimming sticker and it works a whole lot better with my camera now. And the funny part about that, is I didn't even know it was actually a thing that people did to modify their flash to use 600 film until i saw this video. But nevertheless, I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one 😅
Always fascinated by the information I end up learning from your videos! Jealous of your "The Flash" with original box. Been trying to find one for a while but I guess they weren't very common
Nice and informative. Now I know why I got this scar on my finger after sticking into a TV, with tubes, long ago. And maybe why the fuji 500 AF Xmas gift to a 13 year old, had all group shot photos of all generations home for the holidays, are far too dark. Well, in this field, maybe size does matter.
This is good to know! I picked up a sonar with a polatronic flash, and I had to take it apart to add some insulator between the battery terminals and the spring holding them in place (they were shorting together and melting the battery compartment) and I was shocked by how big the capacitor is. I was planning on converting the sonar to 600, glad I saw this before I ended up with bad photos. Are there any downsides for just using the ND filter on the flash? Does it keep the shutter open longer since it’s exposing for SX-70?
Would swapping the original flash capacitor in a 600 box-type camera for a brand new cap with the same values make it charge noticeably faster? Or is the difference in charging speed mostly due to the smaller capacitance?
Jake, when someone mentioned this method in the comments in the previous video, you said you tried this and using a 1/4 capacity capacitor in the flash resulted in underexposed images. So you ended up using a 1/2 capacity capacitor which worked great. Now you've used a 1/4 capacity again. What's up with that?
There was another problem with that flash that led me to believe the 1/4 method didn't work right. I've gone back and deleted that comment since it is erroneous
@@theinstantcameraguy therefore whenever Polaroid decides that it is not worth anymore to produce SX70 film because the demand is too low whoever owns an SX-70 and cannot/doesnt wat to modify it will live with a nice paperweight?
@@gianlusc except that's not true. SX-70 cameras are so easy to modify to 600 film! They will become anything but a paper weight! The fact of the matter is that true SX-70 film doesn't really exist anymore anyway. It's just 600 film, but the negative is tinted by 2 stops to reduce light coming in. Compare some undeveloped film for yourself if you don't believe me. 600 film is brown and SX-70 film is black Go watch the factory tour video here on RUclips where they talk about it The days of Time Zero are long gone
What level strength of ND filter would you recommend to put onto the front of a flash unit. There are SX-70 ND sheets on the market to purchase as also shown by you in your demo - what type are they please.
This video was super helpful to me. I just got my SX-70 Sonar back fully refurbished and modified to use 600 film and tested it on my polatronic 2350 flash, and it was WAY TOO powerful to use. So I actually covered the flash lens piece with some light dimming sticker and it works a whole lot better with my camera now. And the funny part about that, is I didn't even know it was actually a thing that people did to modify their flash to use 600 film until i saw this video. But nevertheless, I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one 😅
Always fascinated by the information I end up learning from your videos! Jealous of your "The Flash" with original box. Been trying to find one for a while but I guess they weren't very common
I have the original box for The Button too!
Maybe I'll do a video about it
A 1/4 capacity capacitor not only speeds up charging, you also get around 4 times the amount of flashes from a set of batteries.
Nice and informative. Now I know why I got this scar on my finger after sticking into a TV, with tubes, long ago. And maybe why the fuji 500 AF Xmas gift to a 13 year old, had all group shot photos of all generations home for the holidays, are far too dark. Well, in this field, maybe size does matter.
This is good to know! I picked up a sonar with a polatronic flash, and I had to take it apart to add some insulator between the battery terminals and the spring holding them in place (they were shorting together and melting the battery compartment) and I was shocked by how big the capacitor is.
I was planning on converting the sonar to 600, glad I saw this before I ended up with bad photos.
Are there any downsides for just using the ND filter on the flash? Does it keep the shutter open longer since it’s exposing for SX-70?
shutter is always the same speed
The main advantage with a 1/4 power cap is a MUCH faster charging time (its at least 4x faster!)
@@theinstantcameraguy interesting, thank you!
Would swapping the original flash capacitor in a 600 box-type camera for a brand new cap with the same values make it charge noticeably faster? Or is the difference in charging speed mostly due to the smaller capacitance?
The faster charge is mainly due to it being 1/4 the size
600 cameras have pretty good quality capacitors already. Made by Rubicon
Jake, when someone mentioned this method in the comments in the previous video, you said you tried this and using a 1/4 capacity capacitor in the flash resulted in underexposed images. So you ended up using a 1/2 capacity capacitor which worked great. Now you've used a 1/4 capacity again. What's up with that?
There was another problem with that flash that led me to believe the 1/4 method didn't work right.
I've gone back and deleted that comment since it is erroneous
@@theinstantcameraguy Thanks!
Can you do this mod for a Polatronic 2350?
All flashes can be modified at the least by tinting the flash lens
As for specific models, it'll really just depend on if a new capacitor will fit
I’ve tried this thrice in the past. No thanks! :)
Why there are tutorials everywhere to change an SX70 to shoot with 600? I don't want the SX70 film to disappear 🤷♂️
Because 600 and i-Type film are superior in every way
@@theinstantcameraguy therefore whenever Polaroid decides that it is not worth anymore to produce SX70 film because the demand is too low whoever owns an SX-70 and cannot/doesnt wat to modify it will live with a nice paperweight?
@@gianlusc except that's not true. SX-70 cameras are so easy to modify to 600 film! They will become anything but a paper weight!
The fact of the matter is that true SX-70 film doesn't really exist anymore anyway. It's just 600 film, but the negative is tinted by 2 stops to reduce light coming in. Compare some undeveloped film for yourself if you don't believe me. 600 film is brown and SX-70 film is black
Go watch the factory tour video here on RUclips where they talk about it
The days of Time Zero are long gone
What level strength of ND filter would you recommend to put onto the front of a flash unit.
There are SX-70 ND sheets on the market to purchase as also shown by you in your demo - what type are they please.
@@monochromebluess same as the pack film filters. Anything that reduces light by 2 stops