This is basically building a new camera and rebuilding a shutter. Lots and lots of work. Loved the video and the details of the description but I don't really see the advantage to doing this on a polaroid rather than buying a better camera for the instax film. Great job with the work and the video
Thanks. I agree, except that the "better camera for Instax film" doesn't really exist. The only thing that comes close is the RF-70 which is so close to perfect, except for the crappy lens they put in (and therefore the price doesn't work for me).
I love this series you are doing! I really enjoy how precise you are you are with this as well. I shoot a lot of Instax Wide and I would love a camera like this, with the old glass and manual shutter combined with the Instax film.
@@RotarySMP Yes I did enjoy it, thank you! I saw other videos with people attempting the same thing, but you take it so much further. So many great ideas and techniques. Looking forward to more videos about your cameras! Cheers from Prague, CZ
Glass cutting tip, float something like white spirits or paraffin with a brush over where you want to cut before cutting. I don't know why it works better, but it does: Regards, Matthew
Growing up in Wisconsin in the early 1980s, we got syndicated reruns of the original Paul Hogan Show. There's a sequence where he makes toast by nailing a slice of bread to the wall and taking a propane torch to it which is eerily similar to how you extracted carborundum for lapping. EERILY SIMILAR.
Ready für the Olympic Games! You’ve got the torch and your 1st shot of the Olympic Rings are awesome. Is it the Winter games in Vienna at that time of the year? Good job may, even if the camera is as blind as a Mexican bat for the time being! There is at least some CNC machining coming on episode 4! :)
As with all the other majors of the camera industry, RotarySMP Inc debuts its high end professional camera in time for the Toyko Olympics. C/N/O/P are all engulfed in corporate panic, as the new player eats their lunch :)
The biggest issue most people have when scoring glass is not pressing hard enough. You want a good solid score in one pass. A light score will cause issues.
Thanks for watching. I've seen various hacks for the range finder, but my first issue is to move the lens back closer to the body, so that it can go to infinity. Once the lens is correctly located, I have been thinking of going all in and maybe making a replacement cam, so that the Rangefinder is accurate for the shorter 105mm lens across it's entire range.
@@johnbrewer318 Thanks John. It has been both fun and frustrating to use. The film kick out is pretty flakey, the back latch pops open, the lens shutter has kind of gummed up again. But it has shot some cool photos. I need to make another one... better.
@@RotarySMP yes internet have a lot of thing, a lot of crap to but thanks God that we have that amount of information, imagine if you wanted to do this like 30 year ago, you needed to look a lot of specific books and maybe dont fine the exact information you need
Super cool build and awesome video. lots of helpful tips, thanks for sharing!
Thanks. Hope to see your version of this.
This is basically building a new camera and rebuilding a shutter. Lots and lots of work. Loved the video and the details of the description but I don't really see the advantage to doing this on a polaroid rather than buying a better camera for the instax film. Great job with the work and the video
Thanks. I agree, except that the "better camera for Instax film" doesn't really exist. The only thing that comes close is the RF-70 which is so close to perfect, except for the crappy lens they put in (and therefore the price doesn't work for me).
I love this series you are doing! I really enjoy how precise you are you are with this as well. I shoot a lot of Instax Wide and I would love a camera like this, with the old glass and manual shutter combined with the Instax film.
I would also love a camera like this especially with some system to focus :(. Thanks for watching.
Fascinating workmanship! So inspiring, thank you!
Thanks for the feedback. Glad you enjoyed it.
@@RotarySMP Yes I did enjoy it, thank you! I saw other videos with people attempting the same thing, but you take it so much further. So many great ideas and techniques. Looking forward to more videos about your cameras! Cheers from Prague, CZ
@@SjamK Thanks. I look forward to having the Schaublin working, as I have a few camera projects in mind.
Glass cutting tip, float something like white spirits or paraffin with a brush over where you want to cut before cutting. I don't know why it works better, but it does: Regards, Matthew
Thanks I'll try that.
Growing up in Wisconsin in the early 1980s, we got syndicated reruns of the original Paul Hogan Show. There's a sequence where he makes toast by nailing a slice of bread to the wall and taking a propane torch to it which is eerily similar to how you extracted carborundum for lapping. EERILY SIMILAR.
Good description. Thanks for watching.
Ready für the Olympic Games! You’ve got the torch and your 1st shot of the Olympic Rings are awesome. Is it the Winter games in Vienna at that time of the year?
Good job may, even if the camera is as blind as a Mexican bat for the time being! There is at least some CNC machining coming on episode 4! :)
As with all the other majors of the camera industry, RotarySMP Inc debuts its high end professional camera in time for the Toyko Olympics. C/N/O/P are all engulfed in corporate panic, as the new player eats their lunch :)
The biggest issue most people have when scoring glass is not pressing hard enough. You want a good solid score in one pass. A light score will cause issues.
Thanks for that. I'll try pushing harder.
you can drill a new hole next to to original infinity hole, then you can cheat the rangefinder
Thanks for watching. I've seen various hacks for the range finder, but my first issue is to move the lens back closer to the body, so that it can go to infinity. Once the lens is correctly located, I have been thinking of going all in and maybe making a replacement cam, so that the Rangefinder is accurate for the shorter 105mm lens across it's entire range.
Thanks for the video.
I took a camera lens apart once......
This only worked because there was a YT video showing me how to do it :)
Not doing that probably was my mistake!@@RotarySMP Great build by the way!
@@johnbrewer318 Thanks John. It has been both fun and frustrating to use. The film kick out is pretty flakey, the back latch pops open, the lens shutter has kind of gummed up again. But it has shot some cool photos. I need to make another one... better.
working in lenses is like clock works very small parts
I'd never done this before. Lucky someone did a video on how to.
@@RotarySMP yes internet have a lot of thing, a lot of crap to but thanks God that we have that amount of information, imagine if you wanted to do this like 30 year ago, you needed to look a lot of specific books and maybe dont fine the exact information you need
@@MakarovFox Very true.
hehe i was think yes he will ended using the mill for cutting that aluminium fail