As requested, this is a MASSIVE video. I've broken it up into chapters as listed below. For those that like to listen to my videos in the background, I've placed "pop" sound effects at important moments in the video that contain more on-screen information. 00:15 - Intro and thank you! 02:00 - Shout out to Lumina Labs 05:12 - Do I sell cameras? 09:49 - What do I think of the new Mint/Rollei 35AF? 15:09 - When did I get my first Polaroid? 20:26 - Do I have plans to expand the business? 26:17 - What features would I like to see on future Polaroid cameras? 38:02 - A kind comment 38:17 - Am I going to build more Sonar cameras? 41:51 - Why did I start my TH-cam channel? 54:48 - Will I ever get sick of Polaroid cameras? 56:49 - How to deal with delaminating ribbon circuitry 57:43 - On the subject of asking about repairs... 1:01:01 - Converting an SX-70 to take Instax 1:04:31 - What Polaroid is the best/most versatile 1:06:27 - Do I shoot other formats of film? 1:08:23 - Modifying a 600 for cable release 1:10:02 - How frequently should an SX-70 be serviced? 1:11:58 - Thoughts on living in Australia 1:18:49 - My favorite refurb for a client 01:22:56 - Worst camera I've ever received? 1:27:42 - Thoughts on Mint and Retrospekt 1:30:45 - Accidentally missing intermittent issues 1:36:23 - Continued thoughts on choosing a repairer 1:41:43 - My favorite film lab 1:42:37 - Tips for storing film 1:46:53 - My ideal combo of parts 1:47:24 - Frog Tongue? Yes or no 1:48:40 - Thoughts on Mamiya C220 lenses 1:50:16 - What would I change about the Polaroid hobby? Read the manual! 1:57:28 - Another kind comment 1:58:19 - Challenging repairs 2:00:15 - Biggest challenge since starting my channel 2:01:53 - Long form content 2:03:12 - Shill and bias? 2:08:36 - Will Polaroid film get any better? 2:10:22 - Finding Polaroid film in Perth 2:11:38 - That time I found a bands lost demo cassette 2:15:40 - Any mods I want to do that I haven't yet? 2:16:59 - Changing opinions on 600 mods 2:22:56 - User replaceable batteries for Polaroids 2:26:25 - Do I take photos as a hobby? 2:27:45 - What models do I prefer. Standard or auto focus? 2:31:45 - Thank you so much!
Loved the show. Some interesting thoughts. Well done for 2000 subs. Richly deserved. Onwards to 3000 + and the next special. Looking forward to hearing about the mysterious new flash option in due course. Given how limited photography is never mind the instant Polaroid world not sure if the unknown band members will get to hear their old music by this medium. Perhaps …… now that you’re a star ….. you could give it to a TV channel to do a short promo to hunt down the band
That Leica M5 is remarkably clean. That is such an underrated camera, i'm glad you enjoy yours. If I didn't have my MP, i'd likely pick that up. I find watching your videos nice and entertaining. I disagree with you on some things but, overall great content. Unrelated, bout to send my SLR670s back to mint for their itype upgrade; i'm excited.
I was very fortunate to pay very very very very litle money for it back in around 2016 or so. I think it cost me $660AUD? Glad you like the content! Everyone is welcome to disagree with me. All opinions are welcome provided you aren't a knob about them lol
As a Pentax 17 owner I can say it’s a really good camera for learning how to take pictures on film. The quality is really good and the pictures I see on the Pentax groups are really good! I do hope they will sell a 35mm as I’m in the market for one of them too
@@theinstantcameraguy I am a bit on the fence for the Rollei one. I agree it looks the part. But being a licensee camera and not a first party camera like the Pentax… ugh… choices!
Thank you so much for your dedication in this community! I do have a question that I don’t you’ve covered in depth before, what do you think about the pcb mint offers in their modified sx70s and how are they different from the original? Especially the electric eye because I find they actually look a bit different if you look into the metering window(idk the professional terms)
the window Mint uses is an IR filter. That's all it is really, a small filter that sits where the original plastic piece did. As far as I can figure out, they did this because they forgot about IR filtration when they made their latest PCB, which caused the boards to have unpredictable auto exposure results So they added the necessary IR filter and marketed it as an 'upgrade' I repaired a client of mine's Mint camera using my own IR filter - however I mounted it internally in the shutter housing, rather than at the front :)
I just subbed last night. I like your content. And, i have to say, i couldnt do what you do. Do you know where i could send my camera in for cleaning/repair in the states? And what kind of price range am i looking at for a top down repair?
Hello! Just wanted to warn you that when you do slideshows in your videos, such as the various cameras at 1:19:00, there appears to sometimes be a single frame between slides where you can see your desk. It's fairly jarring to look at but i have an idea what might be causing this, as i ran into a similar problem in the past. In my case, my editing software timeline was set to be a round 30 (or 60) frames per second, but the rendering preset i used was set at ntsc 29.97 (or 59.94). The timeline and rendered frames were therefore desynced, so if a picture was meant to disappear after frame 29 and be replaced by another one on frame 30, the software would render a frame after the disappearance of picture 1 but before the appearance of picture 2. To fix this, low effort option is to have picture 2 overlap picture 1 in the timeline, but the better options is to go into your software's options and either set your timeline to be 29.97 fps or override the rendering preset to be a round 30.
thanks for letting me know about this Definitely seems sync related since it doesnt happen on ALL photos, just certain frames. certainly didn't happen in the preview either! I will have to play around with settings
Do you know if the polapulse battery gets in the way of any straps that go on the lugs? I use those a lot and I'm curious if the batttery prevents them from being used.
@@revolverrr you mean in my PolaVolt mod? I cover this specifically in the video I did on it The 2xaaa holder still allows the use of strap lugs easy. I use them on mine all the time
Thanks for this! I have a quick question. After getting an SX-70 converted to 600, would you still use the light/dark compensation wheel the same way you would in a regular SX-70?
You mentioned '600 conversion or nothing '. But wouldn't using 600 speed film be optimal in a non-converted camera for nighttime flash-free photography ? Especially after you recently mentioned making the aperture wide open permanently?
As requested, this is a MASSIVE video. I've broken it up into chapters as listed below. For those that like to listen to my videos in the background, I've placed "pop" sound effects at important moments in the video that contain more on-screen information.
00:15 - Intro and thank you!
02:00 - Shout out to Lumina Labs
05:12 - Do I sell cameras?
09:49 - What do I think of the new Mint/Rollei 35AF?
15:09 - When did I get my first Polaroid?
20:26 - Do I have plans to expand the business?
26:17 - What features would I like to see on future Polaroid cameras?
38:02 - A kind comment
38:17 - Am I going to build more Sonar cameras?
41:51 - Why did I start my TH-cam channel?
54:48 - Will I ever get sick of Polaroid cameras?
56:49 - How to deal with delaminating ribbon circuitry
57:43 - On the subject of asking about repairs...
1:01:01 - Converting an SX-70 to take Instax
1:04:31 - What Polaroid is the best/most versatile
1:06:27 - Do I shoot other formats of film?
1:08:23 - Modifying a 600 for cable release
1:10:02 - How frequently should an SX-70 be serviced?
1:11:58 - Thoughts on living in Australia
1:18:49 - My favorite refurb for a client
01:22:56 - Worst camera I've ever received?
1:27:42 - Thoughts on Mint and Retrospekt
1:30:45 - Accidentally missing intermittent issues
1:36:23 - Continued thoughts on choosing a repairer
1:41:43 - My favorite film lab
1:42:37 - Tips for storing film
1:46:53 - My ideal combo of parts
1:47:24 - Frog Tongue? Yes or no
1:48:40 - Thoughts on Mamiya C220 lenses
1:50:16 - What would I change about the Polaroid hobby? Read the manual!
1:57:28 - Another kind comment
1:58:19 - Challenging repairs
2:00:15 - Biggest challenge since starting my channel
2:01:53 - Long form content
2:03:12 - Shill and bias?
2:08:36 - Will Polaroid film get any better?
2:10:22 - Finding Polaroid film in Perth
2:11:38 - That time I found a bands lost demo cassette
2:15:40 - Any mods I want to do that I haven't yet?
2:16:59 - Changing opinions on 600 mods
2:22:56 - User replaceable batteries for Polaroids
2:26:25 - Do I take photos as a hobby?
2:27:45 - What models do I prefer. Standard or auto focus?
2:31:45 - Thank you so much!
Great video. Keep the long format videos coming! They are packed with such great information.
Ah! Hey sorry I’m a week late to this one. But hell yeah man! Congratulations on reaching 2,000!🎉 Will be sending more stuff your way soon!
Love your videos Jake. Very entertaining and informative. Best Sx70 content around!!
Loved the show. Some interesting thoughts.
Well done for 2000 subs.
Richly deserved. Onwards to 3000 + and the next special.
Looking forward to hearing about the mysterious new flash option in due course.
Given how limited photography is never mind the instant Polaroid world not sure if the unknown band members will get to hear their old music by this medium.
Perhaps …… now that you’re a star ….. you could give it to a TV channel to do a short promo to hunt down the band
Agree - Lumina Labs does a great job with dev and scan!
A video all about the SX-70 manual would be awesome. I've read it a few times and it's very helpful.
That Leica M5 is remarkably clean. That is such an underrated camera, i'm glad you enjoy yours. If I didn't have my MP, i'd likely pick that up. I find watching your videos nice and entertaining. I disagree with you on some things but, overall great content. Unrelated, bout to send my SLR670s back to mint for their itype upgrade; i'm excited.
I was very fortunate to pay very very very very litle money for it back in around 2016 or so. I think it cost me $660AUD?
Glad you like the content!
Everyone is welcome to disagree with me.
All opinions are welcome provided you aren't a knob about them lol
Awwwwww sick! I’m gonna have to watch the rest of this after I get off work but I’m gonna message you about some cameras Jake! 😄
Thanks Jake! Loving the channel so far. At 3000 subs bring back a Facebook Live hangout like old times!
As a Pentax 17 owner I can say it’s a really good camera for learning how to take pictures on film. The quality is really good and the pictures I see on the Pentax groups are really good! I do hope they will sell a 35mm as I’m in the market for one of them too
glad to hear you like it!
@@theinstantcameraguy I am a bit on the fence for the Rollei one. I agree it looks the part. But being a licensee camera and not a first party camera like the Pentax… ugh… choices!
@@pjmverbruggen time will tell I guess!
Thank you so much for your dedication in this community! I do have a question that I don’t you’ve covered in depth before, what do you think about the pcb mint offers in their modified sx70s and how are they different from the original? Especially the electric eye because I find they actually look a bit different if you look into the metering window(idk the professional terms)
the window Mint uses is an IR filter. That's all it is really, a small filter that sits where the original plastic piece did.
As far as I can figure out, they did this because they forgot about IR filtration when they made their latest PCB, which caused the boards to have unpredictable auto exposure results
So they added the necessary IR filter and marketed it as an 'upgrade'
I repaired a client of mine's Mint camera using my own IR filter - however I mounted it internally in the shutter housing, rather than at the front :)
Oeh! Jealous for your M5! ❤❤❤
I just subbed last night. I like your content. And, i have to say, i couldnt do what you do. Do you know where i could send my camera in for cleaning/repair in the states? And what kind of price range am i looking at for a top down repair?
@@gordwrath6811 feel free to email me or get in contact over social media!
@@theinstantcameraguy where at?
@@gordwrath6811 google me! I also have links in every video description
@@theinstantcameraguy messaged you on FB
Hello! Just wanted to warn you that when you do slideshows in your videos, such as the various cameras at 1:19:00, there appears to sometimes be a single frame between slides where you can see your desk. It's fairly jarring to look at but i have an idea what might be causing this, as i ran into a similar problem in the past.
In my case, my editing software timeline was set to be a round 30 (or 60) frames per second, but the rendering preset i used was set at ntsc 29.97 (or 59.94). The timeline and rendered frames were therefore desynced, so if a picture was meant to disappear after frame 29 and be replaced by another one on frame 30, the software would render a frame after the disappearance of picture 1 but before the appearance of picture 2.
To fix this, low effort option is to have picture 2 overlap picture 1 in the timeline, but the better options is to go into your software's options and either set your timeline to be 29.97 fps or override the rendering preset to be a round 30.
thanks for letting me know about this
Definitely seems sync related since it doesnt happen on ALL photos, just certain frames.
certainly didn't happen in the preview either!
I will have to play around with settings
Do you know if the polapulse battery gets in the way of any straps that go on the lugs? I use those a lot and I'm curious if the batttery prevents them from being used.
@@revolverrr you mean in my PolaVolt mod?
I cover this specifically in the video I did on it
The 2xaaa holder still allows the use of strap lugs easy. I use them on mine all the time
Thanks for this!
I have a quick question. After getting an SX-70 converted to 600, would you still use the light/dark compensation wheel the same way you would in a regular SX-70?
Yup, should work exactly the same!
Photos should come out properly exposed in neutral, with compensation needed only in tricky lighting
Thank you for clarifying.
I can't wait for you to work on my camera!
@theinstantcameraguy
You mentioned '600 conversion or nothing '. But wouldn't using 600 speed film be optimal in a non-converted camera for nighttime flash-free photography ? Especially after you recently mentioned making the aperture wide open permanently?
@@Andrew12759 600 conversion gives the best variability across all exposures really
This is why I ask, thank you.