Thank you for your comprehensive review! There are so many videos on TH-cam that's only about unboxing or simply explaining what the modes are. What I actually wanted to know were the comparison between different modes and how/what to adjust at different settings. Your video did such a great job!
I know this is an old review but I’m still sold. I have a mini 70 and its great for day time but it does not have any options for no flash for dark settings so I’ve been experimenting with taper over it, I mostly want to take photos of nice neon lights and and Christmas lights . But with this i feel like the Bulb mode will give me more freedom. Thank you for doing a great review and showing the modes and how they actually work/look rather then just watering down the manual like other unboxing /review videos iv seen on this camera.
Austin, thanks for your generous comment. Yes, there is a lot of flexibility with this camera. The Bulb feature is very useful. Slightly blurred images from hand movement while the shutter is open adds to the charm of instant film. Wishing you well.
great video! i love my instax 90. :) still playing around with the settings- i need to try the child mode on my kitten who's always moving, aka blurry photos lol!
Hi, rivka. Glad you're enjoying your 90. Yes, try the child mode on your kitten. See if you can somewhat stop motion, because child mode is a larger aperture and faster shutter, whereas as landscape is the opposite: smaller aperture and slower shutter. Thanks, and be well.
Saluti, signor Cumbo. Grazie per il bel commento sulle immagini magiche. Vado a fare un video presto sul film Instax 300 e Wide. È fantastico! Molto migliore qualità dell'immagine di Mini. Forse considererai un Instax 300? Grazie e va bene.
I'm really excited to get this camera! I live in El Paso Texas And I always go to Fort Bliss! I can't wait to get my hands on this! Thanks for the awesome review!
Thanks for the review, love how you talk about History. Talk about something historical...did you notice the Geo-engineering in almost all of your photos?
Fascinating observation, Sticker Barn. Well done. Without Googling, are you familiar with Light Yagami and L? Just a curiosity. Need to know if you're vibrating on the same frequency, as it were. Curiosity drives us in many ways.
how do you center it so well? whenever i take pictures (with my left eye on the finder) it doesnt come out the way i want it to be positioned (for example: your photo at 4:03 is perfectly centered)
Hello, Lorelyn: Seems like you are experiencing a bit of parallax. I would suggest taking a series of 5 consecutive images. Start with your eye exaggeratedly to the left of the viewfinder, and when the image comes out, write something like "EL" on it to denote extreme left. Continue on with ML (eye middle left), C (eye centered), MR (eye middle right), and ER (eye extreme right). Look at all five images and see where the subject seems to be centered the most. Then you will know your parallax correction and can shoot from that position in the future. This is very common when looking through a rifle scope, but some scopes have a special adjustment knob just for parallax correction. In the case of cameras, you just have to experiment to develop your own parallax correction. Best wishes to you. Rob
Thanks so much for this video! About the quality of the film, have you ever noticed a loss after months/years from the shooting? I know some people scan all the instant photos to keep a digital backup, but is it really necessary from your point of view?
Hello, Ms. Kaminari. I have owned instant cameras less than two years, so the images haven't had time to oxidize or be subjected to direct sunlight, as if left out in the back seat of a car, so there hasn't been much aging or environmental damage to impact the film. They are holding up well. I scan or take photos with a digital camera only the photos I deem to be artistic works. Most of my images are just snapshots, so I do not scan or back-up in any way. Last July I did a photographic study of all the murals in El Paso, TX, using Instax Wide/Instax 300, but that was an artistic endeavor so I felt it warranted a digital backup. Those videos are posted here on TH-cam if you care to see them. So the decision to scan or back-up digitally is a highly personal decision based on a number of factors. Thanks for your question. I wish you well.
Room 111 Photography Thanks so much to you, Sir, for the fast and comprehensive reply! I'll definitely going to watch your other videos, since I'm learning a terrific amount of things both from them and your comments. I think you're very humble, most of the photo you've showed, even the ones taken just for test, turned out so good and they're pretty stunning. I would consider all of them worth of a digital backup. Thanks again, have a nice day, I wish you all the best.
Hi, Robert. Yes, you're correct. The term isn't intuitive. Party mode, to me, would either suggest a party or group of people, as in party of four, and perhaps infer the camera lens would go wide angle to include all members in the group. The second meaning of party is merriment, like drinking and dancing. If people are dancing, you want a faster shutter to isolate motion, but that is child mode. Gheesh. The terms can get confusing. Thanks and be well.
I have wasted tons of films still can’t get sharp pics like yours :( what happens if I click “darkened” mode and have flash on? do you have an easy setting when you take pic in a daylight? my pictures always come out making white parts in the picture pop, so bright :(
Hello. It "sounds" like a metering problem. The camera is not metering or reading the scene correctly, and that is generally due to weak batteries. My first suggestion is to just replace your batteries with high-quality options like Duracell or Ever-Ready alkaline batteries. Second suggestion: most of my photos are flash disabled if taken during the day. You should disable flash in daytime for landscape. If you are shooting a backlit person then by all means activate your flash, but otherwise make sure it does not fire. Third: if all this fails and your images are still overexposed, then yes, try your darkening features. There are either one or two grades of darkening, I cannot remember. Either way, try the first setting to see how that looks. Then try the even darker setting. Hope this helps. Be well.
Room 111 Photography thank you so much I’ll keep them in mind. about battery, mini 90 has its own battery which is chargable.. I’ll keep trying thank you have a lovely day!
Sorry about that. It's been a while since I touched my Mini 90. I have been shooting the Instax Wide 300 for quite a while, and that camera uses disposables. Completely forgot about the Mini 90 have an internal battery. Sorry again. Doh!
Greetings, I z z y: Each has its own merits. For portraiture, natural harsh daylight is unflattering, but it has a unique look, which is agreeable to Instax or instant-film photography. For more of a serious or professional look, I would use flash indoors, can be day or night, with my subject against a wall. You do not want lots of clutter in the background. Pose your subject against a wall and shoot him or her from about 3 to 5 feet away using flash, and your images should be very flattering. Bets to you. Warm regards. Rob,
Greetings, Harsita Sarma. The SQ6 is not analog. It's digital. Different experience. I prefer the full analog experience of the Mini 90. If you go Instax, you might as well stay true to the analog experience. Great question. Be well.
Thank you for making this video. Are you using a tripod with your landscape shots? Also, at what time of day are you typically shooting? I'm having a lot of trouble with blown out skies.
Alana Torrez Hello, Ms. Torrez I'm sorry for the delay in replying to you. Never got a notification from youtube. No, I do not use a tripod but i need to try a long night exposure in bulb mode just to experiment to see what the image looks like. Also i shoot in morning mostly, from sunrise to about 9 am, when the light is pleasing. I rarely shoot past 9 am. Same with evening. I usually shoot when the sun is low on the horizon, generating pleasant light. Thanks and be well.
Greetings. If you wait a couple of minutes and think the photo is fully developed, it isn't. It will appear overexposed, which would lead a user to use the darkening feature. But all this is premature. It takes five to ten minutes for the photo to fully develop, and as it does, it will darken and not appear overexposed at all. FWIW, instant photos from the Polaroid OneStep take over thirty minutes to develop. Hope this answers your question. If not, let me know.
I just bought mine and i always ended up having overexposured photos. I'm quite confused on how to set the flash. How to compose the settings so that I don't get overexposure photos? Thanks:)
aurencia kuntjoro Greetings to you. I would recommend a couple of things to try: 1. Disable the flash so that it does not fire. 2. Try the L/D button, using the D for Darken. Hopefully this will tell the camera to underexpose a little more than normal. Try each of the above, one at a time, to see if they produce the results you are expecting. Wishing you well. Rob.
do u keep the flash on/off when taking outdoor photos? also if I want to take photos indoor where there's good enough lighting (sun light) should I use the flash or can you recommend any settings to make it looks good indoor? Thanks for ur help, it helps me a lot:)
I disable the flash outdoors, just in case. I don't want the flash to fire in low-light landscapes. I hold the camera very steady as the exposure will be slow, around 1/15 or 1/30 most likely. Just be sure to hold the camera very, very still as you press the shutter button. If you are indoors it could go two ways: 1. If you are photographing a person and he/she is within about 5 feet of you, go ahead and use the flash for best results. If your subject is not a person, or a person who is farther away than 5 feet, I would disable the flash and hold the camera very still, as above. In this manner you are letting the camera determine the exposure. If you want to experiment, use a tripod along with bulb mode. In this manner, you -- not the camera -- determine the exposure. Try holding the shutter open about 1 second and see what that gives you. You can adjust from there. If it's overexposed, try 1/2 second. If it's underexposed, try 2 seconds. Instax film is 800 ASA, so you won't have to hold the shutter open a very long time. It's all about experimentation. Try lots of things. See what you like and dislike, what worked and what didn't. You'll have a lot of fun trying all these things. I'm glad to help. Best to you always.
Greetings, tassie. Yes, two tips: 1. Be sure to use macro mode, which will correct a lot of the parallax from being so close. 2. Disable flash. If you have flash enabled the light from the flash is going to strike your phone screen or computer screen and your resulting photo is going to be ruined. To recap, use macro mode and disable flash. Wishing you well in all things.
Yes, sometimes the bureaucratic process can be antagonistic. When you see the time required to clear all the administrative hurdles, it is easy to just scrap the project. Things have gotten better for us in the US. Right after 9/11 it was very difficult to photograph anything, and remained that way for years. Only recently, during the last two or three years, have things improved. Be well, G. Graham. And thanks for your comment.
Thank you for your kind words, Ms. Burford. Yes, the colors are very saturated, like using Fuji Velvia. Most of the images were taken with standard settings, meaning I powered the camera on, and just took the photos. Most of the time I manually disable flash. These cameras are built with novice users in mind, so by default the flash may fire and mess up your shots. This is why I recommend manually disabling flash if it is not necessary. If you are in a dimly-lighted area and you are within about five feet of your subject, then by all means use red-eye reduction for a person or standard flash for an object. Other than that, you might want to disable flash.
@Tahababy74 Greetings, Tahababy74. My Mini 90 fried a few years ago after I accidentally left it exposed to direct sunlight in a hot car. Going over the video again, I see the flash button. Press it to see what it displays. It should indicate whether it is on or off with a displayed icon. Thanks and be well.
I would recommend you pass on this not because of the camera, but because of the mini film size. I recommend you go with the 300 and its Instax Wide film. Wide is a much better experience. Thanks for your question. Be well.
These are totally analog. But you have some options to make them digital. You can photograph them with a digital camera or scan them using a flatbed scanner. Once they're converted to a digital format then they can be transferred to your phone.
Hello, Liam. Please do not consider it "losing" money. It's not like gambling. You are investing in your art. The way to keep your costs down is to take photos very judiciously. Do not take snapshots. Instead, treat every photo as a serious composition, and you will consume less film. To answer your question directly, the camera was US $125 and buying the film from Amazon, it comes out to about $0.60 per exposure. I have taken about 300 exposures, which comes out to $180. Plus the camera = $305. I think it is worth it.
Thank you for your comprehensive review! There are so many videos on TH-cam that's only about unboxing or simply explaining what the modes are. What I actually wanted to know were the comparison between different modes and how/what to adjust at different settings. Your video did such a great job!
Yu Sun Choi, thank you so much for your very kind words. Wishing you health and happiness!
Nice shots with the little guy!
Interesting history and info about military facilities and ranks.
I know this is an old review but I’m still sold. I have a mini 70 and its great for day time but it does not have any options for no flash for dark settings so I’ve been experimenting with taper over it, I mostly want to take photos of nice neon lights and and Christmas lights . But with this i feel like the Bulb mode will give me more freedom. Thank you for doing a great review and showing the modes and how they actually work/look rather then just watering down the manual like other unboxing /review videos iv seen on this camera.
Austin, thanks for your generous comment. Yes, there is a lot of flexibility with this camera. The Bulb feature is very useful. Slightly blurred images from hand movement while the shutter is open adds to the charm of instant film. Wishing you well.
Cool video. I was an Army photographer and spent a year at the Armor School back when it was at Ft. Knox
great video! i love my instax 90. :) still playing around with the settings- i need to try the child mode on my kitten who's always moving, aka blurry photos lol!
Hi, rivka. Glad you're enjoying your 90. Yes, try the child mode on your kitten. See if you can somewhat stop motion, because child mode is a larger aperture and faster shutter, whereas as landscape is the opposite: smaller aperture and slower shutter. Thanks, and be well.
Really good photos, there is a sense of "magic"!! I'll buy one. Thanks you from Italy!
Saluti, signor Cumbo. Grazie per il bel commento sulle immagini magiche. Vado a fare un video presto sul film Instax 300 e Wide. È fantastico! Molto migliore qualità dell'immagine di Mini. Forse considererai un Instax 300? Grazie e va bene.
I'm really excited to get this camera! I live in El Paso Texas And I always go to Fort Bliss! I can't wait to get my hands on this! Thanks for the awesome review!
Hello, Mr. Flores. I'm sure you will enjoy your new camera. Happy New Year! And thank you for your kind comments.
Room 111 Photography thank you for responding. Happy new year to you as well!
I loved the show & tell. Never knew Texas had mountains! Been there twice.
Yes, Fort Bliss is in El Paso, as far West as you can go in Texas, on the border of New Mexico and Mexico. Thanks for your kind words about the video.
Thank you very much for making this video. Very helpful!
Thanks for the review, love how you talk about History. Talk about something historical...did you notice the Geo-engineering in almost all of your photos?
Fascinating observation, Sticker Barn. Well done. Without Googling, are you familiar with Light Yagami and L? Just a curiosity. Need to know if you're vibrating on the same frequency, as it were. Curiosity drives us in many ways.
how do you center it so well? whenever i take pictures (with my left eye on the finder) it doesnt come out the way i want it to be positioned (for example: your photo at 4:03 is perfectly centered)
Hello, Lorelyn: Seems like you are experiencing a bit of parallax. I would suggest taking a series of 5 consecutive images. Start with your eye exaggeratedly to the left of the viewfinder, and when the image comes out, write something like "EL" on it to denote extreme left. Continue on with ML (eye middle left), C (eye centered), MR (eye middle right), and ER (eye extreme right). Look at all five images and see where the subject seems to be centered the most. Then you will know your parallax correction and can shoot from that position in the future.
This is very common when looking through a rifle scope, but some scopes have a special adjustment knob just for parallax correction. In the case of cameras, you just have to experiment to develop your own parallax correction.
Best wishes to you.
Rob
Thank you so much for your answer. I did this before I saw your answer and was quite frustrated. This has taken so much practice for me.
Thanks for the review! Glad you specified what blinds you had 🙂😂
You've sold me on one of these thanks to your review 🙂 cheers!
I stated the type of blinds because I didn't have my light leakometer handy. 😜
Thanks so much for this video! About the quality of the film, have you ever noticed a loss after months/years from the shooting? I know some people scan all the instant photos to keep a digital backup, but is it really necessary from your point of view?
Hello, Ms. Kaminari. I have owned instant cameras less than two years, so the images haven't had time to oxidize or be subjected to direct sunlight, as if left out in the back seat of a car, so there hasn't been much aging or environmental damage to impact the film. They are holding up well. I scan or take photos with a digital camera only the photos I deem to be artistic works. Most of my images are just snapshots, so I do not scan or back-up in any way. Last July I did a photographic study of all the murals in El Paso, TX, using Instax Wide/Instax 300, but that was an artistic endeavor so I felt it warranted a digital backup. Those videos are posted here on TH-cam if you care to see them. So the decision to scan or back-up digitally is a highly personal decision based on a number of factors. Thanks for your question. I wish you well.
Room 111 Photography Thanks so much to you, Sir, for the fast and comprehensive reply! I'll definitely going to watch your other videos, since I'm learning a terrific amount of things both from them and your comments. I think you're very humble, most of the photo you've showed, even the ones taken just for test, turned out so good and they're pretty stunning. I would consider all of them worth of a digital backup.
Thanks again, have a nice day, I wish you all the best.
Your words are very, very kind. You build bridges with your words, and that is a special quality indeed. Wishing you the best as well.
Party mode sounds like what other cameras would call slow syncro or night portrait.
Hi, Robert. Yes, you're correct. The term isn't intuitive. Party mode, to me, would either suggest a party or group of people, as in party of four, and perhaps infer the camera lens would go wide angle to include all members in the group. The second meaning of party is merriment, like drinking and dancing. If people are dancing, you want a faster shutter to isolate motion, but that is child mode. Gheesh. The terms can get confusing. Thanks and be well.
I have wasted tons of films still can’t get sharp pics like yours :( what happens if I click “darkened” mode and have flash on? do you have an easy setting when you take pic in a daylight? my pictures always come out making white parts in the picture pop, so bright :(
Hello. It "sounds" like a metering problem. The camera is not metering or reading the scene correctly, and that is generally due to weak batteries. My first suggestion is to just replace your batteries with high-quality options like Duracell or Ever-Ready alkaline batteries. Second suggestion: most of my photos are flash disabled if taken during the day. You should disable flash in daytime for landscape. If you are shooting a backlit person then by all means activate your flash, but otherwise make sure it does not fire. Third: if all this fails and your images are still overexposed, then yes, try your darkening features. There are either one or two grades of darkening, I cannot remember. Either way, try the first setting to see how that looks. Then try the even darker setting. Hope this helps. Be well.
Room 111 Photography thank you so much I’ll keep them in mind. about battery, mini 90 has its own battery which is chargable.. I’ll keep trying thank you have a lovely day!
Sorry about that. It's been a while since I touched my Mini 90. I have been shooting the Instax Wide 300 for quite a while, and that camera uses disposables. Completely forgot about the Mini 90 have an internal battery. Sorry again. Doh!
Do you think photos end up better if you use flash at night or no flash during the day?
Greetings, I z z y: Each has its own merits. For portraiture, natural harsh daylight is unflattering, but it has a unique look, which is agreeable to Instax or instant-film photography. For more of a serious or professional look, I would use flash indoors, can be day or night, with my subject against a wall. You do not want lots of clutter in the background. Pose your subject against a wall and shoot him or her from about 3 to 5 feet away using flash, and your images should be very flattering. Bets to you. Warm regards. Rob,
I'm plnning to buy a fujifilm .Which one shld i buy SQ6 or Mini 90?
Greetings, Harsita Sarma. The SQ6 is not analog. It's digital. Different experience. I prefer the full analog experience of the Mini 90. If you go Instax, you might as well stay true to the analog experience. Great question. Be well.
Thank you for making this video. Are you using a tripod with your landscape shots? Also, at what time of day are you typically shooting? I'm having a lot of trouble with blown out skies.
Alana Torrez Hello, Ms. Torrez I'm sorry for the delay in replying to you. Never got a notification from youtube. No, I do not use a tripod but i need to try a long night exposure in bulb mode just to experiment to see what the image looks like. Also i shoot in morning mostly, from sunrise to about 9 am, when the light is pleasing. I rarely shoot past 9 am. Same with evening. I usually shoot when the sun is low on the horizon, generating pleasant light. Thanks and be well.
What do you mean by "Let it expose abit", like let the develop film stay in the dark for a while?
Greetings. If you wait a couple of minutes and think the photo is fully developed, it isn't. It will appear overexposed, which would lead a user to use the darkening feature. But all this is premature. It takes five to ten minutes for the photo to fully develop, and as it does, it will darken and not appear overexposed at all. FWIW, instant photos from the Polaroid OneStep take over thirty minutes to develop. Hope this answers your question. If not, let me know.
@@room111photography5 Yes it explains alot actually. Thank you so much!
This was really helpful!
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it. Best to you in 2018.
I really want to buy this but people have been talking about the "E" error message
Is this something to worry about?
SoarkRoll • I never got this error message. If you were to get it you could return it. Thanks. Be well.
You Sir, are a great photograph!
You are very kind. I thank you sincerely. Be well and be blessed.
I just bought mine and i always ended up having overexposured photos. I'm quite confused on how to set the flash. How to compose the settings so that I don't get overexposure photos? Thanks:)
aurencia kuntjoro Greetings to you. I would recommend a couple of things to try: 1. Disable the flash so that it does not fire. 2. Try the L/D button, using the D for Darken. Hopefully this will tell the camera to underexpose a little more than normal. Try each of the above, one at a time, to see if they produce the results you are expecting. Wishing you well. Rob.
do u keep the flash on/off when taking outdoor photos? also if I want to take photos indoor where there's good enough lighting (sun light) should I use the flash or can you recommend any settings to make it looks good indoor? Thanks for ur help, it helps me a lot:)
I disable the flash outdoors, just in case. I don't want the flash to fire in low-light landscapes. I hold the camera very steady as the exposure will be slow, around 1/15 or 1/30 most likely. Just be sure to hold the camera very, very still as you press the shutter button. If you are indoors it could go two ways: 1. If you are photographing a person and he/she is within about 5 feet of you, go ahead and use the flash for best results. If your subject is not a person, or a person who is farther away than 5 feet, I would disable the flash and hold the camera very still, as above. In this manner you are letting the camera determine the exposure. If you want to experiment, use a tripod along with bulb mode. In this manner, you -- not the camera -- determine the exposure. Try holding the shutter open about 1 second and see what that gives you. You can adjust from there. If it's overexposed, try 1/2 second. If it's underexposed, try 2 seconds. Instax film is 800 ASA, so you won't have to hold the shutter open a very long time. It's all about experimentation. Try lots of things. See what you like and dislike, what worked and what didn't. You'll have a lot of fun trying all these things. I'm glad to help. Best to you always.
Do you have any tips if I want to take a photo of my computer or phone screen without faces being whitened out?
Greetings, tassie. Yes, two tips: 1. Be sure to use macro mode, which will correct a lot of the parallax from being so close. 2. Disable flash. If you have flash enabled the light from the flash is going to strike your phone screen or computer screen and your resulting photo is going to be ruined. To recap, use macro mode and disable flash. Wishing you well in all things.
In Australia we can't take photo's of Defence buildings without permission.
Yes, sometimes the bureaucratic process can be antagonistic. When you see the time required to clear all the administrative hurdles, it is easy to just scrap the project. Things have gotten better for us in the US. Right after 9/11 it was very difficult to photograph anything, and remained that way for years. Only recently, during the last two or three years, have things improved. Be well, G. Graham. And thanks for your comment.
Great video! I wanna ask did you disable the flash when you took the selfie?
Sadly, it has been so long i cannot remember. But I think it was disabled. Be well.
@@room111photography5 I see. Alright thanks!
You've taken some really nice photos. The colours look great. What settings did you use?
Thank you for your kind words, Ms. Burford. Yes, the colors are very saturated, like using Fuji Velvia. Most of the images were taken with standard settings, meaning I powered the camera on, and just took the photos. Most of the time I manually disable flash. These cameras are built with novice users in mind, so by default the flash may fire and mess up your shots. This is why I recommend manually disabling flash if it is not necessary. If you are in a dimly-lighted area and you are within about five feet of your subject, then by all means use red-eye reduction for a person or standard flash for an object. Other than that, you might want to disable flash.
@Tahababy74 Greetings, Tahababy74. My Mini 90 fried a few years ago after I accidentally left it exposed to direct sunlight in a hot car. Going over the video again, I see the flash button. Press it to see what it displays. It should indicate whether it is on or off with a displayed icon. Thanks and be well.
Is the strap made of real leather
Hello, Mr. Robertson. I don't think it is leather. It fells slightly rubber-like. I'm fairly certain it is synthetic.
Room 111 Photography thank you so much for responding, I think I might get my self one then😌
Does this camera has a automatic mode?
By powering it on and not selecting any buttons, the user places the camera in an ad hoc automatic mode. Be well.
Is it worth it ? Am hesitating to get it
I would recommend you pass on this not because of the camera, but because of the mini film size. I recommend you go with the 300 and its Instax Wide film. Wide is a much better experience. Thanks for your question. Be well.
Can it transfer to your phone?
These are totally analog. But you have some options to make them digital. You can photograph them with a digital camera or scan them using a flatbed scanner. Once they're converted to a digital format then they can be transferred to your phone.
How much money total on film and the camera have you spent? I'm worried the film prices will add up and I will lose a lot of money
Hello, Liam. Please do not consider it "losing" money. It's not like gambling. You are investing in your art. The way to keep your costs down is to take photos very judiciously. Do not take snapshots. Instead, treat every photo as a serious composition, and you will consume less film. To answer your question directly, the camera was US $125 and buying the film from Amazon, it comes out to about $0.60 per exposure. I have taken about 300 exposures, which comes out to $180. Plus the camera = $305. I think it is worth it.
Put more models / people in your photographis? gj
U r not explaining the mode in detail.. u explain the subject more.. thats not the point of ur video title
It's a different style of a review. He's showing us the end product and he's leaving it up the the viewer if they like what they see