I’m a fool for old cameras and film. So when a friend of mine, Aditya Nur Akbar offered an instax with an old medium format lens attached, without thinking twice I said yes. I adopted it without knowing how it looks like or how far will it affects my life. I have some polaroid cameras to play with, all using 600 or FP100c film. so to be honest, looking at how small instax is, it had never cross my mind.
But to my surprise, this camera I called “frankenstein” becomes one of my favorite and most used camera. First, for sure it’s much more affordable than the 600. Second, it’s so easy to use so I can use it anytime without thinking a lot.
Quality wise. it’s obvious that the bigger the film is, the deeper the dimension. I would choose 600 or fp100c over these for the 3d effect. The 600 and fp100c also tangibly more professional since it’s harder than the instax. but since the lens has been changed, I can use instax fully manual now just like my land polaroid cameras, the result’s also a bit more dramatic than the 600 I use in my i-type polaroid cameras.
as a note, I broke the lens. Used it on my son’s birthday party and while a bit tipsy I accidentally pulled the lens. It can’t be as perfect but even better in a way. It has a tilt shift effect now. still obvious even in f/11. LOVE IT TO THE BONE!!
here’s some of my instax SQ6 shots compared to 600 on my daily life at home. tell me which one is which now. lol.
