Anyone every try running FP100C trough the rollers of an Instax wide camera?

[IlfordFan]

Anyone every try running FP100C trough the rollers of an Instax wide camera? I don’t want to buy anymore equipment, though would like to try fp100c before it is gone forever. So I figure, shoot the FP100C in my pinhole camera, take the photo out, and run it through my Instax wide. Any advice? Am I crazy?

 

[Theo Sulphate]

Never tried it. But you'd have to pull the dark slide tab and each successive tab in darkness - I think this would be a hassle with a pinhole camera.

The dark slide tab protects the pack as it's inserted into the (Polaroid) camera. When you pull the tab, the first sheet is facing the lens, ready for exposure. After exposure, you pull that sheet's tab, which sandwiches it with the print surface as it moves towards the rollers. On ejection, the next sheet is ready for exposure. I don't see how you can duplicate this process in a pinhole camera and have the rollers in a separate camera.

100-series Polaroid cameras can probably be found for a few dollars. My Polaroid Super Shooter produces stunning photos - it was $20, but it'd been checked out, refurbished, and sold to me at a retail store.



More interesting might be if Instax film can be adapted to an excellent camera with controls like the Polaroid 195 or 600SE.

 

[IlfordFan]

Thank you for your advice.

I don't see how you can duplicate this process in a pinhole camera and have the rollers in a separate camera.

Someone did it https://www.flickr.com/photos/crunchyfootsteps/albums/72157623979932220

I think this would be a hassle with a pinhole camera.

I just want to shoot one pack so I can say I have shot pack film.

 

[ic-racer]

In that case maybe you could squeeze the pod with the heel of your shoe.

 

[Theo Sulphate]

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Someone did it ...

Haha! I guess that proves that where there's a will, there's a way.

I just want to shoot one pack so I can say I have shot pack film.

However, and I think others who have used pack film will agree, there's a certain amount of enjoyment in the process: inserting the pack, pulling the tabs, waiting to separate the film. That's part of the experience of pack film. Ok, maybe you just want to see what pack film produces - I can tell you the film itself is wonderful and it's our loss it is no longer being produced.

 

[winger]

@IlfordFan - Your profile doesn't say where you are in the US, but if you're anywhere near western PA I might be able to shoot with you for an afternoon or such and let you use my Polaroid back that takes the Fuji100C. I have enough of it left that I'm not willing to sell the holder, though. I might have a Polaroid camera that takes it, too, but I haven't used it so it might not work.

 

[IlfordFan]

@IlfordFan - Your profile doesn't say where you are in the US, but if you're anywhere near western PA I might be able to shoot with you for an afternoon or such and let you use my Polaroid back that takes the Fuji100C. I have enough of it left that I'm not willing to sell the holder, though. I might have a Polaroid camera that takes it, too, but I haven't used it so it might not work.

Thank you for the offer. Unfortunately I am far away from western PA so that would not be an option. I think I am going to get some FP100C and try it. I hope it will work with my Instax wide camera setup. Any other advice? I want to get good results.

 

[NedL]

You really can get an old 100-series camera for less than the cost of a single pack of FP-100C. Try shopGoodwill
Also, the stainless steel "film presser" pops out of these cameras and can be cleaned in warm water...

 

[IlfordFan]

In that case maybe you could squeeze the pod with the heel of your shoe.

Funny! I think the Instax Wide will work.

However, and I think others who have used pack film will agree, there's a certain amount of enjoyment in the process: inserting the pack, pulling the tabs, waiting to separate the film

Who said that the process is not fun in the dark using a decades too up to date camera to process the film? I have worked with Instax wide film, Instax square film, Instax mini film, and Impossible film in the dark before. It's quite thrilling!

 

[nascarfann]

Another option would be to ruin one exposure and do a dry run in full light to see how feasible processing the film is in your Instax Wide.

 

[IlfordFan]

Another option would be to ruin one exposure and do a dry run in full light to see how feasible processing the film is in your Instax Wide.

Good idea!
Would anyone here actually try to process FP100C in an Instax Wide? Am I downright crazy?

 

[Meyer Trioplan]

Good idea!
Would anyone here actually try to process FP100C in an Instax Wide? Am I downright crazy?

It's not a bad idea, you can only see how well it works once you go and try it. To me the main challenges/tricky spots will be trying to "assemble" the film and paper together in the dark and feeding them through the top of the opened Instax camera to pull through, and hoping that it gives the proper pressure to break the pod and develop the photo.

I've done a similar experiment but used a Packfilm camera to do the developing - even then, the quality of the pulls was hit and miss...

http://quirkyguywithacamera.blogspot.com/2018/01/film-hacking-not-your-typical-polaroid.html

 

[IlfordFan]

To me the main challenges/tricky spots will be trying to "assemble" the film and paper together in the dark and feeding them through the top of the opened Instax camera to pull through, and hoping that it gives the proper pressure to break the pod and develop the photo.

Are you planning to try it? If so, let me know how it goes. I am quite concerned about getting the film and paper together. Do you know if they are adhered together?

I've done a similar experiment but used a Packfilm camera to do the developing - even then, the quality of the pulls was hit and miss...

I like Lomography so the quality of the pulls will not be an issue.

 

[Meyer Trioplan]

They are separate legs aligned in a V that meets at the pulls. The cartridge is designed to bring the two parts (negative and paper) together in alignment when pulled through the rollers to develop the negative and transfer the image to the paper.

I have maybe 6 unshot frames of FP-100C left and I might be willing to give this a try. At the least, I have a cartridge with dried out materials that I can maybe test the premise with for a dark (literally) dry run.

 

[IlfordFan]

I have maybe 6 unshot frames of FP-100C left and I might be willing to give this a try. At the least, I have a cartridge with dried out materials that I can maybe test the premise with for a dark (literally) dry run.

. Thank you for your advice. If you give this a try let me know and please post scans of the results. Thank you for your help.

 

[nascarfann]

Would anyone here actually try to process FP100C in an Instax Wide? Am I downright crazy?

I would totally try it! But I am the one who wanted to modify a disposable camera to shoot half frame.

They are separate legs aligned in a V that meets at the pulls. The cartridge is designed to bring the two parts (negative and paper) together in alignment when pulled through the rollers to develop the negative and transfer the image to the paper.

. I wonder if you could tape the sheets together.