Fuji Instax Back For RB67

[Andrew O'Neill]

I'd love to have this back, but I'm not too keen on the shipping charge...Or maybe they got the shipping charge and item price mixed up?

 

[AgX]

Would you yourself sell such a modification for 59$ ?

I think there is that believe that everything from China is gifted.

 

[Donald Qualls]

This is a fairly common seller trick to get around eBay fees, which are based on sale price not including shipping. One could report the listing, though the usual cost for these plus reasonable shipping is very close to price plus shipping on this listing.

 

[MattKing]

This is a fairly common seller trick to get around eBay fees, which are based on sale price not including shipping.

The Ebay fees have been based on the price plus shipping cost for a long time now.
However, if people organize their search results based on selling price, the technique might give some advantage.
The other possibility I've encountered sometimes is that the vendor has chosen a shipping alternative that is extraordinarily expensive for Canada, but reasonable for other destinations.

 

[Donald Qualls]

The other possibility I've encountered sometimes is that the vendor has chosen a shipping alternative that is extraordinarily expensive for Canada,

But that wouldn't account for selling the actual thing for $59 -- and there were apparently three to begin with, so it's not "I tried it and didn't like it" from a user...

 

[MattKing]

I found the exact EBay listing.
This phrase in the actual listing does not build confidence: "Will usually ship within 15 business days of receiving cleared payment." (emphasis added).
And I checked - the shipping charge indicated is, like the price, in US dollars, and is the same for Canada and the US.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

I'll just stick Instax inside a 4x5 holder with a bit of tape, and process it in the darkroom by pulling it through the rollers in my 545 holder

 

[Donald Qualls]

And I'll wait for my LomoGraflok to arrive and then use my (much lighter than RB67) Speed Graphic...

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

And I'll wait for my LomoGraflok to arrive and then use my (much lighter than RB67) Speed Graphic...

Cool! LomoGraflok? I'll have to look that one up.

 

[Donald Qualls]

Cool! LomoGraflok? I'll have to look that one up.

Don't expect to get one soon, though. People who preordered this time last year are just now getting their units, after COVID pushed back the production and shipping. I ordered this past April, and was originally to have gotten mine this month; I haven't heard anything official, but at this point I expect to receive it next year.

Still, short version: fits a 4x5 Graflok mount, takes Instax Wide (and like all Wide backs, can be pretty easily modified to accept one or both of the smaller sizes); image area is offset within the 4x5 frame and focus requires approximately 19mm setback, accommodated by an insert (and ground glass framing mask) supplied with the unit. Thick enough I don't expect to get good use from the viewfinder on my Speed, so I'll probably have to 3D print one (likely to mount on the LomoGraflok itself). but I should still be able to use the Kalart RF. Worst case, I can fabricate a focus light to be able to use the RF even when I can't see through the eyepiece (cheap laser pointer and a 3D printed adapter).

Given the combination of price and ability to mount on a wide selection of cameras, I just hope the unit is durable -- though if I get a couple years of good use out of one, I'd likely buy a second after certain failures.

 

[xya]

as I preordered, I got mine already. wonderful thing to have https://www.instantphoto.eu/other/lomo_graflok_instax_back.htm

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Don't expect to get one soon, though. People who preordered this time last year are just now getting their units, after COVID pushed back the production and shipping. I ordered this past April, and was originally to have gotten mine this month; I haven't heard anything official, but at this point I expect to receive it next year.

Still, short version: fits a 4x5 Graflok mount, takes Instax Wide (and like all Wide backs, can be pretty easily modified to accept one or both of the smaller sizes); image area is offset within the 4x5 frame and focus requires approximately 19mm setback, accommodated by an insert (and ground glass framing mask) supplied with the unit. Thick enough I don't expect to get good use from the viewfinder on my Speed, so I'll probably have to 3D print one (likely to mount on the LomoGraflok itself). but I should still be able to use the Kalart RF. Worst case, I can fabricate a focus light to be able to use the RF even when I can't see through the eyepiece (cheap laser pointer and a 3D printed adapter).

Given the combination of price and ability to mount on a wide selection of cameras, I just hope the unit is durable -- though if I get a couple years of good use out of one, I'd likely buy a second after certain failures.

Oh well... I have no cameras that take graflok anyways...

 

[Donald Qualls]

Oh well... I have no cameras that take graflok anyways...

Conversion backs are available from various sources, or can be 3D printed (plus some screws, thread inserts, and the metal slide plates) to fit virtually anything that originally had a spring back. I spent almost $100 to get a conversion back for my Annie. A first-gen Graphic View will accept the clip-on reversing back from a Graphic View II; the latter were sold (after the first year or so of production) with Graflok backs. Other cameras can be converted various ways, but often a 3D printed conversion is the easiest method and because they're all about the same size (so take about the same printer time to produce) they all cost about the same.

Given that Graflok opens up other options besides the LomoGraflok (Grafmatics, roll film holders, etc.), I thought it was well worth upgrading my Annie.

 

[GarageBoy]

http://mercurycamera.com/backs/mercury-instax-backs/

These also look cool