Instax Square: a new chance to instant medium format backs?

[F994]

In these days I was wondering about the practical use of the new square instant film format and its size is really similar to 56x56mm. It could be something really useful to have new instant backs for our cameras, maybe a Kickstarter project could help us? I'd honestly spend some bucks on that kind of products.

 

[Cholentpot]

In these days I was wondering about the practical use of the new square instant film format and its size is really similar to 56x56mm. It could be something really useful to have new instant backs for our cameras, maybe a Kickstarter project could help us? I'd honestly spend some bucks on that kind of products.

Someone'll bang something together. I'd love to throw some 'roids into the back of my Broni.

 

[F994]

I'd love to do that with my Hasselblad, for both creative and technical purpose.

 

[adelorenzo]

Mercury Camera has already adapted several Instax format backs to fit Graflok 2x3 and 4x5 cameras. They have already said they will be looking at doing the same for the new format.

 

[maximumPhoto]

In these days I was wondering about the practical use of the new square instant film format and its size is really similar to 56x56mm. It could be something really useful to have new instant backs for our cameras, maybe a Kickstarter project could help us? I'd honestly spend some bucks on that kind of products.

The world will seriously benefit from a universal, or near universal instax back right now. It would likely be 3d printed, so you might as well make a few different mounts..

 

[heelguru]

I wonder whether perhaps the roller plate holder could be used for this purpose. I recall someone did this previously with instax (wide?)

 

[maximumPhoto]

I wonder whether perhaps the roller plate holder could be used for this purpose. I recall someone did this previously with instax (wide?)

You can use current packfilm and maybe cutfilm holders, but it's not an easy method. In the dark, or inside a dark bag, you load the instax cartridge into the holder, then put darkslide, then mount to your MF camera, and take your picture. Then in the dark or dark bag you take the instax cartridge out of the holder, then pop it into an instax camera. You want an instax camera that automatically ejects the darkslide (or first frame) that way it ejects the picture you took. This is too cumbersome for me..

Until I save for a 3d printer, I'm currently trying to source a broken/spare polaroid back for the Mamiya Universal. It has a removable adapter plate that I can remove and graft onto some kind of instax back. But this will be for Instax Wide, preferably. If I can make that work then I will try it with square. The hard part is getting a donor back. For Instax Wide I will need to chop up a 210 or Lomo'Instant Wide ($$$).. the Lomo probably the better candidate since you can get a flush mounting surface at the film plane. For the square format, are there any cheapy cameras yet/coming or is there only going to be the SQ10?

 

[36cm2]

I searched Photrio and this was the closest thread to this concept that I could find, so here you go to anyone interested:

https://mymodernmet.com/hasselblad-instax-hybrid/

 

[fdonadio]

There were a couple of failed Kickstarters:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alexdobbie/hasselblad-square-instant-film-back

and

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/495636760/rezivot-instant-film-processor

I really wish I could get one of these.

 

[Oren Grad]

Option8 is hacking the SQ6:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/...hUD8B1EoI3o9MIPB-KBn7D6R3-EzpTIw&__tn__=-UC-R

He does good work. But even if he manages to work the bugs out of this adaptation, it's never going to be a mass-produced item.

 

[ic-racer]

I don't use Hasselblad, I use Horseman, and the Rectangular Instax fits in its 6x9cm film holders. I wonder it these Square Instax films will fit it the Hasselblad sheet film holders?

 

[kolby]

Just hack an SQ6, they're reasonably priced. I found a good deal on a great lens.
Here's mine, all manual, except the processing is electrical, shutter button ejects the image.
I followed the instructions from here: https://hackaday.io/project/158654-instax-sq6-lens-transplant
I redesigned the mount, and 3d printed it.
Here is the result: https://photos.app.goo.gl/yciLdJXjSHCzTMUc9 and https://photos.app.goo.gl/RroQqNwEekhE5RpU9

 

[Daire Quinlan]

Or alternatively there are now a pile of reasonably priced focusing helixes (helices ?! Helicoids ??!? ) on the auction site, chinese, normally billed as 'macro focusing helicoids' or the like.

This was my Frankinstax, tempted to do the same with the SQ.

 

[Kodachromeguy]

I searched Photrio and this was the closest thread to this concept that I could find, so here you go to anyone interested:

https://mymodernmet.com/hasselblad-instax-hybrid/

I have seen this. The key seems to be the mounting/adapter plate. I am surprised there is not enough of a market for a small shop with 3D printing or metal machining capacity to make these adapters for Hasselblad and Mamiya, and possibly Bronica as well. I followed the Kickstarter efforts, but they ended.