Just putting it out there that Instax wide film fits in the old Polaroid Highlander 80A without any mods. I just laid the sheet of Instax across the film gate in the dark. The edges fit perfectly in the film chamber so no need for tape to hold the film in place. I aligned the right edge when facing the film gate with the edge of the scooped-out chamber for the roller, and that allowed the door to close without squishing the film. The long edges of the door do press quite hard on the Instax sheet, but the test shows that it is not enough pressure to break the chemical pods or permanently crease the film. The film gate is not quite wide enough to expose the entire Instax image surface, but it gives a considerably larger image than one would obtain using Instax mini film which would also have to be aligned somehow in the dark and taped to the pressure plate.
The Highlander models have a scale-focus 3-element 100mm f8.8 lens, B, 1/25 and 1/100 shutter speeds and a variety of Waterhouse apertures, as well as a cable release socket and tripod thread compared to the Fuji Instax wide 300.
I removed the sheet in the dark and put it in an Instax cartridge and camera for "developing".
Instax wide in a Polaroid Highlander 80A by Howard Sandler, on Flickr
The Highlander models have a scale-focus 3-element 100mm f8.8 lens, B, 1/25 and 1/100 shutter speeds and a variety of Waterhouse apertures, as well as a cable release socket and tripod thread compared to the Fuji Instax wide 300.
I removed the sheet in the dark and put it in an Instax cartridge and camera for "developing".
Instax wide in a Polaroid Highlander 80A by Howard Sandler, on Flickr
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