Speed Magny for Nikon F3

Leigh B

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Given that Polaroid pack film is no longer made, of what use is it?

Perhaps a nice piece for a museum.

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One wonders how useful the Magnys ever were, even during their heyday (if one could even call it that).

As I write this, many outlets still have fresh FP-100C in stock, but you're right—the format will soon be gone forever.
 

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It is basically a way to couple a camera for spooled film (which have inherently back parts protruding beyond the focal plane) to an instant packfilm back, by employing a relay optic.
 

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I've always wanted one. I love shooting peel apart film and would just love one of those. I've have a back for my F5, but the results are so small.
 

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Sounds like a cool collectors item or fun thing to play with (maybe an instax conversion?), not very useful nowadays but interesting whatsoever
 

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As usual everthing has its price. The Speed Magny and similar devices give large instant photographs with the controls of an SLR, but are bulky or clumsy.
 

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Hi

I have one and I used it quite a lot, but there still some draw backs etc: lost 5 stops of light and very heavy.

I can upload more photo if you guys want to know more about it

I found this Speed Magny 100-3 in the Hong Kong.

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I've recently acquired a Speed Magny 100-3; anyone know how many were made? Anyone else have one?
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As a side note: a german top level fashion photographer working with Nikons used Polaroid 35mm instant films for checking exposure and set-up.
 

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Even if the relay optic does not introduce any light loss there still will be the loss by the great image magnification.
 

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Hahaha nono it was referred to me screwing the quote function not your text
Thanks for the image! It looks quite good!
 

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Thanks for sharing, I've never seen one for an F3. It is truly a museum piece. They were more popular with the Nikon F model in the late 1960's. I never knew anyone using one, we all used polaroid backs on our Hassy's or view cameras.
 
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Thank you for sharing! Mine has a different door on it; I wonder if the original was lost or broken at some point. I will upload a shot of mine when I find some time.

I'm having trouble loading and using it; the film tabs are constantly ripping off. A friend on fb recommended I break off the spring tabs because they exert too much pressure on the Fuji cartridges; have you found that to be the case?
 
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