Mint InstantKon SF70 - Solarizing in Seattle with the Instax Square King [Instant Review]

[@abelsilvan]

The doors to the Solar Plane are now wide open. Safe travels instant people.

[@InAnInstant]

We caution all to proceed with an open heart and loose fitting clothing.

[@MintSX70]

Creative! 😎Thanks for using SF70 with this interesting project.

[@NBJ97]

8:42 That looks nuts. Such a cool idea to utilize solarization!

[@pastedtomato]

Those solarized shots look awesome, and the hybrid ones, insane!

[@themightychippy3756]

7:58 Ma man straight up solarized himself into Kernel Sanders

[@joanwerthman4116]

Wow! You and your friends are so creative. It’s a joy to watch.

[@InAnInstant]

Joan, you're the best thank you!!

[@redsphoto6708]

Another absolute banger in an instant episode! That solarization effect especially those outdoor shots are absolute bangers. Really need to try that out with my Lomo graflock thingy someday. The Mint looks tasty! The design really reminds me of the Plaubel Makina 67/670 (except not as expensive...). And as you said we need MOAR cameras being made today. Speaking of expensive instax cameras, I pre-ordered that upcoming nons sl660. I really hope it ends up a blast especially with all these vintage lenses I have lying around. Hope you get to try one soon!

[@InAnInstant]

Me too regarding the SL660! I have Nons ear so hopefully we can get that going soon, can’t wait to try it out! Thanks so much for the kind words Red!

[@sandman6088]

Hey Ben, thank you for your high quality videos. I'm only just getting into instant photography (and photography as a whole), and you've done a lot to help me in this journey. Regarding the SF70, damn, it's my dream camera right now. Haha. I'd love to have an instax square camera that doesn't feel like a cheap toy, but unfortunately there aren't very many of those at the hobbyists' price point. Anyway, keep doing what you're doing. Thank you. ✌️

[@melody3741]

Check out the rf660 I think its called

[@christianannoni6968]

Twin Peaks!

[@travis_cannady]

Mind blown! 🤯 I need to try doing some solarizations with my RF70 now.

[@bencushwa8902]

Hi there! I'm an Instax aficionado too. I mainly shoot with an Instax Mini back for my RB67, but I also shoot Instax Wide on my 4x5. I stumbled on this effect in a different way. I had a few photos with LED lights in the frame turn to black with blue rings around them, and then I tried photographing fire and the center of the fire was blue. But I've only ever solarized small parts of images, not entire images. Now I'm playing around with lasers, trying to selectively reverse certain colors in certain places, and it's just wild. Great video, thanks for sharing, and I'm definitely subscribing.

[@patrickjclarke]

As much as I'd love to support Mint on this camera, the rangefinder and framing issues are why I had a FrankentStax back made for my RB67. And that solarization stuff is bonkers good.

[@andymarc8632]

Owning a RF70 I can say you made the right choice. Its got a lot of issues. Range finder is poor, Build is poor, Viewfinder is pointless with its way off framelines. The problem is nobody wants to be bluntly honest about it. Either this is because its such a niche camera and want to support MiNT for trying or its fearing of not getting freebies if they give a bad review.

[@InAnInstant]

@@andymarc8632 I'd say I was pretty honest about all the things I'd change about the camera in this video. I spoke about all of those issues you listed besides the build (which I like despite the plastic).

[@andymarc8632]

@@InAnInstant Id call it diplomatic honesty ;-)

[@InAnInstant]

Fair enough!

[@matejphoto]

Super cool! I love the outdoor portraits with the background normally exposed the most. I will try it with the normal Instax cameras to get this movement going:) Thanks for sharing and pushing what is possible with Instax!

[@brineb58]

Amazing!!! Totally dig it!!! I do love the camera, but have never done the solarised thang!!!

[@hellothisiskyle]

OMG!!! I’m so glad you included the solarized of a solarized image concept. There was so much creative magic happening in that airbnb that night lmao. I’ve literally been trying to find a copy of that picture since march. Couldn’t stop laughing (and screaming) while watching this

[@InAnInstant]

Hahaha I was screaming the entire edit, so freakin glad we packed this concept into an episode so these haunted discoveries can live in perpetuity!

[@DaarkCloud]

Beautiful ❤️ I love my Wide camera but I have definitely thought about saving up for the more premium mint version. Although that Nons mini camera is drool worthy.

[@JacobCarlson]

I CANNOT WAIT to try this myself. This looks like so much fun

[@AeromaticXD]

Those solarisation photos are AMAZING

[@WoodyONeal]

Inception level stuff here.

[@jamesbrockett786]

The partial solar shots blew my mind benny.

[@sonyviva308]

I totally wasn't expecting that at 7:35 XD I laughed hard

[@AlanLupatini]

omg that's so crazy! good job guys

[@michaelbell75]

Had the RF70 for a week and returned it. As you mentioned, the framing is awful, so are the ergonomics, it doesnt feel good in the hands at all. Its also a pain to have to carry around a set of ND filters too. The TL70 isn't bad but they do need an SLR styled camera IMO.

[@melaninxhalide1165]

SF-70 looks dope, but let’s get into that Mamiya Coach Jacket you were rocking! 🔥🔥🔥

[@InAnInstant]

I never wanna take that jacket off, def one of my all-time favs!!

[@vekofoto]

The Auto mode is not fully automatic. It is aperture priority. And the camera will tell you if you need an ND filter. You can't just point and shoot, you still need to have the appropriate aperture/filter.

[@GregoryVeizades]

Yeah.... Having read the manual, i was like.... Oh no.

[@BThings]

The positive-ized versions of those outdoor partial solarizations look like they're from an '80s music video, honestly.

[@leonjonsson816]

Those mixed photos are insane, wth!

[@franciscoramos8872]

Wooow. Very very cool.

[@Lazytravellingrabbit]

The colour grading on your videos is amazing. Love the vibe.

[@InAnInstant]

Saif thank you so much! A lot of attention goes into those details ❤

[@ManuelBianchiBooks]

I got my SF70 through the initial Kickstarter projects, which means I don't get the veteran discount but I paid like less than half of the current retail price. It's funny that you mentioned that the light meter doesn't work. I figured mine even shows you what ND filter to use. But if I do as the camera says the picture is usually too dark.

[@TheLeiPol]

Same with my RF70, too dark picture if I follow the camera display advise wich ND filter to use. Best option is using a lightmeter and manual exposure.

[@toulcaz31]

Fun video. Would it be fair to say the camera’s weakness would be the lens? The Lomograflok is now allowing to set the expectation for sharpness.

[@InAnInstant]

Hey Nico! While the LomoGraflok certainly enables the best results possible on Instax, I wouldn't put it in the same product category as the SF/RF70. It's not really worth comparing results from large format cameras with anything like this since the lensing quality and flexibility will always be top of the line (and for completely different uses).

[@dylangergutierrez]

This is insanely cool. Now I'm wondering what the characteristic density curve looks like for Instax. It's definitely U-shaped, but I wonder how wide the gulf in the middle is. It also makes me curious if this is unique to the Instax emulsion, or if there are other color film.s you could do this with. Excellent results. The color cast is minimal and the evenly exposed shots look like perfect inversions. Also very cool you discovered that at Polacon! Saw one of those shots on the table and thought you were beta testing some crazy new emulsion.

[@InAnInstant]

Haha that’s awesome that you spotted it at PolaCon!! Definitely has me wondering the same stuff about the curve, there does seem to be minimal latitude but so does the positives on Instax which makes sense. Would be curious to try this with Kodak color film too! I know it’s possible to do with darkroom printing so that’s another fun application.

[@dylangergutierrez]

@@InAnInstant That makes sense, the contrast for the solarized version looks similar to the positive. What happens if you expose it past this ISO 3 point? If you really cook a frame in sunlight, does it go white or black? If it goes white, that implies the existence of a third, positive region of the curve, though it may not be super useful for normal photography. As for modern color films, my research suggests they are deliberately designed to avoid solarization. That's what makes your discovery so interesting to me; it's the only "true" color solarization I've seen, and the color layers track really well together in that region. Darkroom "solarization" is actually a similar but distinct thing called the Sabattier effect, and from what I've read, people still don't know exactly how it works.

[@caiodlimaM]

What’s the correct exposure for this solarization effect?

[@Exxcalibur186]

Whoa, this is pretty cool, especially the mixed ones. The only solarization I've experienced with Instax is the annoying kind when highlights and sun turn black.

[@InAnInstant]

Haha yeah I’ve been there, finally here’s a way to push it all the way into the solar plane!

[@PhilKnall]

Sigh. Thought I was done lusting after the RF70... Yet here we are 😂 But those results though... Amazing stuff.

[@markthomasduggan6515]

This is absolutely amazing! It's time to play! Do you have any idea what the ad200 was set to when you did the outdoor blast to the face?! I'm goign to try to do this with my sx70 by having an on camera flash trigger my ad200 through the optical slave feature. Seems risky, and I like it!

[@jman3841]

I’ve accidentally solarized my Instax photos with this camera and I had no idea what was going on. Thanks for this!

[@InAnInstant]

Haha glad we could welcome you properly to the solar family!!

[@patrickjclarke]

and man, I wish Mint would take this camera and make a square 6x6 120 film version. It would be a great step up from the LC-A 120...even though I love that camera too.

[@InAnInstant]

Totally, really hope they make a square TL70!

[@aramdavid]

Those hybrid shots 8 min in are ridiculous

[@ianbakke]

Fujifilm actually made a negative Instax film already, introduced 20 years ago, and discontinued around 10 years ago. Same size as Instax mini but in a slightly different cartridge to only fit into Instax Digital printers, such as the Pivi, or Digital Mobile Printer as it was called in Europe. It was a small Instax printer that transferred pictures over infrared (IrDA) from your phone. This film was negative for some reason, same 800 speed but negative. I did some experiments when it was about to be discontinued in 2013-2014.

[@InAnInstant]

Wow that’s such a strange coincidence, I was just doing research about this film recently! So interesting

[@miguelreyes2556]

what is the video camera used in the video? not the one used to record this episode

[@madscienti11]

We were using my Canon 514XL with a roll of Kodak Vision3 500T super 8 film!

[@Francois_L_7933]

They really should take a look at how Graflex managed the parallax issue. It's simple and elegant.

[@joeduszynski4109]

How much do you over expose it to get the Solarization reversal effect? I'm interested in trying it with my LomoGraflok back in my Speed Graphic.

[@markjones3213]

whats the difference between the RF70 and SF70

[@josephschwartz1883]

Holy over exposure instant man! Love the Pacific Northwest and want more. #SolarizeMe #InstantSon

[@InAnInstant]

The Ultimate Inversion, solarizing my own blood!! We need more PNW on this channel FOR SURE #InstantPapis

[@tubbstopher]

Based on your comments on the TL70 near the end, it sounds like you feel that the TL70 is better designed than the RF70 or SF70. If someone were to only purchase one of these three models (or were to purchase one first before trying out the others), would you say that the TL70 2.0 is the better buy?

[@SubarmineHorse]

I have both and tbh the TL70 seems like a much better deal. The build quality on both is pretty bad, but the TL70 for the price isn't too bad. The RF70 is just way too expensive for what you get.

[@tubbstopher]

@@SubarmineHorse I wrestled over what I really wanted, and why I wanted it, and ended up just getting a real medium format TLR instead, haha.

[@vaiagile]

man I want it so bad I wanna cry

[@faimeolos]

Necesito probar esto

[@balisong46]

You really need to add to your wasabi plug. All this time I though it was some food thing. I had no idea it was for the batteries I needed! Talk about missed times and opportunity

[@InAnInstant]

Haha omg! I should probably do a slightly extended one in a future video just to briefly explain it. Hope they can help with your battery needs! Def use that promo code Instant 🚀

[@ethancolorado5217]

Why doesn’t this have more views?

[@InAnInstant]

Beats me! 😂

[@massfleming9523]

@In An Instant This along with the review of the SL42 has me itching feverishly to mess around with Nons’ SL660. It’s probably unhealthy. Ben do you plan to pick one up & check it out?

[@InAnInstant]

Absolutely! Hoping to get a unit from them soon

[@HaminAS]

What happens when you solarize a negative

[@aaronblair9583]

I know what I'm doing with my remaining fp100c......I always wondered why the sun turned black.... apparently I'm going to buy a superduper flash

[@cloudy7937]

I am _sooo_ getting this in the future. I guess there's one more reason to earn more lol

[@V0idFace]

“Hey this camera is really interesting and useful!” “Should we do tests that are actually worthwhile and useful?” “No, let’s do something literally no one cares about or will ever use!” Some channels just shouldn’t exist. 😂

[@MichaWha]

The solarization bit was....😵‍💫🤔

[@robertworkman7135]

YEET

[@Fedbo]

Wow Benny bags pushing the envelope to new unexplored territory, let's get this man in contact with elon musk so we can make sure he can shoot the first Polaroid on Mars! Excited for what the future holds

[@InAnInstant]

Get me in with Musk and I’ll both destroy Twitter and get a whole Mars Polaroid series going before the end of 2024

[@Fedbo]

@@InAnInstant never been on twitter so I can't comment on that however sign me up for the limited ed. Mars polaroid 👆🏻

[@maxdoes_]

Is this the first episode where you didn't ask me to subscribe?? Unsubscribed

[@InAnInstant]

Please sir there was a lower 3rd and I hoped to god you saw it

[@hanginthere426]

photoshop > filter > stylize > solarize

[@InAnInstant]

Well that would be no fun

[@MrRob1426]

Looks more like a cheap toy than a professional camera.

[@paleskinnybones]

🔥🔥🔥