Fujifilm Instax 100 camera question

[garry71]

Don't laugh, but I bought some film for my missus' Instax 100 camera.
Does anyone know what the flash is supposed to be doing? It just seems to bleach out the photos, and I'd rather turn it off completely. There's a flash button, but it gives no indication of what the flash is about to do, and the flash itself seems a bit random in it's operation.
The missus threw the manual away years ago :shake:

Cheers
Garry

 

[jacob12_1993]

I havent any experience of the instax 100, but have used the instax mini and the flash was alright in that, it might be worth getting a little bit of ND gel and put some over the flash?

 

[garry71]

Cheers Jacob. I don't have any ND gel, so I'll try some silver foil with a smaller aperture cut into it. I should have thought of that before!

 

[fixedimage]

Dunno what the silver foil will do, you want something to diffuse and reduce the amount of light getting out. Try taping a bit of cartridge paper over the flash, if that's too much, try greaseproof paper.

 

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I am sure this is the kind of thing plastic milk bottles were invented for!