Mint InstantKon RF70 - Instax Wide Manual Rangefinder

Very interesting - and surely if it shoots onto Instax Wide, it should be amenable to modification to fit 120? Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I love the idea of a Bessa III/Fuji GF670, but both are just too expensive.
 
freecom2 said:
Very interesting - and surely if it shoots onto Instax Wide, it should be amenable to modification to fit 120? Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I love the idea of a Bessa III/Fuji GF670, but both are just too expensive.
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Not sure about converting it to shoot 120? There's a quite a lot of internal hardware in an Instax camera which would make it hard to fit the spools in but nothing's impossible :0)
 
Oooh now this is right up my street. Could be useful for light tests once all the FP100c runs out as well, especially if there's a way to trigger flashes.
 
Hmmm... I do like their TL70 instant camera, which I've had the chance to handle in Japan on a couple of trips and have been very close to purchasing. It's good to see some attempts at innovation in the film camera market.

That said, I already own the sorts of cameras that the TL70 and RF70 have been modelled after (and also own a Fuji Mini Instax 90), so they'll really need to do something quite innovative to get me to actually purchase something... unless my cameras start dying.
 
skysh4rk said:
Hmmm... I do like their TL70 instant camera, which I've had the chance to handle in Japan on a couple of trips and have been very close to purchasing. It's good to see some attempts at innovation in the film camera market.

That said, I already own the sorts of cameras that the TL70 and RF70 have been modelled after (and also own a Fuji Mini Instax 90), so they'll really need to do something quite innovative to get me to actually purchase something... unless my cameras start dying.
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I agree about the TL70 because it’s close to being a useful addition but the fact it is still limited in its’ control has always put me off. I don’t know much about this RF70 (and I’ve been told today that the guy from Mint in the video wasn’t actually expecting for any images/video of it to be released as yet!) but the fact it has full manual focus/shutter speed (and possibly aperture) is a step up over other options.
 
stevelmx5 said:
I agree about the TL70 because it’s close to being a useful addition but the fact it is still limited in its’ control has always put me off.
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Well, to be fair, the TL70 does have more control than most Instax cameras on the market, as you can independently control focus and aperture, for instance.
 
skysh4rk said:
Well, to be fair, the TL70 does have more control than most Instax cameras on the market, as you can independently control focus and aperture, for instance.
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I have the v1 that I updated to v2 spec. I have to say I quite like it. Its by far the best instax camera I've played with (Fuji ones and a lomo thingy)
Gonna keep an eye on this one to see how it goes. (I already have there polaroid camera too!)
 
FruitFlakes said:
Oooh now this is right up my street. Could be useful for light tests once all the FP100c runs out as well, especially if there's a way to trigger flashes.
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The latest update email has confirmed that there'll be a 3.5mm sync jack which is fantastic news. Looks like there will be life after FP100c after all.
 
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