- Location
- Switzerland
- Name
- Matt
To get into gear with instant again before the MiNT InstantKon RF70 arrives, I took out the OneStep2 (and the Lomo'Instant Automat Glass, but that's a different thread) to try my hand on evening colours.
I had been in two minds about the Polaroid Originals latest colour film, but quite fond of the camera so far; however, as with all such gear, you need to really get to know its strengths and limitations to make it work. Today, I sort of tried to hard, but it *was* a really good learning experience.
To make a long story short, both the film *and* the camera need as much light as you can get; if there's too little and you need to work wide open, images will be mostly mushy, even though colour highlights may still be pleasing. I had read something along these lines before, but didn't really get it - now I have, I think.
If you have enough light to work with, images can be quite pleasing and surprisingly sharp. The scans from the Canon Pixma MG7750 don't do the results full justice, but they're miles ahead of what I can do with big frames like this via the Google PhotoScan app - this'll have some repercutions on my plans for shooting the Single in October challenge with the RF70, at least as far as posting on the road is concerned ...
Anyway, here are the two usable shots (yes, it was an expensive lesson ...):
(In this one, I forgot to suppress flash - it shows, but it's not too unnatural.)
(You may want to remember that you're looking at enlargements here!)
I particularily like the second one - even in the really harsh light from the sun that's only just obscured by the tree, you have some highlight detail, and colours are very nice IMO.
M.
I had been in two minds about the Polaroid Originals latest colour film, but quite fond of the camera so far; however, as with all such gear, you need to really get to know its strengths and limitations to make it work. Today, I sort of tried to hard, but it *was* a really good learning experience.
To make a long story short, both the film *and* the camera need as much light as you can get; if there's too little and you need to work wide open, images will be mostly mushy, even though colour highlights may still be pleasing. I had read something along these lines before, but didn't really get it - now I have, I think.
If you have enough light to work with, images can be quite pleasing and surprisingly sharp. The scans from the Canon Pixma MG7750 don't do the results full justice, but they're miles ahead of what I can do with big frames like this via the Google PhotoScan app - this'll have some repercutions on my plans for shooting the Single in October challenge with the RF70, at least as far as posting on the road is concerned ...
Anyway, here are the two usable shots (yes, it was an expensive lesson ...):
(In this one, I forgot to suppress flash - it shows, but it's not too unnatural.)
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(You may want to remember that you're looking at enlargements here!)
I particularily like the second one - even in the really harsh light from the sun that's only just obscured by the tree, you have some highlight detail, and colours are very nice IMO.
M.