Nons SL42 Mark ii
This camera is from the Kickstarter several years ago. I used the format extender (to extend the image circle from that suitable for 35mm to "near" full coverate for Fuji Instax Mini. For the lens, I used a cheap Kaligar 135mm f3.5 M42 lens with an M42 to EF adapter ring. The camera has a native EF mount, but it's a mechanical mount only, there's no electrical communication. So you need to use a lens with a manual aperture control which rules out all standard EF lenses as they are designed to have an electronically controlled aperture. Which is why I used an M42 adapter ring and simple M42 lens.
The camera is a unique design, being a Fuji Instax SLR camera with interchangable lenses.
Functionally it's a little odd to use as the shutter release it two stage. First stage slides the mirror box to the side and the second stage releases the shutter. There is a small lever sticking out the front of the camera that you then move to slide the mirror box back to allow the SLR functionality to work. The viewfinder is not full coverage, it only shows the centre ~30% of the image.
The image quality of the print isn't as good as I had hoped, but it is astill acceptable. The format extender is not going to be helping things, but I also think the cheap lens I used (the only M42 lens I could find at short notice) isn't helping either.
I'll have to see if I can find my M42 Flektogon, or another good quality wide angle lens to try again.
#nons #sl42 #sl42ii #instax #instantphotography #instaxmini
This camera is from the Kickstarter several years ago. I used the format extender (to extend the image circle from that suitable for 35mm to "near" full coverate for Fuji Instax Mini. For the lens, I used a cheap Kaligar 135mm f3.5 M42 lens with an M42 to EF adapter ring. The camera has a native EF mount, but it's a mechanical mount only, there's no electrical communication. So you need to use a lens with a manual aperture control which rules out all standard EF lenses as they are designed to have an electronically controlled aperture. Which is why I used an M42 adapter ring and simple M42 lens.
The camera is a unique design, being a Fuji Instax SLR camera with interchangable lenses.
Functionally it's a little odd to use as the shutter release it two stage. First stage slides the mirror box to the side and the second stage releases the shutter. There is a small lever sticking out the front of the camera that you then move to slide the mirror box back to allow the SLR functionality to work. The viewfinder is not full coverage, it only shows the centre ~30% of the image.
The image quality of the print isn't as good as I had hoped, but it is astill acceptable. The format extender is not going to be helping things, but I also think the cheap lens I used (the only M42 lens I could find at short notice) isn't helping either.
I'll have to see if I can find my M42 Flektogon, or another good quality wide angle lens to try again.
#nons #sl42 #sl42ii #instax #instantphotography #instaxmini
