Instax 210 Wide Format

[Rob MacKillop]

A welcome Christmas Present, the Instax 210 is a wide-format instant polaroid-style camera. It is quite a handful, here compared to an iPhone 4S:



You can read the lens info there. There is also an add-on lens for closer images, but the focus range seems very narrow when using it. I tried a selfie, but didn't get it in focus - and it is quite costly to experiment with. The main lens seems good, and has two settings: 0.9m to 3m, and 3m to infinity, but probably not beyond...

There is a basic exposure compensation - choose from Light, Neutral, Dark.
And there is a choice of standard or fill flash.

These scans are not good. In fact, I don't like scanning instant film shots - the object in itself is what it's all about, not just the image. They look so cool. Beautiful.

The snowflakes are from the scanning - they are not there on the object.







Update - Boxing Day walk...

Here we can see the two focus settings. The first is the 0.9m to 3m, so the foreground is in focus...



And the 3m to infinity...where nothing seems in focus!



A bus stop...



And what happens when you have the sun in frame

 

[Pete Askew]

Nice. And you're looking very pleased with it.

So, who did it?!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Ah, you are referring to the Edinburgh Edition of Cluedo...I can't tell you who did it...

As for who did the selfie, I've no idea...

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Excellent stuff Rob - an instant selfie!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

@Pete Askew and @Chris Dodkin - just in case you miss this, I've updated the original post with a few landscapes.

 

[Glenn Clabo]

Just like a little kid with a new toy...I love it. Nice stuff.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Glenn. Well, it IS Christmas, after all...

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Update:

Using the close-up lens, I thought these two forks were dead centre of the frame. Not so. But I quite like the happy accident of how the shot has come out.