The Instant Camera Guy
"Mokuzai" - Converted Polaroid 230, w/ Tominon f4.7 lens and manual Copal shutter
Based on a standard Polaroid 230 Automatic Land Camera, this camera has been extensively modified to be able to shoot at professional standards.
The original f8.8 lens and automatic shutter have been replaced with a Tominon 127mm, f4.7, four element coated glass lens, mounted in a Copal Polaroid Press shutter. This shutter does not require cocking before firing the shutter, meaning you can fire the shutter as fast as your fingers can move! This mechanical shutter also means that the camera no longer requires batteries!
This new lens allows for fantastic portrait photos, and is really the area where the camera excels. The new 127mm lens is amazingly sharp, and will deliver results on par with a Polaroid 180 or 195.
For added luxury, I have re-skinned the front shutter housing in genuine wood, which looks and feels fantastic!
The original shutter housing has been completely sealed to house the new shutter, using high density seals and tubing for a completely light-tight finish.
Features:
- Tominon 127mm f4.7, coated glass lens
- Copal Polaroid Press Shutter, featuring bulb and time modes
- Aperture range from f4.7 all the way to f45!
- Zeiss Ikon single window rangefinder/viewfinder
- Folding bellows design
- X-sync for flash, with ability to use old flash bulbs when set to 1/30th of a second or lower
- Cable release socket
- Genuine wood front panel
- Fully sealed and flocked interior, with new light seals
Because the rangefinder is calibrated to 114mm, and the new lens is 127mm, there was some drift between lens and finder. To compensate for this, the bellows arm has been re-shaped, to allow precise focus at the closest distance setting when using the rangefinder. When horizon photos are desired, it's simply a matter of extending the bellows to the infinity position, allowing for tack sharp pictures, even with the lens wide open. Now only the middle distances drifting slightly at the widest aperture settings. When shooting at f8 or higher, the drift is not an issue.
"Mokuzai" - Converted Polaroid 230, w/ Tominon f4.7 lens and manual Copal shutter
Based on a standard Polaroid 230 Automatic Land Camera, this camera has been extensively modified to be able to shoot at professional standards.
The original f8.8 lens and automatic shutter have been replaced with a Tominon 127mm, f4.7, four element coated glass lens, mounted in a Copal Polaroid Press shutter. This shutter does not require cocking before firing the shutter, meaning you can fire the shutter as fast as your fingers can move! This mechanical shutter also means that the camera no longer requires batteries!
This new lens allows for fantastic portrait photos, and is really the area where the camera excels. The new 127mm lens is amazingly sharp, and will deliver results on par with a Polaroid 180 or 195.
For added luxury, I have re-skinned the front shutter housing in genuine wood, which looks and feels fantastic!
The original shutter housing has been completely sealed to house the new shutter, using high density seals and tubing for a completely light-tight finish.
Features:
- Tominon 127mm f4.7, coated glass lens
- Copal Polaroid Press Shutter, featuring bulb and time modes
- Aperture range from f4.7 all the way to f45!
- Zeiss Ikon single window rangefinder/viewfinder
- Folding bellows design
- X-sync for flash, with ability to use old flash bulbs when set to 1/30th of a second or lower
- Cable release socket
- Genuine wood front panel
- Fully sealed and flocked interior, with new light seals
Because the rangefinder is calibrated to 114mm, and the new lens is 127mm, there was some drift between lens and finder. To compensate for this, the bellows arm has been re-shaped, to allow precise focus at the closest distance setting when using the rangefinder. When horizon photos are desired, it's simply a matter of extending the bellows to the infinity position, allowing for tack sharp pictures, even with the lens wide open. Now only the middle distances drifting slightly at the widest aperture settings. When shooting at f8 or higher, the drift is not an issue.