Thanks brother! I always talk myself out of sharing those little “quick tips” because I always think people don’t actually care or wanna hear it. Trying to ignore that voice in my head more. Haha.
i know im asking the wrong place but does anybody know of a method to get back into an instagram account..? I stupidly lost the password. I love any assistance you can offer me!
I shoot a lot of instant film - polaroid 600, sx-70, instax mini, and am waiting for my graflock back for my large format intrepid -, it is one of my favourite mediums, and your videos on instant film are great. Even for people with a lot of experience there is always a new take. Thank you for this and hope you do 1 or 2 more instant film videos, particularly those studio shoots you were talking about..
Matt, thank you ever so much for this 670-S video. I'm going to take my own one out in a few hours for the first time, and I can say I feel I've learned more (relevant) stuff in this short quarter of an hour than reading up on polaroid for a couple of weeks. Just great. Wishing you good light always.
Other alternative if you still the camera be a point-and-shoot: Polaroid SX-70 Alpha 2 + PolaStudio Power Kit + MiNT Flash Bar 2. That setup is ~300$ cheaper than the MiNT SLR670-S. You loose the "manual" options (property of MiNT) but you gain this: you can shoot SX-70, 600 and iType film; and the camera size is almost identical to the original pocket size (after removing the flash bar when unneded).
Same. I had an sx70 with a whole bunch of flash bars etc but it was impossible to get film for less than a few hundred bucks IF you happened to find any where I lived. I recently got gifted a spirit 600 and then bought myself a one step, and I keep seeing the sx70 pop up super cheap
I'm looking forward in using Mint SLR 670-S. It's expensive, the film is expensive, but you can't compare it anything else, the pure joy of instant photography. Thanks for sharing your opinion!
Great one! I'm curious to know how is your experience with B&W SX70 film, do you meter it for the highlights as well? How does temperature change your results?
love the idea of mint, and hope they make it, but the camera i got from B&H arrived in pieces (instax square). The promise of shooting instax square is so tempting, if build quality increases, i will be back.
Hey! I really enjoy every single of your video. So I want to Ask you, if you Know if this mint Time Machine work only on slr670 or it works on the sx-70 Land camera too ? Thanks for your answer, and have a nice day.
Hello, I have just bought one from MINT. In fact, the time machine is in fact installed inside the slr670. The black object is a remote only. It doesn't work on sx70
Matt, if you are shooting in the studio (with flash) have a look at the SLR670X with its sync port on the Time Machine. Love my SLR670S, and if I don't need the Sonar of my SLR680, it's the SLR670S is the single walk about camera I will take with me everywhere.
Manual controls on a Polaroid camera is the dream. Biggest problem i have with Polaroids is its archival properties. My Polaroid b&w pics turn a tobacco stain colour in the highlights over the course of a year, eventually they end up no good. I now emulsion lift the polaroids and they remain perfect. Have you experienced this yellowing on your polaroids over time.
i’ve shot a loooot of i type film with the Rezivot back for the RZ67 so full manual control and shot a whole project using that set up and found that under exposing by 1/3rd or 2/3rds of a stop got me the best results whereas over exposing at all just muted colours and seemed to make it hazy as you said in the video
Someone may have already commented this, but maybe one of those pocket hand warmer packs would help film develop when shooting in colder temperatures? 🤔
Great video Matt. I recently bought an SLR670-S and am slowly getting to grips with it, though England in winter isn't the best place too use Polaroid film. I was so pleased to see the potential it holds when seeing your photographs - especially the studio shots. One question - what light meter do you like to use?
Karl, not sure what the answer was to your question, but as for me I love the Gossen Digisix (or Digiflash, if you're also into flash photography) for both incident and reflective metering in a super small and compact package; and in studio or in general when there's no issue in carrying more, the Seconic Litemaster Pro L-478DR (also has Pocket Wizard compatibility).
Why such a wide range 1/250 to 1/2000? Try a 10 degrees attatvhment on that hand held meter my guess for that garage door lighting 1/500 to 1/1000 would have yield a balance
Matt - Where can I get some sleeves for instant film? I shoot a variety of sizes (Originals, Square, Mini, Wide). I can't get a sense of size capacity when I search oline.
i recommend PrintFile 4x5 sleeves for the Polaroid 600, SX-70 and i-type films because you can get two in a pocket and there are 4 pockets per page so you get a whole pack per sleeve
Is this the new formula IP/Polaroid stuff? It seems CRRRAZY good compared to the stuff I have in the fridge (still working on 2016/17 "impossible" branded stock). If so, this is extremely pleasing clarity and colour, even the shifted results from cold development. I had all but given up hope for good square format stock and was going to stick to instax. This is great news.
I'm not sure if you knew this, but the aperture isn't actually fixed at f/8 and doesn't get anywhere close to a real shutter speed of 1/2000. The SX-70 uses a variable aperture to get the "equivalent" exposure of what would be f/8 1/2000... Since the aperture is variable there is no real value but at the 1/2000 setting it's actually doing 1/180 at around f/22, but again, the aperture is variable due to the design of the shutter blades. The SX-70 shutter is a unique design in that one mechanism is actually both the shutter and the iris. You can read more here: opensx70.com/posts/2018/11/sx70-shutter
I actually wasn’t aware of this until someone named Zane mentioned it in the chat during the premiere of this video. Super interesting to find out all these years later!
Thats true for an original SX-70, but not the Mint SLR-670S version Matt is using. The SLR-670S is an SX-70 that has been rebuilt with a new motherboard, light meter & other modifications, one of which is fixing the aperture at F8. It can take original or 600 film and the time machine is simply an external shutter speed dial, up to 1/2000, that links to the motherboard through the flashbar port. The newer SLR-670X adds a flash sync port that can be used to trigger studio lights. Flash sync speed is 1/125. You can send your SX-70 to Mint in Hong Kong and have it modified, which is what I've just done hence I know a little about it. Cost is $400-500USD depending on camera condition and which version you want.
Hey man - did I miss it? You should explain more about mint camera. They are doing really cool stuff with a dedicated team. If you like what they are doing, give a good shout out, otherwise, let's hear what can be improved. I don't think many people know about the company or what they are producing, but it's worthwhile to hear if they are headed in the right direction
Yeah, the MiNT SLR 670-S (or X) is definitely a game changer. It's one of my "white whale" cameras, if you know what I mean. Have you considered the lens set from MiNT for SX-70 cameras? They can make the camera even better in my opinion - especially the yellow filter for black and white film and the close-up lens for a super shallow depth of field on Polaroid style "macro" photography.
Thanks for this Matt! Today happens to be my birthday and this is a great gift! I’ve been looking into opensx70 and the mint stuff, but I don’t think the open sx70 will work with my sonar sx70. Either way, really cool to see and will use the other tips from now on.
Today the pb is not the instant camera available for Polaroid, but the price and the quality of the actual Polaroid film (compared to Instax especially)
No joke, I ordered a modded Instax Square back for my RB a few months ago on eBay but with international shipping, I still haven’t received it and there’s no tracking. 🙃
@@mattdayphoto luckily ebay and PayPal tend to be pretty good with refunds in these kinds of situations. Shouldn't be your fault they didn't provide tracking on such an expensive item
Hey Matt, great video! I also tend to under expose my shots with Polaroid. I'm using an XS70 Sonar. I've actually just ordered the ND filter so I can use 600 film on it.
The sx70 is one of the most beautifully designed camera’s ever, your photos are better than mine. I noticed that you are not using a frog tongue ,any reason why?
Apparently the new Polaroid stuff actually has some new chemistry that from what I’ve heard ensures that the film is unaffected from light as soon as it’s ejected from the camera. Maybe that’s bs cause it sounds too good to be true but that’s what I’ve heard
Apparently the stuff is known as colour protection film, and is advertised as not needing to be shielded from light directly after the photo has been taken. I wouldn’t take any chances though but some people who shoot the film relentlessly such as jamieswicks as they’ve noticed a major difference in colour accuracy too. These are all the batches made after the October though.
Yeah they have added the chemistry to both, just make sure when you're buying it that it's listed as colour protection film and you're all set. I haven't noticed a major change but I've only shot about 2 or 3 packs before that so I'm relatively new to all this stuff
Crazy that UA-camrs get so much free stuff from companies they are just nonchalant about a company gifting them a $900 modified sx70… Just deadpan “oh yeah mint gifted me this camera that 99% of Polaroid photographers will never be able to own…big whoop”
Hi. I need some opinion for a basic light meter. Which one should I get? Sekonic L-208 or L-308X? I'm aiming to be a professional film photographer once I end my studies. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks
Please don’t corrupt these videos in progress by inserting irritating ads, disrupting the flow. Put them at the end. I would go out of my way to avoid this advertiser for ruining Matt’s video.
But You said you were going to shoot at a shutter speed of both 1000 and 250 at 3:18 to see what kind of shadow and highlight details you can get but later you shoot at 2000 instead...I’m curious as to why you’re lying to me and what I did wrong to deserve this Matt
Hi Matt,what does it mean for your REAL SX 70? Do you still shooting this one?Honestly - cannot compare the original to this 800 Euro MINT camera.BTW...Your tattoo will never be a MINT and still will be a Polaroid Camera from the 60s/70s 😄
Sx70 king 👑
My Lord 😌
Yep best video on the magnificent Sx70 that I have seen.
photo and explanation behind the statue photo was dope! yesssiiiirrrrrr
Thanks brother! I always talk myself out of sharing those little “quick tips” because I always think people don’t actually care or wanna hear it. Trying to ignore that voice in my head more. Haha.
@@mattdayphoto We definitely want to hear those tips.
@@perry.normal thank you for letting me know! That’s encouraging.
@@mattdayphoto this is absolutely value and explains why you shoot and how you see your personal photography world. We really appriciate this!!
i know im asking the wrong place but does anybody know of a method to get back into an instagram account..?
I stupidly lost the password. I love any assistance you can offer me!
8:06 I actually like the colder developed picture more
Matt Day holding an SX-70 always hits mad different.
Nathan does a v gud job filming yah running around !
I shoot a lot of instant film - polaroid 600, sx-70, instax mini, and am waiting for my graflock back for my large format intrepid -, it is one of my favourite mediums, and your videos on instant film are great. Even for people with a lot of experience there is always a new take. Thank you for this and hope you do 1 or 2 more instant film videos, particularly those studio shoots you were talking about..
Your photos are among the best SX-70 camera photos I have seen.
Awesome,stuff Matt! I would love to see studio portrait session with the mint sx70, again awesome stuff!
Matt, thank you ever so much for this 670-S video. I'm going to take my own one out in a few hours for the first time, and I can say I feel I've learned more (relevant) stuff in this short quarter of an hour than reading up on polaroid for a couple of weeks. Just great. Wishing you good light always.
Had some nice Rembrant lighting on that statue with the cheek triangle!
Was exactly my thoughts too when he showed the statue from the correct side. 👌🏽
Great to see the temperature difference!!!
I've missed these Polaroid/Instax videos of yours! Great one as always! Thanks
Other alternative if you still the camera be a point-and-shoot: Polaroid SX-70 Alpha 2 + PolaStudio Power Kit + MiNT Flash Bar 2. That setup is ~300$ cheaper than the MiNT SLR670-S. You loose the "manual" options (property of MiNT) but you gain this: you can shoot SX-70, 600 and iType film; and the camera size is almost identical to the original pocket size (after removing the flash bar when unneded).
I recently picked up an SX-70 Sonar, which already was a game changer from my regular SX-70, but WOOOOAH, that really does make a difference!
Thank you, I have a Mint version of this camera and your video has been very helpful! I am shooting better with it already!!!
One of my big regrets-selling my SX70 in that window of time when you couldn't get film for it anymore. Might pick another one up.
Same here sold all of mine around 2012 to 2013.
Same. I had an sx70 with a whole bunch of flash bars etc but it was impossible to get film for less than a few hundred bucks IF you happened to find any where I lived. I recently got gifted a spirit 600 and then bought myself a one step, and I keep seeing the sx70 pop up super cheap
Love it! Post a video using it at the studio please! Also, why are you not using the film shield from Polaroid? Thank you.
inside jacket pocket or shirt pocket i found to be the best, armpit seems to make it magenta and back pocket or side pocket comes out green/blue
I'm loving all this polaroid content & can't wait to try that underarm trick! Really appreciate all the comparisons you did
Great, hand tattoo-prices are rising soon.
Thanks, Matt.
Legitimately choked on my coffee over this. 🤣
I'm looking forward in using Mint SLR 670-S. It's expensive, the film is expensive, but you can't compare it anything else, the pure joy of instant photography. Thanks for sharing your opinion!
cant wait for you to try an Polaroid slr680!
Great one! I'm curious to know how is your experience with B&W SX70 film, do you meter it for the highlights as well? How does temperature change your results?
I don’t shoot much B&W Polaroid film, but now I’ll try some out for a video on this. 🤝
Hi Matt. Thank you for another insightful video. Do you have a tip for where to buy the shutter control? Can't seem to find one. Thanks.
Thanks Matt
All pics that you have shown are awesome. I also own many Polaroids, but not SX 70. Your video is amazing...
love the idea of mint, and hope they make it, but the camera i got from B&H arrived in pieces (instax square). The promise of shooting instax square is so tempting, if build quality increases, i will be back.
Great video Matt! The SX-70 is my favorite Polaroid camera
Truly one of a kind!
Thanks for ur intro. I am considering to buy a 670S or 670X
Love these kinds of videos, really helpful
What do you do when you have a dry spell or you feel like photography lost its novelty? Besides getting new cameras and lenses 🙂
I have an sx70 sonar. I would love a little video on that. Maybe you have one. I tend to like taking landscape photos
Hey! I really enjoy every single of your video. So I want to Ask you, if you Know if this mint Time Machine work only on slr670 or it works on the sx-70 Land camera too ? Thanks for your answer, and have a nice day.
Hello, I have just bought one from MINT. In fact, the time machine is in fact installed inside the slr670. The black object is a remote only. It doesn't work on sx70
@@toniw.t.1631hello ! okay, thank so much for your answer.
The SLR670 cameras have new electronics so they can work with the Time Machine.
Matt, if you are shooting in the studio (with flash) have a look at the SLR670X with its sync port on the Time Machine.
Love my SLR670S, and if I don't need the Sonar of my SLR680, it's the SLR670S is the single walk about camera I will take with me everywhere.
Just scored a Sx 70 for 12 bucks at a thrift store 😁😁😁 super excited
Manual controls on a Polaroid camera is the dream. Biggest problem i have with Polaroids is its archival properties. My Polaroid b&w pics turn a tobacco stain colour in the highlights over the course of a year, eventually they end up no good. I now emulsion lift the polaroids and they remain perfect. Have you experienced this yellowing on your polaroids over time.
i’ve shot a loooot of i type film with the Rezivot back for the RZ67 so full manual control and shot a whole project using that set up and found that under exposing by 1/3rd or 2/3rds of a stop got me the best results whereas over exposing at all just muted colours and seemed to make it hazy as you said in the video
Mollie‘s hair is so much better made up in the better light.
Someone may have already commented this, but maybe one of those pocket hand warmer packs would help film develop when shooting in colder temperatures? 🤔
Great video Matt. I recently bought an SLR670-S and am slowly getting to grips with it, though England in winter isn't the best place too use Polaroid film. I was so pleased to see the potential it holds when seeing your photographs - especially the studio shots. One question - what light meter do you like to use?
Karl, not sure what the answer was to your question, but as for me I love the Gossen Digisix (or Digiflash, if you're also into flash photography) for both incident and reflective metering in a super small and compact package; and in studio or in general when there's no issue in carrying more, the Seconic Litemaster Pro L-478DR (also has Pocket Wizard compatibility).
I don't have the Ninja skills to cover and o save the fresh film in my jacket, so I need the Polaroid film tounge thing on my SLR670 😅
Absolutely stunning 🤩
Why such a wide range 1/250 to 1/2000? Try a 10 degrees attatvhment on that hand held meter my guess for that garage door lighting 1/500 to 1/1000 would have yield a balance
Matt - Where can I get some sleeves for instant film? I shoot a variety of sizes (Originals, Square, Mini, Wide). I can't get a sense of size capacity when I search oline.
i recommend PrintFile 4x5 sleeves for the Polaroid 600, SX-70 and i-type films because you can get two in a pocket and there are 4 pockets per page so you get a whole pack per sleeve
great stuff bro. very useful
Matt, Have you ever moved the emulsion chemicals around to create a painted effect with the SX70 Film?
It doesn't work with the impossible project/new polaroid film only the original polaroid time zero film unfortunately
I never got a chance to with Time Zero film. I tried with Impossible film but it didn’t work out.
It does work but it’s not as good or as easy as OG film
Had not heard about the temperature thing.
This Polaroid is LEGIT!
Thank you for putting together this video! Do you know the difference btw the x version vs. the s version?
The x version includes PC-Sync port to trigger strobes.
Can I use film 600 with the mint 670 s alpha 1? Thanks!
Is this the new formula IP/Polaroid stuff? It seems CRRRAZY good compared to the stuff I have in the fridge (still working on 2016/17 "impossible" branded stock). If so, this is extremely pleasing clarity and colour, even the shifted results from cold development. I had all but given up hope for good square format stock and was going to stick to instax. This is great news.
I'm not sure if you knew this, but the aperture isn't actually fixed at f/8 and doesn't get anywhere close to a real shutter speed of 1/2000. The SX-70 uses a variable aperture to get the "equivalent" exposure of what would be f/8 1/2000... Since the aperture is variable there is no real value but at the 1/2000 setting it's actually doing 1/180 at around f/22, but again, the aperture is variable due to the design of the shutter blades. The SX-70 shutter is a unique design in that one mechanism is actually both the shutter and the iris.
You can read more here: opensx70.com/posts/2018/11/sx70-shutter
I actually wasn’t aware of this until someone named Zane mentioned it in the chat during the premiere of this video. Super interesting to find out all these years later!
@@mattdayphoto Ah, of course Zane beat me to it!
@@AnchorTH haha, sounds like the OpenSX70 community is tight knit! Love that.
Thanks for pointing that out, I was wondering how he would know for sure that the camera shoots with f8 with a certain shutter speed!
Thats true for an original SX-70, but not the Mint SLR-670S version Matt is using. The SLR-670S is an SX-70 that has been rebuilt with a new motherboard, light meter & other modifications, one of which is fixing the aperture at F8. It can take original or 600 film and the time machine is simply an external shutter speed dial, up to 1/2000, that links to the motherboard through the flashbar port. The newer SLR-670X adds a flash sync port that can be used to trigger studio lights. Flash sync speed is 1/125.
You can send your SX-70 to Mint in Hong Kong and have it modified, which is what I've just done hence I know a little about it. Cost is $400-500USD depending on camera condition and which version you want.
How do you scan your instant film? Your results look amazing!
Matt made a video about scanning Polaroids ages ago, check it out
How much does it cost
Love it Matt!
Did I by chance spot a Polaroid you shot of Hudson Psych?!
Best trick ever... develop your instant film under your arm 😂
Hey man - did I miss it? You should explain more about mint camera. They are doing really cool stuff with a dedicated team. If you like what they are doing, give a good shout out, otherwise, let's hear what can be improved. I don't think many people know about the company or what they are producing, but it's worthwhile to hear if they are headed in the right direction
Great content. Thanks for making it.
Yeah, the MiNT SLR 670-S (or X) is definitely a game changer.
It's one of my "white whale" cameras, if you know what I mean.
Have you considered the lens set from MiNT for SX-70 cameras? They can make the camera even better in my opinion - especially the yellow filter for black and white film and the close-up lens for a super shallow depth of field on Polaroid style "macro" photography.
I like that beard you're rocking. Welcome to the club! Will the Mint Time Machine work on existing SX-70s or is the SX-670 models required?
I’m wondering the same thing. I will contact MiNT and let you know what they say.
Thanks for this Matt! Today happens to be my birthday and this is a great gift! I’ve been looking into opensx70 and the mint stuff, but I don’t think the open sx70 will work with my sonar sx70. Either way, really cool to see and will use the other tips from now on.
Happy birthday, dude! ❤️
@@mattdayphoto thanks man!
What’s that archiving folder you’ve got?! I’ve been looking for something like that for a while now
I've been too searching for a way to archive Polaroids and Instax wides (regular Instax fit buisness card binders)
@@Biker_Gremling Yeah i’m also shooting Polaroids and wides...
It would be great to have a flash sync port in the mint shutter controller.
They have a more expensive version that includes a port
as always you make me wanne buy more instant photo stuff XD
I loved my 670-s but the mirror broke and I can't afford to get it fixed atm :/
I have this camera, its awesome. If you take the mint control off it acts as Auto 600. That way you can have the smaller form factor if you fancy it.
Today the pb is not the instant camera available for Polaroid, but the price and the quality of the actual Polaroid film (compared to Instax especially)
Great video!! I’ve been wanting one of these. Let me know if you decide to sell it!!!! Lol
I want to see a Matt Day video on instax modded medium format (rb67 maybe) that would be sweet
No joke, I ordered a modded Instax Square back for my RB a few months ago on eBay but with international shipping, I still haven’t received it and there’s no tracking. 🙃
@@mattdayphoto rip good luck man
@@mattdayphoto luckily ebay and PayPal tend to be pretty good with refunds in these kinds of situations. Shouldn't be your fault they didn't provide tracking on such an expensive item
Hey Matt, great video! I also tend to under expose my shots with Polaroid. I'm using an XS70 Sonar. I've actually just ordered the ND filter so I can use 600 film on it.
Dang Matt I’m jealous😩
Cool! I want one
The sx70 is one of the most beautifully designed camera’s ever, your photos are better than mine.
I noticed that you are not using a frog tongue ,any reason why?
Apparently the new Polaroid stuff actually has some new chemistry that from what I’ve heard ensures that the film is unaffected from light as soon as it’s ejected from the camera. Maybe that’s bs cause it sounds too good to be true but that’s what I’ve heard
@@cobyj1212 Yea that does sound too good to be true, I rather play it safe and get the Polaroid out of harms way and out of the sun.
Apparently the stuff is known as colour protection film, and is advertised as not needing to be shielded from light directly after the photo has been taken. I wouldn’t take any chances though but some people who shoot the film relentlessly such as jamieswicks as they’ve noticed a major difference in colour accuracy too. These are all the batches made after the October though.
@@cobyj1212 well that’s a good excuse to buy some new film then (as if I need an excuse).
Do you know if this for both sx70 and 600 film?
Yeah they have added the chemistry to both, just make sure when you're buying it that it's listed as colour protection film and you're all set. I haven't noticed a major change but I've only shot about 2 or 3 packs before that so I'm relatively new to all this stuff
SX70 4 eva
So cool! Is it compatible with the af sx-70?
Crazy that UA-camrs get so much free stuff from companies they are just nonchalant about a company gifting them a $900 modified sx70…
Just deadpan “oh yeah mint gifted me this camera that 99% of Polaroid photographers will never be able to own…big whoop”
Hi.
I need some opinion for a basic light meter. Which one should I get? Sekonic L-208 or L-308X?
I'm aiming to be a professional film photographer once I end my studies. Any tips would be appreciated.
Thanks
I have the L208 and works just fine, but guess the 308 will be more user-friendly and easy going if you are using it all day long.
a bought some of the impossible film for mine and it' was junk!
Don't make me get one of these too... #FTA
Please don’t corrupt these videos in progress by inserting irritating ads, disrupting the flow. Put them at the end. I would go out of my way to avoid this advertiser for ruining Matt’s video.
lol where do the dislikes come from bro?
But You said you were going to shoot at a shutter speed of both 1000 and 250 at 3:18 to see what kind of shadow and highlight details you can get but later you shoot at 2000 instead...I’m curious as to why you’re lying to me and what I did wrong to deserve this Matt
Hi Matt,what does it mean for your REAL SX 70? Do you still shooting this one?Honestly - cannot compare the original to this 800 Euro MINT camera.BTW...Your tattoo will never be a MINT and still will be a Polaroid Camera from the 60s/70s 😄
Man, you sure hate mint, don't you?
@@marianoguy no,i don't.