Two things. First. I use more cameras than just the Instax, SQ1 and it’s very possible that they will enter into the discussion in this blog. Second. Somehow, or other, I have managed to persuade myself to give a Project 365 a try. That means that I will try to take a picture a day for 365 days, or one year. My weapon of choice will be the Instax SQ1, but I won’t say that it won’t be any of my iPhone, Sony or Canon digital.
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I received the case today, and I decided I just didn’t like it. It has snaps on the back and the front goes over the top and down in front of the lens. So, if I get the front cover back over the camera, I have a folded piece of matereal between my face and the viewfinder. So, were I to use it I would have to unsnap the front cover completely separating it from the bottom part. So my 73 year old eyes could see through the glasses I wear, and the viewfinder. So I won’t use it unless and except for long term storage. Not that the camera won’t be protected. It will share a case with my other cameras. A Sony digital, a red Kodak M38, color, and a yellow Kodak M35, black and white.
Hint 1 – you are taking a square photo so it won’t matter how you hold the camera. Hint 2 – if, like me, you looked at other reviews, and have seen photographers shaking the photos to get them developing faster. Don’t. The photo will be developed in it’s own sweet time. Hint 3 – slipping the developing photo into a coat pocket, on a chilly day, won’t harm the picture. At least it works for me. Hint 4 – make sure your subject is the main focus of the photo
As stated, the Instax SQ1 is a minimalist camera. The film comes in packs of ten photos, which you place in the back of the camera, aligning the yello mark on the back of the film pack with the yellow mark on the camera. Go through the process of taking one picture. What comes out is not a picture but the pack cover that protects the film from premature exposure. The next ten shots will expose film. So finish playing with the camera before that happens. Or remember that it has a sensitive shutter button.
My new toy. A FujiFilm Instax SQ! Camera Glacier Blue, though I’d wish they made it in deeper colours. But it is a minimalist camera. You take it out of it’s bag. Twist the lens to turn it on. Point it at the subject, and shoot. The photo pops out the slot at the top. Some seconds later you have a fully developed picture.