Sunday, January 30, 2011

Fujifilm Instax Double Exposure

You probably know that there are ways to double expose on the original Polaroid camera's, but did you know it's possible on the Fujifilm Instax camera's? 

Italian boy
more images after the break

There are two ways to double expose an instax film;

Technique 1:

1. Take out your film cartridge IN COMPLETE DARKNESS. This can be in a dark room, at night, changing bag, whatever.

2. Make sure there is film in it (at least one frame).

3. TAPE OVER the end where the film comes out.

4. Put the film pack back into the camera. You may now turn the lights on.

5. Now you need to go out and take two exposures. The first press of the shutter (at least on my 210) will NOT expose the film. This is because this is meant to eject the black piece of plastic.

6. Take your two shots (set exposure to darken is recommended).

7. Take out the cartridge once more in COMPLETELY DARKNESS, remove the tape, and put back in.

8. Fire the shutter once more. This will eject the film and spread the chemicals (developing the film). It SHOULDNT expose the film again, but just to be sure; cover the lense with your hand/something opaque to block the light.

Technique 2:

1. Once the camera is turned on, open the film chamber/back so the film pack can be tipped out.

2. Take a picture, but before the camera has a chance to push the shot out and through the rollers, developing the film, simply tip the bottom part of the film pack slightly out of the camera body. 

This way, the little electronic hook that pushes the film out of the camera can't latch on and the picture will still remain in the pack. 

3. You can then take another exposure and allow it to be pushed through or simply repeat this process until you get as many exposures as you want!



The Mother Fucking Death Set
Scary Self Portrait
My First Double Exposure With An Instax.

3 whispers:

  1. gonna wait till my last shot of film, because I'm afraid I'll mess up the entire film. expensive stuff.
    still excited to try this though!

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  2. awesome! i was wondering

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  3. Thanks alot for the tut.
    Gonna try this out soon and post some pictures...

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