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A Polaroid Back for Mamiya RZ67 – with a twist

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So I was already making an integral film Polaroid Back for Mamiya RZ67. But it’s mounting sideways, just like the packfilm Polaroid back does, or like the short lived Impossible Lab based Rezivot Polaroid Back for RZ67 was.

And I thought that hey, that’s what’s possible, pods down normal orientation not possible. Last time I trust other’s people design choices, cause low and behold, I finally listened to pesky customers and got back on the design horse and yes, I have a working prototype, and with a surprise recycled vintage part for the dark slide!

No sneak preview of the back, I’ll launch it at Polacon NYC 2025, but here’s the second shot I took with it. Note to self, _bellows factor_, this is as close at the 100mm 2.8 let me get to the clover in the garden, at F:4, cause full sun.

I’m happy with it, yeah :D.

2025 plans

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Things in the pipeline in 2025:

I received some questions about making an Instax Mini back for Mamiya 645 Pro. Well, it’s coming, not sure when, but I bought a M645 Pro TL to make it. It really works like that, sadly, I can’t make a back for a camera I don’t have. I also received some inquiries about Bronica etsi, but that’s probably not happening, just not enough of a market.

An instax wide back for the Polaroid Miniportrait 203 is still in the works and I hope I’ll be able to finish this year.

Also this year, I will probably port all my Polaroid backs to use newer film processing units and thus completely move away from Impossible Labs. I will still make conversion kits for IP Labs, for all the camera systems I’m currently producing those for: RB67, MUP/P600SE, and Fuji GX680.

Happy Instant 2025 to all!

Leaks in RB67 Polaroid Backs? I can fix that.

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Some customers have reported light leaks coming from the dark slide slot in some Polaroid Backs I made in 2023/early 2024. All backs made since are already incorporating the fix below as a precaution.

Luckily, they are fully fixable, but they do require either I/you install a brass strip to seal the dark slide slot better.

Contact me if your back has light leaks, from the dark slide or otherwise (there are other potential sources).

For this particular case, here’s the help video.

Polaroid Land x Lomograflok – shoot instax wide with your Polaroid Land packfilm camera!

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Well, I did it. I am now offering a conversion service for your own Polaroid Land Packfilm camera, any model.

You send me a camera with a working shutter, I convert it and ship it back to you.

Read all about it on the corresponding product page, then contact me and order a conversion service for your beloved packfilm camera which now can shoot new and available instax wide film.

Well, you’d need to buy your own Lomograflok, but the Lomograflok slides in and out so you can use it on this camera as well as on your fancy pants 4×5 camera. Yeah, even a graflex with graflok hooks!

Order away and let’s keep these cameras alive and shooting!

Super Big Shots – Big Shots for modern Polaroid film, and with a flash sync port and flash included – available for pre-order

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Long story short, I have parts to make 3.

Watch the how to : https://analogue.studio/portfolio/super-big-shot-how-to/

Get it in the Candy Store : https://analogue.studio/shop/super-big-shot-polaroid-big-shot-with-strobe-sync-for-polaroid-itype-or-type600-film/

And yes, I can make you one with your own Big Shot and you get a $50 discount.

Upcoming products !

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When someone asked me “what’s next” at Polacon NYC almost one year ago, I didn’t think anything else would be on the pipeline.

Lo and behold I’m working on two projects, both very close to a working prototype and then production:

  • A Polaroid Big Shot adapted to shoot modern integral film AND with a flash-sync socket + an “dumb” flash on a removable bracket on top. Just add film and shoot! Don’t have a name for it yet, my dear friend Gregory Hevelin makes these with instax wide backs and calls them Big Stax and Mario makes a redesigned from the ground up version with a large format lens and calls it Big Roid. I decided the Big Shot is a fixed focus rangefinder designed to do one thing – flash portraits and went Gregory’s way, but for Polaroid film.
  • Polaroid Land cameras adapter to shoot Instax Wide using your own Lomograflok! Yes, it’s possible, and apparently without messing with the rangefinder! I will mod my second Polaroid 195 to do this, and a few Polaroid 250, 350, and 450 I have around! And I will be offering this as a service for your own Polaroid Land camera! I’m very excited about this one

I’m also working on two other little related project, both Instax Wide based:

  • Rehouse Fuji Instax Wide guts to make an Instax Wide back with Polaroid 600SE hooks – but this will ONLY work on the Polaroid Portrait 203 cameras – too long of an explanation why not on a Goose. This would have centered hooks, automated eject but still no film counter.
  • Rehouse Lomo Wide guts, but to add a Mamiya Universal Press Mount on it for a better looking Mamiya Instax Wide zone focus camera with a film counter and automatic eject, and MUCH better viewfinder compared with the current mod based on Fuji Instax Wide.

And no, I’m still not making Instax Square backs for Mamiya RB67, there’s already a very affordable solution out there .

RB67 and RZ67 Polaroid Backs shipping updates

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Yay, I fixed the little annoying light leak I discovered post beta testing in the RZ67 Polaroid back and I am now resuming shipping, the first two orders are out the door on July 5th!

Also resuming work on the RB67 nextgen backs, shipping order 3 of 7 (first batch) on Wednesday as well, and with a little luck, even 4 of 7.

All remaining first batch orders should ship by end of next week (July 14th).