Polaroid 110A Instax Wide conversion: back

Polaroid 110A Instax Wide conversion, using the following components:

1) Polaroid 110A (or 110, or 110B)
2) Polaroid 110A Graflok conversion kit by Aaron (off eBay)
www.ebay.com/itm/133579892124
3) Lomography LomoGraflok 4×5 Instant Back
shop.lomography.com/en/lomo-graflok-instant-back

Overall it works well:

1) Rangefinder focusing works well, which is a huge plus compared to ground glass focusing on a typical 4x5 camera. So now I can do handheld portraits without a tripod, and no need for talent to wait forever. Aaron kindly provided a 3D printed focusing scale especially for the LomoGraflok back, so the added distance is already taken into account. So I can use either rangefinder or the focusing scales on the 110A.

2) The conversion is quite easy for novices, without needing any cutting tools. And it is reversible, if you ever wanted to restore the 110A.

3) There is no modification to the LomoGraflok Instax back, so I can still use it on a regular 4x5 camera.

There a few areas that could use some improvements:

1) Adding aa horizontal lock mechanism. Currently the Lomo Instax back can slide horizontally (left and right) about half an inches, even after locking both top and bottom sliders. This might accidentally expose the film to light. Right now I use duck tape for extra security.

2) Use a thin sheet metal slider for the top to lock in the Instax back. The reason is that the current 3D printed slider is a tad bit too think, and the instax film ejection curved towards it so the 3D printed slider blocked the smooth ejection of Instax film. So right now, I have take off the LomoGraflok back each time to eject a sheet of film. I would love to be able to keep the back on and finish entire 10 sheet pack.

3) Overall ergonomics is not great, mainly issue with the 110A shutter mechanism. It is a bit wobbly to trigger the shutter in 110A, which results in motion blur in the final image. I think a handle with long cable release might solve the problem.

Taken on: December 5, 2021

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