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The Mint InstantKon RF70 All Manual Instax Camera Gets Official Details; Pre-Order in June

Chris Gampat
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06/01/2018
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Last Updated on 06/02/2018 by Mark Beckenbach

The Mint InstantKon RF70 is real, and now the official details are coming out

Perhaps one of the most anticipated cameras for many photographers could be the new Mint InstantKon RF70. I’ve personally wanted a camera that could shoot Fujifilm Instax Wide emulsions and give me full manual controls for many years. That’s here now; and I genuinely hope it prompts both Lomography and Fujifilm to get with it. I’ve been personally playing with the Mint InstantKon RF70 for around two weeks now and we’ve known about it for many months. Today, MiNT is releasing all the details.

The MiNT InstantKon RF70 is a rangefinder style camera that gives the photographer a bit of a nostalgic feel with its design and functionality. It’s sort of like a Polaroid Land Camera except it uses Instax Wide film. There is a 75mm f5.6 lens in front of the film–which is fairly wide when you look at the format conversion. As MiNT states in their press release

“Its size is 7 times larger than 135 film, 2 times of 120 film, and 2 times of Instax Mini. It’s even larger than Polaroid 600 film. The larger format means the bigger space for imagination.”

Our first impressions with the MiNT InstantKon RF70 have been going pretty positively thus far. I really like the camera, but we’re playing with a prototype that doesn’t have the final lens coatings.

MiNT InstantKon RF70 Specification

  • Aperture: f/5.6, f/6.7, f/8, f/11, f/16, f/22
  • Lens: 3 aspherical glass lenses, f=93mm
  • Focal length: 0.75m (29.5 inches) – ∞ (manual focus)
  • Shutter speed: 1/500s – 1 second (A mode), Longest 30 seconds (B mode – long exposure)
  • Viewfinder: Rangefinder optic viewfinder, 0.44x
  • Shutter: AUTO, A+1, A-1, 1/500, 1/250, 1/125, 1/60, 1/30, 1/15, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1, B, R
  • Flash: Built-in electronic flash (adjust according to ambient light)
  • Battery: 2 x AA alkaline battery
  • Film: Fujifilm Instax Wide (108 (w) x 86 (l) mm)
  • Others: Shutter release cable jack, tripod hole, neck strap eyelets, 2.5mm external flash jack
  • Size: 182 x 122 x 64mm (7.16 x 4.8 x 2.51 inches)
  • Weight: 806 g (28.4oz) (camera only)
  • Warranty: 5 years

Also for you selfie lovers, apparently you can double tap the shutter release for a self-timer mode. Who would’ve thought?!

MiNT has yet to tell us an official price, but according to the company’s press release: InstantKon RF70 will be available to customers for pre-order in June, limited to 199 pieces. Pre-orders will get a free glass lens set (ND2, ND4, ND8) (worth of HK $600). More info can be found on MiNT’s website. We’ll update this post when we get an official price.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.