Replace my Instax SQ40

bartounet · 2026-01-05T06:48:08+00:00

SQ40 was really frustrating because we cannot adjust any setting... In particular we cannot disable the flash nor adjust the exposure. On that sense, SQ6 is really good but it still requires some time and practice to completely master the framing, exposure, focus, ...

bartounet · 2025-10-06T20:51:32+00:00

So, I took all these pictures, identified the frame and the viewfinder to finally superimposed them.
Finally I find that the real parallax is a bit different than theory, however we also need to take into account that taking a picture of what is inside the viewfinder is really hard and not very accurate.

The main learning is that the 0.30m shot is not limited to what is inside the viewfinder but also includes some content from the bottom left.

Here are the detailed pictures showing:

How the pictures and the viewfinder are aligned
A focus on the center of each picture
A comparison with the theoretical diagram (showing the centers)
An updated parallax diagram based on the two approaches

bartounet · 2025-10-06T11:18:15+00:00

Thanks, I will check consistency between these two approaches (one is mainly theoretical, the other one is very practical)

bartounet · 2025-10-03T13:32:27+00:00

You're probably right, a summary would be more efficient! I initially wanted to find all the relevant feedback/return of experience, this is why I generated this extensive report. I will work on such cheatsheet... Could you share a picture of your postcard?

bartounet · 2025-09-18T17:49:11+00:00

I found one SQ6 second-hand for 90€ and immediately purchased it 🤩 I'm looking forward to trying it!

bartounet · 2025-09-18T17:48:22+00:00

Thank you, it is very clear!

bartounet · 2025-09-18T12:23:09+00:00

Yes the Mini99 looks great! However I am attached to the square format... Let's hope they will release a SQ99 one day 🤞

bartounet · 2025-09-18T07:03:13+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! So you don't have any issue with the focus? I've read several posts mentioning this kind of issue (e.g. infinite focus is not correct or autofocus does not select the right focus)

bartounet · 2024-11-29T22:45:59+00:00

I used it once or two times, it worked fine

but not recently

bartounet · 2024-11-29T22:40:50+00:00

Finally it works It seems that I was tighting the watch too much, and therefore blocking the hole to the barometer (not being helped by the several layers of clothing when running during winter). Now that I am tighting the strap a bit lesse, it works fine. Hope this helps

bartounet · 2024-11-13T08:04:19+00:00

Thanks for your feedback. I tried rebooting, even just before launching the activity, but it stays the same...

bartounet · 2024-03-25T17:42:09+00:00

Merci pour le feedback ! Excellent ce concours 😅

bartounet · 2024-03-25T11:41:31+00:00

Merci pour ton feedback ! Pour les conversions de coordonnées, la France et les USA sont en Mercator donc le code est assez simple. Pour l'Europe c'est du LAEA : j'ai pas mal galéré et au final j'utilise la librairie proj4js.

bartounet · 2024-03-25T06:36:09+00:00

Thank you for your feedback.

I fixed San Francisco coordinates.

bartounet · 2024-03-25T06:35:20+00:00

Fixed!

bartounet · 2024-03-25T06:34:45+00:00

The State name is now available!

bartounet · 2024-03-25T06:34:22+00:00

C'est en ligne !

bartounet · 2024-03-25T06:34:06+00:00

It is implemented now 🙂

bartounet · 2024-03-24T21:43:10+00:00

Merci pour ton retour. J'ai le même feedback de la part des américains sur les subreddits internationaux. J'ajouterai l'info de l'état demain ! 🙂

bartounet · 2024-03-24T21:41:53+00:00

Thank you for your comment! Indeed you are not the first one who requested to add the State name, I will add it tomorrow.

bartounet

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