Category Archives: Camera modification

Lego digital camera – “Percy” – All you need is love

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Instax Magician

Up to now, I haven’t seen any impressive Lego digital camera. I saw a very simple one produced by Lego but that looks like a simplistic low-end point-and-shoot camera which lacks details and don’t have the usual charm of Lego. … Continue reading →

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HMV has gone; these are our last instant pictures

Posted on May 2, 2019 by Instax Magician

I took this pictures in HMV last year to test out the world first modified Instax Square camera. The results was quite good. But at that time, a staff warned us that we cannot take pictures in the shop. He … Continue reading →

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World First Instax Square SQ6 modification with a Voigtlander lens

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Instax Magician

These days I felt in love with the Fuji Instax Square camera. In the era that Polaroid still made new cameras and films, I was only a small kid. Occasionally I had one or two Polaroid taken in the restaurant … Continue reading →

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Lomography’s article on Lego Instant Camera

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Instax Magician

Thanks Lomography for the feature of the 100 years old Lego camera. I hope it helps to preserve the great creation by the masters in the past. Kindly refer to the following link for the article. https://www.lomography.com/magazine/335554-refurbishing-a-century-old-camera-with-lego    

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A night at F22 foto space

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Instax Magician

I’m honored to participate in the fantastic opening ceremony of F22 foto space last Friday. With an elegant and classy interior, F22 foto space is a gallery focusing on photo art and contemporary design. Everything associated with this gallery has … Continue reading →

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Pictures from 90 years old film camara

Posted on July 23, 2017 by Instax Magician

Follow up on yesterday’s post, here are more pictures sample from my 90-year old Zeiss Ikon Trona Lego Instant Camera. A friend of mine said it looks like pictures from decades ago, despite the obvious modern design of the film … Continue reading →

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Instant back in time – Shooting with a 90 years old Lego Instant Camera

Posted on July 22, 2017 by Instax Magician

This is probably the oldest Lego Camera in the world This is my latest attempt to revive a 90 years old camera using Lego bricks together with instant films. Not too many people would have experience to use a camera … Continue reading →

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Lomo Instant Wide Modification

Posted on June 24, 2017 by Instax Magician

I have been working on this Lomo’ Instant Wide – Magician edition for awhile and just released officially today in Lomography magazine. If you are interested to get one, please feel free to leave a message in this blog. 🙂 … Continue reading →

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Instax Mini 70 modification

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Instax Magician

It is a new adaption of my modification of Instax mini camera. It uses a prime lens 75mm F3.5 that I extracted from a Ross London 1620 camera. The excellent optics and 75mm view made it an ideal lens for … Continue reading →

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Easter holiday trip

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Instax Magician

As a tribute to my trip, I shoot this in the nice restaurant with my family and friends still having dinner. The sunset is too short. Hope we can do more instant pictures shooting next time.

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