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Which Board? => Main Forum => : Skorj June 24, 2006, 05:09:29 AM
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The oldest Polaroid film I have used to date:
http://filmwasters.com/blog/archives/48
Well successfully at least. Anyone else into old Polaroid film? Got any tips or techniques to share? Have fun. Skj.
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Hi Skorj
A long time ago, I got a Polaroid 545 film holder with b&w film (can't remember the number.)
Since the film was really old, the pod would not burst properly through the rollers. I decided to use instead a steel roller from an old photocopy machine. By putting all my weight on the roller, I could spread the blob pretty evenly. It also had the effect of crunching the crystallized developper! If I remember (I don't know where I stuck those prints), the crystals produced an ice crystal like effect on some parts of the print.
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Wow that is ancient stuff! Great find and good fun. I like what you are getting with it. Beck and I have gotten into some really old Kodak instant in the past. Mine was from 1984, the PR10 stuff. Got some really great effects from it. Really neat film. Cheers,
Ron
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i have a pack of polocolor type 108 from nov 75. I think I will finally use it this week when i go to california.
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opened up the 108 today...was bone dry. stunk like medicine, too.
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I like shooting Polaroids with my Speed Graphic 4x5...
I have been scanning my big pile of them lately to make sure that
I have a high res record should anything happen to them...
.... I put a gallery of them here:
http://www.nicnichols.com/Polaroid/Polaroid.html
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http://www.nicnichols.com/Polaroid/Polaroid.html
Well... that was worth the effort. Thanks for posting. The in-the-house stuff works really well as a set. Ideas flowing here as a result. Arigato. Skj.
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Glad you liked it!
I have been collecting Speed Graphics for years..
finally found some way to have instant fun with them!
Cheers-
NIC