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: Polaroid 664
: choppert October 17, 2007, 06:59:24 PM

Evening all,

Just bagged 10 packs of 664 black and white film for ?23

Expired in 05 and 06

I should still get some good images? (depending of course on the subject, technique, lighting blah blah blah)

Have I got a good deal?

100 shots for 23p each?

Thanks,


Chops

: Re: Polaroid 664
: filmwast October 18, 2007, 03:28:08 AM

Any Polaroid film is interesting. Cheap, expired, of course more so for me... Type-664 lacks 'character', which means it is a good peel-apart performer with no major quirks.

Expired you can expect a little loss of sensitivity perhaps, and may be mis-spreading developer from it thickening - might be harder to burst pod as a result.

If it has been stored well though, it will likely perform as designed.

: Re: Polaroid 664
: choppert October 18, 2007, 05:10:51 PM

Cool!

Thanks

: Re: Polaroid 664
: choppert October 26, 2007, 06:39:54 PM

Hello world,

First snaps from the Polaroid!  Taken in haste, so not the most inspiring subject matter!

Early days!

Any idea what's happened to the second image?

Is it the mis-spreading of  the developer?

Thanks

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: Re: Polaroid 664
: moominsean October 26, 2007, 06:42:56 PM

blizzard?

: Re: Polaroid 664
: choppert October 26, 2007, 08:01:18 PM

Feels like it could have been!

: Re: Polaroid 664
: Francois October 26, 2007, 10:17:16 PM

Hey! that's the view out my window in February :)

: Re: Polaroid 664
: artpunk October 27, 2007, 02:10:19 AM

I think you got a good deal. As said above all Polaroid Film is interesting.
What happened in the second image happens to me intermittently when using Polaroid peel-apart film, especially when expired, but it will happen more often if your rollers are not regularly cleaned too. It's where the emulsion has not been "squeezed" onto the film when you pull it through the rollers, either through the emulsion being partly dried out, depleted or whatever happens to it as it ages.

At least I think that's whats happening. Other polaroid afficianados like Ed, Skorj and Sean might have better explanations....

 :)

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: Re: Polaroid 664
: Francois October 27, 2007, 03:26:07 PM

I know I had similar problems with a 4x5 back. I discovered that the goop tends to thicken with time and the rollers don't put enough pressure on to spread it well. Then, I discovered a metal rolling pin (from a dismantled xerox machine). I used it like a rolling pin to spread the goop by hand. One strange effect is that it makes the crystals explode making strange snowflake shapes... if I could just remember where I put the print...