Author Topic: Help Polaroid 54 all turning out white???  (Read 3031 times)

astrobeck

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Help Polaroid 54 all turning out white???
« on: December 19, 2006, 02:23:57 AM »
I just shot , or rather totally wasted 5 sheets of polaroid 54 that came out totally white.
It looks like the emulsion is not working?
Can this happen. I've tried 2 different cameras, and even had someone else try a shot with it- and the got the same results.
Nada!

Could I have a defective box of film?  The stuff was purchased brand new.

I've used this stuff before and never had this happen.

Anyone????


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Re: Help Polaroid 54 all turning out white???
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2006, 04:08:04 PM »
Did you use it in the same camera?
A grossly overexposed sheet will turn white (positive medium).
Also, make sure the pod burst. I have one loader which a long time ago gave me hell because of that. And it took me forever to figure out why.
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Re: Help Polaroid 54 all turning out white???
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2006, 05:41:55 PM »
Hmmm - if you have shot this stuff before, I don't want to insult you  :) , but yeah it sounds like extreme over exposure.
Pola stuff can be tricky.  I have had two problems with it:
Shooting pinholes and being WAY off in my exposure and then getting confused between over and under exposure, but too, I have recently had problems with my holder.  I tell you this hoping to maybe jar your investigative ideas.  My holder won't latch the film sometimes and then I pull the film and sleeve up together and NADA!  But then it comes out tar-black.  Light leaks, bad film perhaps (not likely) ???

Good luck - I get expired Pola stuff from a local cam store (it's all I can afford), so I don't get it at the over-inflated-new-box cost.  That mess is too expensive to have anything go wrong!

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Re: Help Polaroid 54 all turning out white???
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2006, 06:27:15 PM »
Was there any image on the paper negatives? I had a recent batch of Fuji produce a lot of white shots, but the paper negs all had images. The other possibilities are your holder isn't latching the film correctly or an exposure problem.
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astrobeck

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Re: Help Polaroid 54 all turning out white???
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2006, 03:29:02 AM »
Thanks guys!
I'm going to shoot some more tomorrow.
I did use 2 separate cameras, and with another person getting the same results tells me something is wrong with the film holder, or indeed we are independently making the same gross mistakes- which I find unlikely.
I'll post whatever I discover.

astrobeck