Topic: Chocolate Polaroids

[artpunk]

I have had the pleasure of trying out a unique sepia version of Polaroid's 80-type peel-apart pack film. It is dubbed "Chocolate 80" and will fit in any Polaroid pack-film camera that takes 80 series film. I thought I'd share some of the initial shots I achieved with it using my EE 100 camera.
Below are some specs (from the unsaleable website, that is the only place I know of that sells the stuff)

Basics: Medium-speed hybrid coaterless peel apart pack film producing `warm brown chocolate` prints. This film uses the chemistry of P3 Viva negative combined with Viva 3000 sheet and Type 672 reagent. It is an in easy to use 10 frame medium format pack.
* Film Speed: ISO 100 / DIN 21 * Finish: Glossy
* Format: 3.250 x 3.375 inches. (8.3 x 8.6 cms) Medium Format Pack Film.
* Special: Interesting mottle effect visible in lighter areas.

Re the "interesting mottle effect" - I'm not sure if i like it or not, but I know I really like the film! The mottle effect is most obviously seen in the first photo below of my girls by the river side.


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[LT]

it looks very salmon- pink/ orange on my monitor .... is that how it looks in the flesh?

[Francois]

Looks salmon on my "eyeball calibrated" screen too...
Sort of like if it was somewhere in between sepia and brown tone prints with pink added...
Hope it's due to the scan...

[Ed Wenn]

Cameron, I really love that first snap of the girls. Great stuff. Am with the others on the colour though; I haven't seen chocolate looking like that before 

[artpunk]

Yeah, I probably need to calibrate my monitor properly too! In real life they do have a pinkish/salmon hue to the sepia, I'm just not sure how much everyone else is seeing here though... ah, for a future of standardised screens and colour profiles for all! The scanner is a Canon 8400F and I'm still not sure if I'm using it properly or to its full/best capabilities.
Remember "chocolate" is just the marketing name, don't take it too literally, I mean it's not like you can actually eat the prints!   
btw, thanks Ed, I'm blessed by having great subject matter!

[Tammy]

Well, I've seen 'chocolate prints' (or so referenced as far as I know) done using 8x10 and 20x24 Polaroid.  The chemistry is similar, taking a sheet of color and processing it to a bw negative sheet (or do I have the backwards  ?).   Since the larger format Polaroid pos/negs are not married until after exposure, it's an excellent way to experiment.   When this Chocolate film smaller pack was first talked about (here I think?), I was very intrigued.  The larger chocolate prints I've seen have never had a pinkish cast to them.  They were a richer brown print.

Anyway, I love the shots here, and funny calibrations aside, it is really a nice result.

Tammy

[artpunk]

Thanks Tammy. Chemistry has never been my strong point so I really don't know if the "chocolate process" here correlates with the processing you mention or not. They say "warm brown chocolate" prints in the description of the results produced. I was always under the impression that the term warm in photography meant a shift towards the red (pink?) end of the spectrum?
I guess we won't know until someone else here uses the film to see if theyt get the same results...although when I look at the other shots at Polanoid shot with this film they seem to have (to a lesser or greater degree) a similar hue. I think it might be the film. I still like it, salmon or not. Omega 3's are good for you!
 

[Skorj]

Re the "interesting mottle effect" - I'm not sure if i like it or not, but I know I really like the film! The mottle effect is most obviously seen in the first photo below of my girls by the river side.

`Wow` on a few counts. That Polaroid still make a square peel-apart, the interesting results & effect, and your subjects! Glorious all round. As for the mottle, cold causes this to occur on normal B&W sometimes, so perhaps the effect might be lessoned by a cold-clip? Keep it warm? If it was a hot day in the 'Nongs though when you took these, I am of course talking bunk... Arigato! Skj.

[artpunk]

`Wow` on a few counts. That Polaroid still make a square peel-apart, the interesting results & effect, and your subjects! Glorious all round. As for the mottle, cold causes this to occur on normal B&W sometimes, so perhaps the effect might be lessoned by a cold-clip? Keep it warm? If it was a hot day in the 'Nongs though when you took these, I am of course talking bunk... Arigato! Skj.

Thanks Skorj!
re: That Polaroid still make a square peel-apart
~They say the special arty boxed versions are limited to 2000 each at unsaleable, but I wonder how many more they have up their sleeve?
re: If it was a hot day in the 'Nongs
~ it wasn't tropical, so you could have something there, although they do mention this effect as a "feature" in the blurb!
Thanks again!
 

[db]

Nice find Cam.
#1 is my fave.
I like the way pol. handles the soft light rather than the high contrast.

[nicnichols]

Really interesting look! Will that format fit in to a Holga-Polaroid?

[artpunk]

Nice find Cam.
#1 is my fave.
I like the way pol. handles the soft light rather than the high contrast.

Thanks Don 

Really interesting look! Will that format fit in to a Holga-Polaroid?

It sure will!!
 

[Yaniv Waissa]

The texture and the colour are great!! I'm waiting to get my Chocolate Polaroids....
 My holga need something new....