Verichrome Pan was my all time fav 120 roll film. You had to try awfully hard to get a bad neg with it (it was designed, after all with box cameras in mind), and if you exposed it and developed it spot on, it produced some of the most tonally rich, detailed prints I have ever seen or made!
The sheet film version (characteristic wise, not the same emulsion) was Super XX Pan. Same deal-abuse it and get usable results. Expose and develop it spot on-totally incredible. Combine well exposed, correctly developed Super XX 8x10 sheet film, printed on AZO contact paper, developed in an Amidol paper developer, and finished in a gold toner, you had something special to look at my friends. Ah-those were the days.......................
brucemuir wrote:
^ there was a guy on APUG raving about it but...
have you shot any TWOK
No, I'm not a Polaroid shooter, but I've seen several reviews from users of their press-release and I was astonished how awful it is. You know the game boy camera from the mid-90's? I'd take that over some of their impossible film. Basically it looks like another type of the stupid 'lomo' trend. When I take bad pictures I don't call them art, I call them a mistake.
TWoK wrote:
No, I'm not a Polaroid shooter, but I've seen several reviews from users of their press-release and I was astonished how awful it is. You know the game boy camera from the mid-90's? I'd take that over some of their impossible film. Basically it looks like another type of the stupid 'lomo' trend. When I take bad pictures I don't call them art, I call them a mistake.
I read about the impossible project and wanted to support the movement.
I dug up my old sx70 and it still had film in it. I tested it and no photos came out - thus I ordered new film. We'll see how the new film turns out.
Greg
Did you go to the KEH show down in Tucson recently? When you say Southern AZ, Tucson is the assumption I make. I am in PHX myself.
Greg Campbell wrote:
I've had excellent results with short dated or expired film from http://www.ultrafineonline.com/ They also have an *bay store.
Look for camera shows in your area. We get two a year here in Southern Aridzona. Last fall a guy was selling expired film for a buck a roll! Some was nearly a decade out of date (!), but the majority had lapsed within the year. I scored multiple 5x boxes of reasonably fresh 120 and 220, E6 and C41 goodness. So far, everything I've used has looked great.
I've only had one 'bad' batch of out-of-date film. Several years ago I bought some recently expired 35mm 'Porst' chrome from B&H for a buck or two each. The stuff was supposedly re-badged Sensia, and should have been OK, but mine had a strong magenta cast and a slight fog. Maybe it got too many x-rays, being shipped all over the planet? A little PS tweaking reversed about 90% of the funkyness....Show more →
TWoK wrote:
No, I'm not a Polaroid shooter, but I've seen several reviews from users of their press-release and I was astonished how awful it is. You know the game boy camera from the mid-90's? I'd take that over some of their impossible film. Basically it looks like another type of the stupid 'lomo' trend. When I take bad pictures I don't call them art, I call them a mistake.
Frankly, outside of the 4x5 sheet film (type 55 and the related products, which are excellent films) I never found Polaroid's quality to be that good. The Fuji stuff is WAY better and currently available, but doesn't support some of the Polaroid cameras.
Note that The Impossible Project's primary target market is lomography. Most really serious Polaroid work was either on Type 55 or similar (which remains dead) or with films that are easily replaced by Fuji's Packfilm products.
mawz wrote:
Note that The Impossible Project's primary target market is lomography. Most really serious Polaroid work was either on Type 55 or similar (which remains dead) or with films that are easily replaced by Fuji's Packfilm products.
I would disagree about your statement. A lot of serious work over the past few decades has been done with 20x24 Polaroid, such as that by artist William Wegman, Chuck Close, Anna Tomczak and many other artist's. Then you have folks like Lucas Samars who are famous in their use and manipulation of SX-70 material. So, unless the Polaroid 20x24 stuff is carried forward by the Impossible project, which it appears is happening , a good chunk of "serious" work would cease. Fuji makes noting to replace either of these products nor the pos./neg B&W stuff you mentioned.
