I bought some old film and gear off ebay a few year ago and i just got round to trying a roll of the
33 year old polaroid polapan instant slide 35mm film.
I'm loving the unique 'old' style quality with scratches and marks.
the images came out a bit dark so I increased the exposure in photoshop.
Ive just been reading an article saying that this film loses 1 stop every 10 years, so the
next roll i will over expose.
bought this pentax off ebay recently for £17(inc delivery)!!!!!
bargain..its in excellent condition, lens is mint...
some real analogue bargains out there atm and film is coming back..
Polaroid instant film requires a power processor , or the 'automatic' processor (which is actually manual lol)
The film comes with developing cartridge, which contains a strip of chemicals.
the film and the cartridge strip are placed into the processor together.
the machine then presses the film and chemicals together and winds them through rollers to press the chemicals onto the film...
its actually called a 'dry' process, as no chemicals come out into the machine, they just lay onto the film then dry.
you just load the film, cartridge, close the lid, press the button and wait 2 minutes..
pretty advanced and unique for the time.
Im now trying a roll of 30year old polachrome (colour transparancy) in my camera,
Looking forward to seeing what ethereal effects that gives.
ive got 2 x36 shot rolls of polachrome left, a couple of rolls of polablue (blue slide film for documents)
and a roll of polapan left.
Now i know how it all works and that it does work after all these years, im going to go sparingly
and think of shots that best use this particular style.
Happy with the first results.