Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: Stuart Rickmann on February 08, 2016, 07:33:59 am
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Has anybody worked with 120 or 4x5 Polaroid film? I was thinking of testing film without the hassle of processing it later. The idea is to scan the polaroids later. Is this practical?
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Do you have a source for the film?
seems to be pretty hard to get hold of these days - especially at 4x5
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Unless you have a stash of (actual Polariod product) Polaroid film in either size, you'll be paying through the nose for long-expired, most likely faded beyond recognition film.
However, Fujifilm STILL makes "120" sized medium-format pack film, and there are Polaroid/Fuji backs designed to take these packs.
I use the Fuji FP100C(asa 100, color) regularly, and it's a wonderful product. I sorely miss their FP-100B(black and white, 100asa) product though, as do many others...
-Dan
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FP-100C does a great job with color, at least on a Hasselblad with a T* lens.
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+1 on the Fuji FP-100c, and if you live somewhere that has the FP-3000B, buy what you can - ISO 3000 B&W that they discontinued. I still make a point of talking up every Fuji rep I see.
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I use both fp100c and fp3000b (old stock).
They don't scan particularly well, but there is a method to strip the black paint from the negative side (normally discarded) giving you a much better result. Try googling it.
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Thank you guys. I'll check out FP-100C. Makes me wonder why no one is making it? Seems so much easier to shoot film if you don't have to develop it.
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There is now 4x5 available:
See this site: http://new55-film.myshopify.com/products/new55-pn?variant=3601640579
They have several types, including 55PN.
Hope this helps,
Rod
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I use both fp100c and fp3000b (old stock).
They don't scan particularly well, but there is a method to strip the black paint from the negative side (normally discarded) giving you a much better result. Try googling it.
You could turn type 55 Polaroid into a negative but putting the film into a solution. I use to play with it from time to time. You could get some really cool prints in the darkroom with it.
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Thank you for the tips!