Seeing as I’ve lost track of where I was with the taking of Polaroid pictures and posts I’ve changed directions and am now counting down my remaining stock of Polaroid Spectra film. So here is P minus 24
After finishing the pack of Fuji Fp100C in my Polaroid pack film camera I loaded it with Fuji FP3000B and I am smitten. While I enjoyed the results from the colour film I haven’t been completely sold on it. There is a coolness to the colour and the image clarity is not spectacular. With this faster black and white film (3000 ISO) though the camera is stopped down considerably allowing the lens to perform better. It just seems to be the right film for the camera and the era, you expect a black and white print to come out of this camera.
As I shoot through my first pack of Fuji FP100c I hope to learn what works and what doesn’t with this film and camera (Polaroid 330) My initial reaction is that it doesn’t lend itself to taking close-ups or landscapes. The best shot so far has been a Portrait and maybe that is where the strength of this combination will be.
This week I’m posting two images at once. A Polaroid Spectra shot and a Fuji FP100C shot taken with a Polaroid 330 Pack film camera.
Fuji FP100C shot with a 330 Land Camera
I really like the pastel colours I’m getting from my Polaroid Spectra film. The garbage container is a bright green and the truck is some sort of pink undercoating but the film has softened them both.
As Polaroid SX70 film hasn’t been manufacured for some time and the chemicals tend to dry up as the film ages, the ability to directly move the emulsion around like you once could with SX70 film is done. I have to admit I didn’t do a lot of it when I could have back in the 1990’s but even then Polaroid film was quite expensive. I found this one that I had done among a bunch of other prints. I like it but I think some of my favourites have been lost over the years.
It could be fun to try to recreate the look digitally, I’ll have to give that some thought.
This completes another set of 10 original Polaroid Spectra integral films, so I’ve pulled more from the fridge leaving me with 30 exposures.
Remember for best results: Take pictures. Great advice!
When I took this polaroid yesterday I also took some cell phone pictures as it developed. For me it’s as close as I get now to watching an image form on a peice of photo paper under red light.
