Re: polaroid film question
Thanks to everyone for their responses.
After some research, I was able to purchase a few boxes from B and H;
but they inform me that their supplies are going quickly... Best, Tom
On Jul 16, 2008, at 5:13 PM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "etienne garbaux" <photographeur@nerdshack.com
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To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: polaroid film question
Mark wrote:
ALL Polaroid brand film is "DI" Last stocks on market now. Fuji
still makes most flavors but US distribution spotty. *** grab all
you can while you can Mark
Don't bother, if what you want to do is store it for use after its
expiration date. It goes bad almost immediately, no matter what
you do.
Best regards,
etienne
There are people on this list with a great deal more experience
with Polaroid film than I have so maybe what I've observed was not
typical. A couple of times I've refrigerated Polaroid B&W sheet film
only to find that something had happened to the development pods.
This was well thawed film but the material in the pods had
solidified and no longer spread out on the film. I don't quite
understand what happens since, presumably, the pods are sealed until
broken by the processing rollers but cold storage does not seem to
work very well. Perhaps Polaroid color film is different.
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@ix.netcom.com
Tom Hawkins
tomehawk@ix.netcom.com
www.tomhawkinsphotographs.com