[alt-photo] Re: instant films (specifically Fuji fp-3000b)

[Ryuji Suzuki]

So I've been exposing FP-100C and FP-3000B in Polaroid backs of GX-680II camera. 
This is great, because I get 8cm square image on the film, with all the manual 
control tilt/shift/aperture and so I get good picture every time I expose with 
no wastage.

One challenge I found is to bring the negative part back to studio without 
damaging and without getting dust on the surface. When I shoot people on 
location and expose a whole pack or so, it's difficult to dry the negative part 
of the film with the gooey stuff before bringing them home.

Did people figure out a workable solution for this?

I also confirmed what Francesco said... FP-3000B negative can be scanned as a 
reflective material and inversed to see the positive. It's still not very sharp, 
and very grainy (perhaps partly because of the texture in the paper?) but I get 
better highlight gradation from the negative.

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meet some of my neighbor artists on Polaroid...

--
Ryuji Suzuki
"Don't play what's there, play what's not there." (Miles Davis)




Francesco Fragomeni wrote:
> Bob, I'm surprised they're still listing it. Everyone I know who has
> ordered it says they can't get it from almost anywhere. Also, both Calumet
> and B&H are notorious for listing products as available that are actually
> long since backordered. Either way, I don't use the 4x5 variant as I prefer
> the 3x4 so I don't really know in this case.
>
> Ryuji, yes that is the process for the FP100C. Clorox Cloro-gel is the best
> that I know of for removing the backing. I've seen prints made in an
> enlarger from the FP100B neg recoveries as well. FP3000B is an entirely
> different design then the 100C and 100B variants. There is no film layer,
> only paper and the recovery method that works on the 100C and 100B does not
> work on 3000B. The "negative" side of the 3000B is in fact a negative image
> so scanning as a transparency probably wouldn't be ideal seeing as
> transparency is typically used to refer to a film positive. Everyone I know
> scans as film negatives in both cases of 100C and 100B for optimum results
> (most that I know are using the Epson V750 Pro and Silverfast). As far as I
> know, the 3000B negative would be optimally scanned as a print rather then
> as a neg since it is not transparent and then you'll invert it to positive
> later. I prefer to just scan the prints themselves.
>
> -Francesco
> www.francescofragomeni.com