Re: Paolo Roversi Show

[William Linne <photoassistant@hotmail.com>]

They don't make the positive/negative black and white emulsion in 8x10. In
fact, they only have two or three emulsions. 1 color and 2 b&w, I believe.

www.polaroid.com

William

----- Original Message -----
From: "epona" <acolyta@napc.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: Paolo Roversi Show


> I had no idea Polaroid was available in 8x10 size.  Is it comparable to
Type
> 55? Could you tell me what its Type number is so I could pick some up?
>
> Thx,
> Christine
>
> William Linne wrote:
>
> > Sure. When you shoot polaroid 8x10, you have a negative and an envelope
> > containing the positive. You place the negative in the film holder,
shoot,
> > and then "sandwich": the negative in envelope and run the whole thing
> > through a processor. The processor is just a big set of rollers (like in
a
> > polaroid 4x5 holder) and a motor or a hand crank to pull it all through
> > evenly. Generally, one would use a b&2 negative with a b&w positive, or
a
> > color neg with a color positive To obtain a sepia (actually, it can vary
> > from sepia, to a pinkish brown) look, you just shoot a b&w neg, then
> > sandwich with a color positive. Oh, and you have to overexpose the neg
by 2
> > stops. Of course, your mileage may vary, depending on the light,
> > temperature, etc. It's a neat look, but is really starting to be
overdone by
> > commercial guys.
> >
> > William
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <ARTHURWG@aol.com>
> > To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
> > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 6:11 AM
> > Subject: Re: Paolo Roversi Show
> >
> > > William-- could you give us more information on Roversi's technique?
How
> > does
> > > the "sandwich" work? Thanks. Arthur
> > >
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