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The End of Peel-Apart and Packfilm

January 30, 2018 By Dan Finnen

Before the iconic square Polaroid SX-70 and 600 formats dominated popular imagination, there was packfilm. Packfilm, or ‘peel-apart’ as it is often known, is one of the earliest instant film formats. Unlike 35mm and 120 negative and positive films, it didn’t require the use of a darkroom to develop the image. Simply peel it apart […]

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Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: fuji fp100, new55, news, packfilm, peel-apart, Polaroid

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