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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

How much is my vintage Polaroid camera worth?

August 3, 2015 By Dan Finnen

Update September 2017: The Impossible Project has renamed itself ‘Polaroid Originals’ as part of a major rebranding effort. The film itself is still the same, so for our purposes in this article the Impossible Project and Polaroid Originals are the same. To clarify, ‘Polaroid Originals’ are the films and cameras developed by the Impossible Project, […]

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Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: 600, eBay, Film, Kodak, peel-apart, Polaroid, selling, Spectra, sx-70, the impossible project, value, vintage cameras

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