At last, some good news for a change! The folks at Brooklyn Film Camera and Cameradactyl have joined forces to create and release a new Polaroid scan adapter. A scan adapter is a critical part of the scanning process, preventing the dreaded Newton ring effect from ruining images. The Impossible Project sold scan adapters for […]
Read More...Polaroid Originals Rebrands Again to… Polaroid
For those of you keeping track, back in 2008 Polaroid discontinued their popular line of instant 600, SX-70, and Spectra film. The Impossible Project rose to fill the void by creating new instant film from the ground up that would work with vintage Polaroid cameras. A few years ago, the Impossible Project sort-of merged with […]
Read More...How to Take the Perfect ‘Private’ Polaroid – Featuring Ramona Romance!
Since their inception, Polaroid cameras have been used to take… how do we put this delicately… ‘private’ pictures. While other film formats depended on you either having your own darkroom (unlikely) or dropping off your film at the 1-hour where multiple people would be seeing and handling your 35mm (awkward), Polaroid was the first time […]
Read More...What Polaroid camera should you get for your wedding?
Updated January 2020. This article uses affiliate links which help me keep this site online without annoying banner ads. Thank you! “What Polaroid camera should I get for my wedding?” Over the past decade, I’ve been getting this question quite a bit. Couples are looking to instant film to add a little fun to wedding […]
Read More...Spectra Film Discontinued by Polaroid Originals (Updated April 2020)
(Update April 2020: Polaroid Originals has rebranded itself as ‘Polaroid,’ and the new website has scrubbed all mention of Spectra system film or cameras. You might be able to find some film floating around on second hand markets, but stock is going to be increasingly limited from here on out. RIP Spectra.) It seems like […]
Read More...What is I-Type Polaroid Film?
Getting started in the world of instant film can be intimidating. There are all different kinds of companies and formats involved, many of which are completely incompatible with each other. One format floating around that may seem a bit harder to grasp than the rest is something called Polaroid ‘I-Type’ film and cameras. In short, […]
Read More...Polaroid Originals Spectra Film Back in Stock in US
Update April 2020: Polaroid Originals has rebranded to Polaroid and discontinued producing spectra film. Sadly, the rest of this article should now be looked at as a bit of recent history. The Image/Spectra/1200 line of Polaroid film and cameras has always been a favorite format of mine. The ‘widescreen’ Polaroid featured cameras like the Spectra […]
Read More...Storm Clouds Gather Over Film Photography
Update June 2019: Some good news! Tetenal lives to see another day (sort of)! Also, Polaroid Originals has Spectra and large format back in stock in the US. Whew! It’s no secret that film, as a consumer product, is dead. However, despite this, the past decade has been amazing for professionals and amateur photographers who […]
Read More...The End of Peel-Apart and Packfilm
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 […]
Read More...New Review: Polaroid Originals 600 Film (Late 2017)
The Impossible Project is dead, long live Polaroid Originals. With a new brand, there’s also a big update across Impossible…er, Polaroid Originals’ product line. Polaroid Originals claims that there’s a whole new chemistry in their films, and sure enough, they look better than ever. The best part about the new films, however, has nothing to […]
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