PX100UV+ Test Film

Have I mentioned how great this new test film is? Its really good stuff. 

      

PX100UV+ Test Film and Polaroid SX-70 Sonar OneStep

Regular version is out. Go get some.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!

Just a quick post with some images shot on PX100UV+ TestFilm with a SX-70 Sonar OneStep.

  

  

This is really nice stuff! It develops very quickly compared to all the other Impossible films. The tones are a much truer black and white with a nice amount of detail/sharpness and handles gradation and skin tones wonderfully. Although it does seem to be a little fast speed wise. Depending on your cam you'll need to darken the exposure wheel slightly. It is noticeably more stable, temperature wise, or at least a greater range it seems. Still shifts to a warm tone if warm enough out and it does shift slightly over a few days or so to a more brown tone. Nice thing is since it develops so quickly you can scan it much sooner then later to preserve that initial black and white tone. Quite pleased with where Impossible has gotten this film. Great job guys. This test batch of film was released only a few weeks before the first public release went on sale, but it seems to be pretty close to the same. You can find it here.

Attack of the Killer Crystals!

Just a quick post, I know its been awhile, more to come soon I promise.



Wanted to post a comparison and show the killer crystals at work that TIP talked about a few months back. Originally I thought this was a PX600 issue, but alas, PX100 as well. After just a few months, this is what has happened to this image. A lot of my other PX shots are doing the same, but no where nearly as severe as this one. On a side note, the detail with the crystals themselves is quite striking, to bad it has to destroy the image in the process. According to Impossible, its a matter of drying them out. I guess its a humidity thing. Here in southern California, the temps are usually pleasant, not to hot not to cool, perfect for not drying out the film. They recommend slicing a few small slits in the back upper white area and also storing your films with silica packs. Glad I didn't wait to scan, not sure how long it took to do this. I know I was pretty shocked. Such is life and adventures with new instant films. This only applies to the PX/PZ Silver Shade films though.

Polaroid SX-70 Sonar, PX100 FF film.

Roid Week Spring 2010

Just a quick post and slide show of my Roid Week shots. Had fun with it, this was the first time I participated. Managed to use 5 different Polaroid cameras, 2 SX-70 Sonars, 340 & 450 cameras and a Spectra SE. Films shot: ATZ, Chocolate, PX100 FF, Spectra Platinum, Silk 125i and Fuji 3000B. Next time I may stick with one format instead. It was great to see so much other great Polaroid imagery in the flickr roidweek2010 pool, really inspiring stuff. Should definitely check it out.

Impossible PX100 FF 2nd Pack

Just a quick post. Got thru my second pack of PX100 film and had much better and consistent results then my first pack, however the weather did cool off slightly and I think that may have something to do with it. That 65-70 degree range really does make a difference. So far I tend to prefer this film with the lighter, slightly washed out qualities. Haven't quite gotten a handle on the warmer scale of things yet. Also, haven't done to much experimenting yet to determine how to best push this film. Figuring out how to get a good exposure has been its own challenge already. That will be coming next I think. I also want to try out some filtration on the front to see how that will effect things and see how different combos of maybe overexposing when its warm out vs underexposing when its cold or freezing it then warming it. I definitely had a bit more fun playing with focus and tonality on this pack. I'm impressed with how much subtle information is retained especially with throwing things out of focus. The more comfortable I get with how this film works the more I like it and appreciate it. Trying to decide if I should try some PX600 in my SX-70 as well. Some examples I've seen have looked pretty good. I'm keeping my eye out for a SLR 680, but apparently so are plenty of other people. The spike in pricing is amazing.


Overcast day, slightly underexposed on the dial, placed into cold clip quickly.


Overcast day, covered with my hand quickly then into a cold clip.


Indoors, indirect light, didn't cover on eject, placed face down then into a cold clip. Also, this shot combines two of my favorite interests, film and food. Check out my food blog Grumble Grumble.


Open shade, but not covered up quickly enough, then put into a cold clip that wasn't all that warm.


Indoors, very low light, probably a 10-15 second exposure and hand held. Left face down to develop.