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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 538098" data-attributes="member: 9240">I'm guessing he got NOS Polaroid film.&nbsp; I'm really interested in the new stuff from The Impossible Project, a group of folks who bought the old Polaroid factory but not the rights to the film formulas.&nbsp; They've apparently done a pretty good job reformulating them, but where Polaroid had developed a blue coating on their later instant film (the stuff you didn't have to peel back) that immediately protected the chemicals from light, my understanding is that the new stuff needs to be kept in the dark for several minutes and can take up to 30 minutes to fully develop.&nbsp; Not exactly instant.I tend not to be interested in experimental stuff like this (I can screw with several different filter programs to get a 'Polaroid look'), but I can see where these might be cool in compositing ideas. I definitely wouldn't be looking for anything realistic looking as that's the only charm these hold.&nbsp; But when you're firing off at $3-4 a frame you want the film to do what you expect it to do and not just hack a lung because it caught some sunlight (though I suspect light-leak stuff can make for artistic looks as well).&nbsp; There just isn't much in the way of solid, and recent reviews of the stuff.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 538098, member: 9240"] I'm guessing he got NOS Polaroid film. I'm really interested in the new stuff from The Impossible Project, a group of folks who bought the old Polaroid factory but not the rights to the film formulas. They've apparently done a pretty good job reformulating them, but where Polaroid had developed a blue coating on their later instant film (the stuff you didn't have to peel back) that immediately protected the chemicals from light, my understanding is that the new stuff needs to be kept in the dark for several minutes and can take up to 30 minutes to fully develop. Not exactly instant. I tend not to be interested in experimental stuff like this (I can screw with several different filter programs to get a 'Polaroid look'), but I can see where these might be cool in compositing ideas. I definitely wouldn't be looking for anything realistic looking as that's the only charm these hold. But when you're firing off at $3-4 a frame you want the film to do what you expect it to do and not just hack a lung because it caught some sunlight (though I suspect light-leak stuff can make for artistic looks as well). There just isn't much in the way of solid, and recent reviews of the stuff. [/QUOTE]

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