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  1. Pieter12

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    Would Kodak get back into the instant film business?

    Kodak was never a big player the instant film business. Polaroid kicked their ass.
  2. Lachlan Young

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    Would Kodak get back into the instant film business?

    There are components that were used in the emulsions and chemical pods that now have environmental restrictions on them. Getting a direct positive emulsion & thickened monobath to work well is a lot more challenging than people seem to assume it to be. Fuji have had the benefit of Kodak doing...
  3. Chan Tran

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    Would Kodak get back into the instant film business?

    Yes but all those patents have long since expired. Polaroid B.V. on the other hand can't quite make the film as good as the old Polaroid could. I believe if Kodak makes instant film it would be far superior to Polaroid.

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    Would Kodak get back into the instant film business?

    Kodak had to exit the instant market due to Polaroid patent infringement issues. As I recall, it was a quite bloody court fight. Where Kodak could get back into the instant market would be the manufacture of Polaroid film packs, as they did for Polaroid in the mid-late 1960s. I agree that Fuji...
  5. Chan Tran

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    Would Kodak get back into the instant film business?

    But there is enough money in it for Polaroid and Fuji to make it. As far as significant scale? Kodak makes film which is a niche market now. The reason I think about this is how bad the current Polaroid film is and Kodak can make a far superior product as they actually have made it in the 80's.
  6. Lachlan Young

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    Would Kodak get back into the instant film business?

    Instax is by all accounts effectively based off Kodak's instant film technology that they sold off after the lawsuit with Polaroid.
  7. Chan Tran

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    Would Kodak get back into the instant film business?

    Fuji is doing well with its Intax line of instant film. Polaroid is also selling a lot of films and cameras. Polaroid I understand is having problem making their film as good as the old Polaroid. I found the short lived Kodak instant film to be very good and in some aspect I liked better than...
  8. AHiggz

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    Can Moving image be captured on a pinhole?

    Wow thanks so much for replying, this is all very useful stuff for me!
  9. NortheastPhotographic

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    Galleries to see high-quality large optical prints in the US?

    ...goes on... Who would have said we could still buy new 8x10 instant film materials in 2025 from a company that technically isn't even really Polaroid? Maybe 'Cibachrome' in the way it existed back then is dead, but I'm guessing someone could formulate a new direct positive color material...
  10. Don_ih

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    Portraits with TLR

    Everyone knows the best camera for portraits is the Polaroid Big Shot.
  11. Donald Qualls

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    Can Moving image be captured on a pinhole?

    I've done pinhole as fast as 1/4 second, hand held, at EI 3000 -- but that was either super-pushed Tri-X or Polaroid 667/Fuji FP3000b -- and it still needed bright sun. I've also done pinhole on that speed film with flash, and that works fine with the correct guide number calculation (AG-1B at...

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    Possible fast shutter solution for barrel lenses, could this work?

    ...to accept the rear of your 75/2.8 Tessar, rear (male) threaded M40x0.75 to screw into the front of the shutter. I'd like to suggest a Polaroid MP-4 Copal #1 Press shutter, but in my experience these inexpensive gems' top shutter speed of 1/125 is usually slower than you'd like. Same goes...
  13. SpencerKR

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    Peppers on Polaroid i-Type with a SinarF
  14. SpencerKR

    Post your still lifes here

    Polaroid i-Type with Sinar F, 180mm (Using Mercury Camera Polaroid back)
  15. SpencerKR

    Hello I have no idea what I'm doing

    The pic in the original post was on the new i-Type using one of the Polaroid backs from Mercury Camera I did attempt a pack of suuuuper expired 55 film, and while I’m grateful for the experience, barely any images came out and the of the few that did, almost all of them have deteriorated very...
  16. Taylor K Nankervis

    Hello I have no idea what I'm doing

    ...song, Killing me softly with his song and(...strumming my pain with his fingers) came immediately to mind. Kind of a 'trigger pic' for a long ago and fondly recalled 70s song. I have never seen a Sinar F running Polaroids (or any LF camera for that matter). Are Polaroid packs still available??
  17. Focomatter

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    Sekor 250mm f8 (for Mamiya Press cameras) issue on infinity focus !

    In fact that is what I was using, the baby Graphic style back with a ground glass. The Universal does not have the Linhof Technika style back extender thingies. Make sure these are retracted on your Super - they are for camera movements and for extra focus extension so not good for infinity...
  18. DiogoB

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    Sekor 250mm f8 (for Mamiya Press cameras) issue on infinity focus !

    ...expected ! I'm using a Super 23 but as far as i know it should work the same way... I know there are a few differences like you can use a Graflok/Graflex adaptor a polaroid back and i cannot. Universal doesnt has the bellows and such... But i believe it should work in the same way with this...

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    End-game Camera setups

    20x24 Polaroid I'm still waiting......

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    Nons Camera H1P Back Quick Review

    The Mamiya 7 II had an interesting thing for the Polaroid back, they used what is essentially light pipes to move the image deep into the back to touch the film. Could do that with almost any camera to make sure the focus point remains where it is supposed to be.

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    Nons Camera H1P Back Quick Review

    ...multiple boxes of film on occasion--at least Instax Square film is much cheaper (and better, in my opinion, other than being smaller) than Polaroid. You can find out more about the back, and which cameras it will work with, here. While I was at Roberts, we tried to see if it would work with...
  22. MattKing

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    Kodak films direct from Eastman Kodak (was: Kodacolor 100. New)

    ...to help you achieve your dream of being the supplier of, say, Cholenpot 200 film. The costs are/were very high, because the minimum order quantities and setup charges are/were very high. Much of the early Polaroid film products were at least partially made by Kodak under just such an arrangement.

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    [Inherited Film Gear] Help me determine what I've got... I'm a film-noob

    Polaroid made some sharp looking stuff, and some of it is modifiable to shoot more available film. I recently acquired a polaroid 110 which I modified to shoot on 4x5 film instead of its original polaroid roll film. I'm not certain if the 100 can be modified similarly. Everything else you've...

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    [Inherited Film Gear] Help me determine what I've got... I'm a film-noob

    This one I can answer with some confidence. Unfortunately it's not worth much because the film is no longer available. I'd estimate somewhere in the $50-100 range, presumably to someone who wants to modify it.
  25. los_brewskis

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    [Inherited Film Gear] Help me determine what I've got... I'm a film-noob

    The next up is a Polaroid Automatic 100 Land Camera with a neat case and accessories. Looking at this set of gear, I'm happy that I live in a world of digital where I can look at the preview on the LCD.... man we have it easy these days.

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    Technical question about Robert Frank's later work/prints

    Bring back those Polaroid negatives!

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    Technical question about Robert Frank's later work/prints

    Thanks for all the help, guys
  28. Don_ih

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    Technical question about Robert Frank's later work/prints

    The two polaroid negatives would fit in a 5x7 negative holder - but it could have been a contact print.

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    Technical question about Robert Frank's later work/prints

    ...three negatives will work together and so we work for hours and hours and print it and it really doesn't come out good, so I'll change one Polaroid for another, I'll leave one out, or whatever, and then sometimes it works. So, yes, some of these are indeed from Polaroid negatives and...
  30. Don_ih

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    Technical question about Robert Frank's later work/prints

    The third one looks like stuff smeared and written on a mirror with some scratches on the negative. The top part of it, with the weird artifacts to the left, make it look like a Polaroid negative from peel-apart film. So, two such negatives.
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