Anyone have luck processing fp100c without a back?

[IlfordFan]

I want to use some fp100c in a pinhole camera I made, though do not have a back. Anyone have luck manually rolling the film? Or do you think I should try to use my INSTAX WIDE to roll the film?

 

[sissysphoto]

You gave no inventory of your FP100C stash. Personally I would not fool around with a nice inventory, as they don't make it any more. Do your experimenting with what they still make. Let's take a hypothetical situation where you have 10 packages. Get a Polaroid 100 series and modify the battery pack as per plans available on the internet. If you only have 1 or 2 packages of film, then go ahead and fritter it away.

 

[choiliefan]

You should look for an inexpensive old polaroid camera to pull the film through.
I saw a model 101 for $3 at the Goodwill last week. Looked good except for corroded battery contacts.

 

[BAC1967]

I agree, I would process it through a pack film back. You could just use a changing bag and move the pack into a camera to process it. You will probably get uneven results doing it another way. Some models of pack film cameras can be found very cheap. You could even bust the lens out of one of those cheap cameras and replace it with a pinhole.

This is the pinhole camera I cobbled together with spare parts but I had a pack film back that Wes simple to add to the camera.

PPPF Camera by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr

Some photos taken with it here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/60348236@N07/albums/72157679704766143/with/34028312932/

 

[NedL]

As noted above, a Polaroid "colorpack" or "colorpack II" or "III" or "IV' camera can be had for less than $5. You'll pay more for the shipping than for the camera. It is possible to use the pack in a pinhole camera and then move it back into the camera for processing. You can do it in a changing bag or in the dark. This is probably easier to do if you have some experience with the film and have a sense of how it should feel when it's in the camera correctly. It might be a recipe for wasting film otherwise. You can also make a pinhole camera pretty easily by chopping off the front of one of these plastic cameras and installing a pinhole. Very fun!

Here are some photos made with it: http://www.ipernity.com/doc/nedl/album/658465