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arigram

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Thank you Pete. I just took a couple photos of my parents and you are right, it is indeed quite different. Oh, well, I hope I will be able to find both in the near future.
 
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Hello Aristotelis,

The prices in North America are about the same. Even with the peel apart films, the cost of most Polaroid films is around $US 1 to $US 1.60 each shot. It also seems that the Fuji choices are slightly more expensive.

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Thank you too Gordon.

Ah, yes, can one do manipulations with this kind of film?
 
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I have not yet tried manipulations with the newest instant films. These will not do the TimeZero (SX-70) squishing colours around trick, but there is another method that might be of interest. A few people I sometimes exhibit with that also do Polaroid works have been discussing this newest find.

The idea is to cut apart the instant film within a short amount of time after it leaves the camera. So the image is processing, but the chemicals have not hardened yet. What is then done is to take an Xacto knife (small hobby/art razor thing) and cut along the edges of the images. Once you cut away the sides, the parts can be peeled and separated. Using warm water or just wood scraper, you can remove some of the whitish chemicals from the back of the image. This will partially scratch through in areas, leaving a distressed look. Without the backing behind the film, this then becomes more like a large transparency; and you can do what you would normally do to print from a film transparency. The downside of this method, other than the difficulty in scraping the material, is the chemicals are acidic. It is recommended to only handle the film while wearing gloves, to avoid chemical burns.

I am debating trying this method. The peel apart films are much easier to work with for manipulations. However, I might convert my SX-70 to take newer instant films, and try out the distressed transparency style. I still have a few packets of TimeZero film, and until they run out I probably won't attempt it yet. Remind me in a few months, and I will report if I or anyone I know have tried this by then.

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665 is b+w-pos/neg-669 is color only
 

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