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Based on reports of quality control issues, and given the cost, I haven't tried any of their products. Instead of constantly coming out with new products, they need to produced a product as reliable as Polaroid was. I never had any issues with any of the SX70 film I bought. You bought it; it worked.just a bunch of attention-whoring for the "likes" or whatever. Ridiculous. They should just let us know when they start making products that aren't overpriced shit. Then maybe we'll pay attention.
These are all good points. If you want to see what the film is really capable of shoot 8x10. And do some bracketing. The film has very little latitude.I dunno. IP's stuff works-ish. Only issue really I find with the stuff is the colours aren't very vibrant and weird yellow smears at the top of the photo. Also the old cameras out there were never great cameras. Plastic lenses aren't going to give you detail. No manual control of shutter speed or aperture means you're going to get under/overexposed shots. Flashes that always fire means lit up subjects and dark backgrounds. Even Polaroid acknowledged that one recommending you put your subjects up against an actual background so everything would be lit. Even the venerable sx70 slr had no manual controls other than focus. The cameras using IP film are 40 yrs old, were never taken seriously and likely anybody shooting IP film hasn't taken the time to get their Polaroid serviced. Sure IP's film should be better than it is but you can't blame everything on their film. A lot is due to the sh*tty cameras you used the stuff in.
... Also the old cameras out there were never great cameras. Plastic lenses aren't going to give you detail. No manual control of shutter speed or aperture means you're going to get under/overexposed shots.
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IP responded to a post on social media somewhere and all but said that it would NOT be a peel apart replacement.
I was not aware of this one. I would definitely grant this one an exception!
I was not aware of this one. I would definitely grant this one an exception!
speaking of 40 year old cameras, my sx-70 rainbow stripe decided on the weekend that it no longer liked it's external Q flash. In a puff of electrical smell it permanently ended it's relationship with the flash. This was right after it ejected a film and the top of the photo of said film ruptured spilling blue chemical all over the back of the photo and on the rollers. Sigh.
If I am not mistaken one of IP's slogans was about bringing back integral film to feed those crappy old cameras, millions of them. And from my POV IP films suit Polaroid cameras perfectly.The cameras using IP film are 40 yrs old, were never taken seriously and likely anybody shooting IP film hasn't taken the time to get their Polaroid serviced. Sure IP's film should be better than it is but you can't blame everything on their film. A lot is due to the sh*tty cameras you used the stuff in.
You may be on to something there. Why make a good film if the cameras were never good in the first place? I really want impossible film (and a new camera) to work like Fuji instax does for quality. Just don't think we'll get that. It was fun playing with this camera but once I run out of film I won't be using it again.If I am not mistaken one of IP's slogans was about bringing back integral film to feed those crappy old cameras, millions of them. And from my POV IP films suit Polaroid cameras perfectly.
Polaroid had some good cameras. Back in the rollfilm era, the 95 and descendants were pretty decent. Some of the packfilm cameras were excellent (180,185, 195). Even the original SX70 had a nice 4-element glass lens and adjustable exposure. The cameras weren't holding them back. Sure they made crappy cheap ones at some points too but there were decent ones, and quite a few of them.
Just to reframe things here- the original topic of this post was pertaining to the impossible project. It got off on a tangent about polaroids but at this point in the conversation we were talking mostly about Polaroid cameras that you could still get new film for. That's basically the sx70 and all the plastic crappy cheap ones. i should have been clearer- my mistake.Polaroid had some good cameras. Back in the rollfilm era, the 95 and descendants were pretty decent. Some of the packfilm cameras were excellent (180,185, 195). Even the original SX70 had a nice 4-element glass lens and adjustable exposure. The cameras weren't holding them back. Sure they made crappy cheap ones at some points too but there were decent ones, and quite a few of them.
If all it is is a re-brand with no improvement to the film, I'll be highly disappointed.
Also, if that's indeed the case, why would Impossible think we would or should be excited about this?
"Polaroid Originals" is it? That's a high standard they have yet to meet. Maybe, like career politicians, they'll just claim something to be so and think we're stupid enough to believe it.
Interestingly, one of Edwin Land's conflicts with Polaroid's board of directors was about camera quality. Land thought that the SX-70 was all anyone would ever need. If customers couldn't afford it, they should save their money until they could. After Land was booted from Polaroid (as a result of the Polavision debacle, as well as thin profits from the SX-70), the company introduced the cheap plastic 600 series, which spread like wildfire.
If all it is is a re-brand with no improvement to the film, I'll be highly disappointed.
Also, if that's indeed the case, why would Impossible think we would or should be excited about this?
"Polaroid Originals" is it? That's a high standard they have yet to meet. Maybe, like career politicians, they'll just claim something to be so and think we're stupid enough to believe it.
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