Help pls...Whats wrong here???....Pola450

[bobkatz]

Hello Friends.....
I got some fuji BW and Color packs, expired. I had tried peel apart slowly, fast, "normal" for development, and I got those bands on my negs and for sure on my prints.😱...always the same form, size and location with very small variations in shape and size,,,with different batch (different expired date), i got the same....I had tried a color pack immediatly after one bw pack and color develops great....no those bands¡¡¡🙁
the exp. date on BW:2003, the exp date on color: 2009...
any advice...
Thanks in advance....

 

[rlouzan]

Take a look at Joe Gioia's outdated polaroid type 55 work.
Modern Photography, March 1989, pp 44-45

 

[rlouzan]

Similar work:

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?88040-Polaroids-(and-Fujiroids)/page24

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http://www.flickr.com/groups/4x5/discuss/72157625463595302/

 

[bobkatz]

Thanks rlouzan.....I will try to find that magazine....
warm regards...

 

[rjbuzzclick]

Expired film can be hit and miss. I would suggest trying some fresh film to see if the problem persists. That should help narrow down the solution.

 

[nikon_sam]

The last few sheets of some Polaroid 55 film I had did nothing...the packet of chemicals had dried out and nothing developed...I kept this film in a camera bag stored in a closet that will keep a year round temp of about 73* (at most)...
Age is what ruined that film...

 

[bobkatz]

Thx friends.....
I must shoot my film asap😛😛
Regards...

 

[vdonovan]

I agree it's probably due to the age of the film, but make sure that your rollers are clean! That's the most common cause of uneven development.

 

[bobkatz]

I agree it's probably due to the age of the film, but make sure that your rollers are clean! That's the most common cause of uneven development.[/QUOTE


Yes...the rollers are clean....😉the age must be respnsible 😱
Thanks...

 

[GarageBoy]

Go grab a pack of FP100C and verify

 

[bobkatz]

Go grab a pack of FP100C and verify

Yes i did!!!immediatly after the bw pack issues and no problem at all with the color pack.......😱
Thx friends por input!!

 

[bobkatz]

Pull out slooooowly.....

Pull out slooooowly.....

Hi friends....working on this issue...my last trial i have done.....is pull out the film very sloooowly - i mean 30 seconds- this way the dried aged chemicals are spread more efficient i guess....so my last photos shows very tiny bandings or none at all!.... 🙂

Regards...