Info on Polaroid 669 film?

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I have come into a number of packs of this that is out date by years. Does it have any value to anyone? maybe I should try to find a camera it fits and test it out?


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Alas, it's almost certainly worthless after even a year. The developer pods gum up and you get streaky development or none at all. Sorry to bring bad news!

Tashi delek,

R.
 
Roger Hicks said:
Alas, it's almost certainly worthless after even a year. The developer pods gum up and you get streaky development or none at all. Sorry to bring bad news!

Tashi delek,

R.
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Ok thanks Roger, then this is probably kaput!

I wonder if there is a way to do a rough test to see what it looks like - a test short of buying a camera, that is!
 
gdi said:
Ok thanks Roger, then this is probably kaput!

I wonder if there is a way to do a rough test to see what it looks like - a test short of buying a camera, that is!
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See if a camera store has one. They'll probably let you test your film if you test their camera at the same time. I have several cameras/backs you could use but I'm not exactly next door.

Cheers,

R.
 
Roger Hicks said:
See if a camera store has one. They'll probably let you test your film if you test their camera at the same time. I have several cameras/backs you could use but I'm not exactly next door.

Cheers,

R.
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Good idea - I just need to research which models take 669. I checked the date - 2001, so it may only be good for "special effects"!
 
gdi said:
Good idea - I just need to research which models take 669. I checked the date - 2001, so it may only be good for "special effects"!
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All models taking standard 3-1/4 x 4-1/4 pack film, or modern Fuji pack films. Any pro back except 5x4. There used to be ten or a dozen different 8- and 10-film varieties, in colour and mono.

Cheers,

R.
 
I've shot this film 3 years out of date with "decent results". The colors were a little washed out. 1 year out of date is fine.

I sent a Polaroid 95a to a Flickr Member that had a roll of type 47, out of date by decades. I figured that he paid a lot of money for it, and did not need to waste money on a camera- so I gave it to him free.

The pictures came out!


http://www.flickr.com/groups/polaroid_/discuss/72157600236839811

Polaroid 669 can be used by any of the Pack cameras. They are dirt cheap these days. A Model 250 is a good choice as it will probably accept Fuji packs. I've seen some people state that the later models with built in development timers are problems.
 
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There were also Polaroid backs designed for a number of medium format cameras such as Hasselblad, but of course it didn't fill the entire film area, and Polaroid made a back to use the pack film in 4x5 view cameras. This particular back was often used to "convert" the pro rangefinder equipped 110 seies Polaroid roll film cameras to use pack film. The final 110 model, the 110-B, had a fantastic 127mm f/4.5 Rodenstock lens. Older ones had Wollensak optics.
 
I checked out some shots on Flickr with 10 year expired film and they can look pretty wild. I have 15 20Packs of the stuff, so it would be nice if I could put it to use. It could be worth buying a cheap camera...
 
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