my first time with polaroids

[SimonSawSunlight]

I had the chance too shoot a 215 and a 320 polaroid rangefinder camera in the streets of vevey/switzerland yesterday. these huge funky beasts are wicked for street photography! it was great fun. I don't know which polaroid black and white film I had but I preferred it to the fuji fp-100b one. this is a very different way of photography and I think the whole perception of the photograph you take is a little different compared to when you shoot, say, a leica m.

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[SimonSawSunlight]

oh and fun polaroid 600 stuff too!

 

[historicist]

Peel-apart Polaroids are great! So much nicer than packfilm, apart from having to find some way of holding them until they dry which doesn't get them covered in dust...

 

[SimonSawSunlight]

they are "agreed value" 😀

 

[adavis47]

All wonderful stuff. Polaroids, what a look!

 

[venchka]

Too bad they are gone. And Kodachrome soon. It's a conspiracy. The digital folks can't mimic Kodachrome or Polaroid so they kill it.

 

[mrisney]

I love my 600 SE, I think the Fuji FP 100 C instant film is much more vivid than Polaroid 690, which I am disappointed in, it has much less vibrancy, while it has a 'look', I am not too concerned about the loss of Polaroid, when Fuji instant film disappears - that will be a sad day. Dust is a problem with these films, I am trying to use my Epson V700 scanner but not getting the sharpness that is visible from the print.

 

[shadowfox]

Peel-apart Polaroids are great! So much nicer than packfilm, apart from having to find some way of holding them until they dry which doesn't get them covered in dust...

I wonder if those music CD plastic flip-open case can fit a couple of "wet" peel-aparts? Anybody tried it?

 

[SimonSawSunlight]

I wonder if those music CD plastic flip-open case can fit a couple of "wet" peel-aparts? Anybody tried it?

the problem is that with some films (fp-100c for example), the photos would stick together when still 'wet' and leave ugly marks afterwards. so you'd need one case for each...