Film Alternatives for Polaroid Rollfilm Cameras - The Diigo Meta page

• 06 Apr 08
  

  marco flores

  polaroid largeformat

  • A single 4x5 sheet fits perfectly in the  film channel of Polaroid cameras designed for 40-series films,  and is easy to load/unload in a darkroom or changing bag.  Of course, you'll only get to use a 3.25" x 4.25" section of  the 4x5 sheet, but, hey, it's cheaper than even an old Speed Graphic.  Process the film in the dark in trays, and you won't even need  to buy a film processing tank. For printing, you could do  contact prints, or, if you've at least got an enlarger capable  of 6x7 cm medium format, you could cut the negs to fit, but  you'd lose part of the reason for having the big negatives in  the first place. Or you could shoot color transparency film, and  mount the slides in a clear lucite 'box' frame-- these can look  really nice if you can get them in front of some diffuse lighting.
  • if you've never used 4x5 film before, you  might be confused how to tell which side is the emlusion side when  handling it in the dark. 4x5 film has identification notches near one  corner of the film. If you're holding the camera horizontally with  the back completely open, the notches should be near the upper  right-hand corner along the right-hand edge of the film.
  • OK, so you don't have a darkroom, and if you say that if you wanted to   shoot negs in a Polaroid camera, you'd use Type 665 in a   packfilm camera. Besides, you wanted an "instant" print, right?   Well, you can! Sorta.

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