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Comment on Life after Polaroid by phototeacher

phototeacher — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:06:27 +0000

Hi, it seems that you have successfully made emulsion transfers using the Fuji FP-100c. I really need some tips, I was doing an emulsion lift demo and had to use the Fuji as opposed to Polaroid 669 and it appears that this film is temperamental. If you could send me an email regarding tips, I’d really appreciate it. Thanks, Aaron abbotta729@hotmail.com

Comment on Pinhole exposures – quick how to, OK, not so quick by caren80

caren80 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:50:58 +0000

Hooray! This post is mightily useful, especially the bit about Schwarzschild. Last time I did long expos at night I used the sunny 16 rule derivative and my friend used his very good lightmeter (same camera), and the times we got were very similar. We both doubled our time to cover reciprocity failure, and it came out about right, but it was extremely hit and miss and there was definitely bracketing involved! I’ll try the above, and the cheat sheet suggestion.

Thanks for your comments too, found them really useful, and will have a go on my next batch of developing!

Comment on Ansco 130 / PF 130 by Alex Hawley

Alex Hawley — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:13:38 +0000

Hey Rob – I’ve come to use 1:2 for my standard dilution for PF 130. Tried it at 1:4 recently for a high contrast neg and that dilution also worked well.

Comment on Is Polaroid still dead? Yep. But it does nice work for a dead medium! by dancoburn

dancoburn — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:33:38 +0000

Thats a very strange pic. You should enter that into some some competitions. I think it would do well. The face on that figure looks very realistic.

Comment on Is Polaroid still dead? Yep. But it does nice work for a dead medium! by Alex Hawley

Alex Hawley — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:02:54 +0000

Good shot Rob. Hey, you’re blog entry came up on the “Featured Blog” when I searched tags tonight. http://wordpress.com/tag/large-format/

Comment on The Great Polaroid Caper ‘08 by Underway on Blog Power « Alex Hawley - large format analog photography

Underway on Blog Power « Alex Hawley - large format analog photography — Sat, 10 May 2008 04:16:40 +0000

[...] have five boxes of Type 55 to expend this year. And, as Rob Young has written, there’s the Great Polaroid Caper of ‘08 to look forward [...]

Comment on Polaroid is Dead. Long live Polaroid. by dancoburn

dancoburn — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:30:05 +0000

Hey Rob,
I hope the Pinhole workshops are going well. Sorry I haven’t made it out.
Bad Excuse: busy. End of Bad Excuse

Comment on Polaroid is Dead. Long live Polaroid. by rwyoung

rwyoung — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:32:45 +0000

Just like the small peel-apart Polaroid material, the detail you can pick out in the print amazes me. Now if the weather would stay nice for a whole weekend!

Comment on Polaroid is Dead. Long live Polaroid. by dancoburn

dancoburn — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:34:35 +0000

Looks good rob. I like the Miller Lite glass. Not your typical floral shot. It’s cool that you got some 8×10 polaroid stuff.

Comment on Good day out with the cameras by rwyoung

rwyoung — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:06:34 +0000

And the theme is…
“Too many injection molded plastic toys”.