The WEIRDEST 35mm Film I Have Ever Shot - Polaroid 35mm

This week Im trying out Polaroid 35mm Instant Film, also known as Polarchrome.

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[randybennett]

I used this film in the late eighties to early nineties at work for inspections...u would take photos and process them immediately..they came with plastic slide holders and u would cut them to snap inside the holders have finished slide presentation (on a Kodak Caramate) for a managers meeting within the hour. The slides when viewed from the side looked like they had a heavy silvery cast... this was way before using a photo and powerpoint to do the same thing... it was like magic. Nice to see again

[wenxinyangg]

"ooooh it does not feel good, it feels like I'm breaking it"

Basically using any piece of older film gear ever.

[WesleyVerhoevePhotography]

This would be so fun, get a projector, everyone goes out together with a roll during the day and then at night project together

[areallyrealisticguyd]

Polaroid should really partner with Kodak to bring back this film even if it's only for a limited time

[terryclark]

Oh man! Back in “the day” I used the black and white version of Polaroid’s 35mm slide film for a few jobs when the ad agency needed the images super rush for presentations. It was awful to work with, even with the motorized processor. The smell was disgusting then, too. Imagine having 20 to 30 rolls to process back to back! The film is also super fragile. To protect it, I had to hand mount the slides in Gepe glass mounts. No matter how carefully you handle that stuff scratches occur. Thanks for the memories!

[obody-slnp]

Both him and Joe Greer moved out of NY and their work got so refreshed, I love it. Keep up

[rf]

The film, chemistry, and processor served it's purpose. It's a little sad when all of this tech gets forgotten and unused.

[enriquevazquez]

willem still wearing them crewnecks in the hot sun! 😩 he humble

[violenthell]

Oh dude that lab gave you some really shotty scans, if these slides can be well observed on a light table: then it's possible to get good scans from them

[frankkernan]

"load film in subdued Loads it in the southern California sun. I love it.

[Francois_L_]

Polachrome was really fragile and would scratch very easily when not mounted under glass. When enlarged, it had a very impressionistic grain structure that was unique. The technology was first developed for their Polavision movie cameras. When those failed to catch-on, it was transferred to 35mm. This film, along with other instant 35mm films they made, were often used by fashion photographers for the dreamy look and subtle colors they provided.
Hope you find this tidbit of random information interesting.

[jameskbrsa]

Hey man I’m from Belgium and I started medium format lately because of your channel and Grainydays really I appreciate your work and I hope you will continue to share your test and knowledge, love from the fries country

[brittg]

I did a uni assignment a couple years back redesigning packaging for this film!! Great to see it.

[lanem-l]

The production of the LA videos are hella nice

[mauriziomonaco]

I’ve Shoot a lot of those, if you do it again I would suggest you to wait 30 second after pushing the lever, and then develop for five minute, I’ve done it like this and it came out great.
Love your work
Keep on doing what your doing

[tea_drunk.]

Willem: “the smell is awful”
Also Willem: Sniffs it once more 😂

[rebeccasuur]

Loving this. Keep them as they are and display them somewhere in a window. This is always fun to look at for friends and family visiting the flat.

[Alpha]

I'm honestly amazed that the process actually worked on film that was so old. It never really worked all that well when it was new, and the black goo left on the film was a pretty common occurrence. For the intended use case (projection), it was fast and good enough, if a bit expensive. The slides are also fairly dense, so you would need a xenon slide projector to properly light them on large-ish screens.

[Tomsonic]

I used a few rolls of this B/W film in the 1990s just as a curiosity. The black layer on the film (which is in fact the negative layer) is supposed to get pulled off and rolled back inside the chemical pack, but often it didn't and you had to wash the film to get it off. The instructions said that the chemical used is a caustic gel, so I was afraid of touching the film after processing!

[peterbidelschwambach]

Crazy. Not just the film, but the chemicals were 20 years past expiration date as well, pretty incredible it gave any resuls at all