In memories of Polaroid type 55

[VictoriaPerelet]

New topic, I do not think there was separate topic for T55 :confused: . Post your Type 55 here, add date and tech info if you remember.

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Took few today Feb 20 2010:

http://www.victoriasphoto.com/models/Tasha/big/t55-neg-1-f.jpg

Sinar F2, Schneider 72mm XL + CF, F11

http://www.victoriasphoto.com/models/Tasha/big/t55-neg-8-f.jpg

Sinar P2, Schneider 210 APO, F22

I'll go over archives and add more if this topic stays alive.

[David Hedley]

Excellent - I really like the way you use the 72XL. Please post more!

[gandolfi]

why not include the pol 665 (same film, just a little smaller...)

[Darryl Baird]

Voightlander Portrait Euryscop 2A
f/32 @ 15 minutes

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3297/3575447261_492b92964c.jpg

[Darryl Baird]

240mm Velostigmat II, f/16 @ 90 seconds

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3092/3583844211_9c67a890ca.jpg

[Darryl Baird]

Goerz Extra Rapid Lynkeioskop
exposure unknown (not recorded)

http://www.darrylbaird.com/postmortem/images/FrogHead.jpg

[ljsegil]

First Cooke 9 1/2" Series IIa, second unknown small Petzval courtesy of JG, of course, both with pre-Anniversary Speed Graphic. Pretty crude, I know.
Larry

[Ramiro Elena]

Wollensak Velostigmat Series II 7 1/2"
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2429/4375011375_f178f5821e_b.jpg

[gandolfi]

I have made pictures with the type 55 film, but I'd dtill like to hear, whether the pol665 has it's place in this fine compagny...

While I wait:

A Portrait of Dahlia.

Type 55 - painted with light.

http://www.phosee.dk/pictures/00000177/109-portrait-of-dahlia_800x600.jpg

[drew.saunders]

Still my best (of only a few) Type 55 shot:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3151/2956804106_c756b29122.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/drew_saunders/2956804106)

Point Lobos, CA.

[VictoriaPerelet]

I have made pictures with the type 55 film, but I'd dtill like to hear, whether the pol665 has it's place in this fine compagny...


Emil, IMHO 665 fits, but then we're on the border of probably endless debate of what is LF, and many will debate that vigorously:) T55 is 4x5 - LF for sure, no debates just nice images.

[jb7]

Somebody complained to the moderators (anonymously, of course)
about one of my FP100c45 instants,
so I doubt whether you could get away with less than 4x5.

More lovely pictures in this thread-

I used some of this film the other day, not much to show for it-

I was reminded of how maddening it can be though-
it's so wrong that it's still possible to waste it due to the envelope being less than 100% reliable-

One packet was so messed up that the packet came all the way out,
didn't lock open- and that film inside was anything but flat...

[gandolfi]

Emil, IMHO 665 fits, but then we're on the border of probably endless debate of what is LF, and many will debate that vigorously:) T55 is 4x5 - LF for sure, no debates just nice images.

POL 665 is LF in my book!
I have learned, that any format over the 120 film is LF....

If not, I have to remove a LOT of images in here......:mad:

but here is another type 55.

Painted with light.

http://www.phosee.dk/pictures/00000178/327-rose_800x600.jpg

[Chris Strobel]

Conch Shell Detail/Nikkor 150mm-Type 55 neg, scanned on 4990

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3649/3484889370_a7bb7668f5_o.jpg

[Michael Wynd]

Chris,
your conch is wonderful
Mike

[gandolfi]

a phesant. Painted with light.

http://www.phosee.dk/pictures/00000179/752-fasan_800x600.jpg

[jp498]

Conch Shell Detail/Nikkor 150mm-Type 55 neg, scanned on 4990


Very Nice!

[Chris Strobel]

Thanks guys! I have a question, I have two boxes left of 55 in the fridge dated Nov 07.I shot 9 sheets of it yesterday and the negs came out very grainy.Could this be the result of the films age, or could it be because the negs just sat in water for an hour and a half before I was able to clear them with sulfite.In the past I would clear the negs immediately after the shot in sulfite.I have 29 sheets left of this stuff and am not sure how to proceed, or if I should even bother shooting the rest and just ebay it..Here is a 50% crop straight from the 4990 scanner with no sharpening or post processing.

http://www.pbase.com/cloudswimmer/image/122513182/original.jpg

[Allen in Montreal]

Shoot them!! :)
Even if you feel it is grainy, that is still a very nice frame!

I never clear my negs in sulfite (or almost never) and just pop them into a gravity works film washer.

I have film from the late 90s that is still good, were they in the fridge all the time?
The only bad old type 55 I have had was that I left out of the fridge for a long time.



Thanks guys! I have a question, I have two boxes left of 55 in the fridge dated Nov 07.I shot 9 sheets of it yesterday and the negs came out very grainy.Could this be the result of the films age, or could it be because the negs just sat in water for an hour and a half before I was able to clear them with sulfite.In the past I would clear the negs immediately after the shot in sulfite.I have 29 sheets left of this stuff and am not sure how to proceed, or if I should even bother shooting the rest and just ebay it..Here is a 50% crop straight from the 4990 scanner with no sharpening or post processing.

http://www.pbase.com/cloudswimmer/image/122513182/original.jpg

[Chris Strobel]

I have film from the late 90s that is still good, were they in the fridge all the time?
The only bad old type 55 I have had was that I left out of the fridge for a long time.

Well they were out of the fridge for a few weeks right after I bought them, but have been in the fridge ever since.Looking at my other 55 negs, they are much smoother like this one

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3297/3485166680_6365ba0c7a_o.jpg

But even zoomed all the way out this run looks too grainy to me.If I try and apply any kind of sharpening to the iris, it looks like it was shot on 35mm pushed Tri-X :(

http://www.pbase.com/cloudswimmer/image/122524434/large.jpg

And below is the same iris, different angle shot with my Pentax dslr.Its spanking the 55 and this should not be so!

http://www.pbase.com/cloudswimmer/image/122524588/original.jpg

[gnuyork]

Here are some I just dug up. I am relatively new to 4x5. I started shooting polaroid to get a "feel," mostly type 54. Then I got a few boxes of 55 so I could make enlargements.

I have since shot some Tmax, but have yet to develop it to see how I did.

Wista, Kodak Ektar 203. Scanned on an Epson 2450 directly on the glass as you can see the Newton rings,Taken 2 winters ago in north Georgia.

http://www.dragma.com/gnuyork/photo/LF/waterfalls.jpg

http://www.dragma.com/gnuyork/photo/LF/creek.jpg

http://www.dragma.com/gnuyork/photo/LF/roots.jpg

[Gary L. Quay]

The Columbia Gorge, Oregon.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2336/3534775550_57ea485347.jpg

[Bosaiya]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3250/3026816805_ce977dd585.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3127/3148466987_25f74d9763.jpg

[Steve M Hostetter]

my daughter,, sinar p, 180mm fujinon , left swing, 4x5 type 55

[sergiob]

Cambo, a simple version, not sure which, with Caltar 210 6.8 on T55. I happen to have the prints on hand. The negs are somewhere in my archives.

[gsinico]

This is one of my PN55 tribute.

[Don Dudenbostel]

55pn - 15Kv, 3ma, 7 minutes at ~24" target to film distance. Printed on Forte Poly Warmtone Plus, Thiourea toned and hand tinted with oils.

[Don Dudenbostel]

I failed to mention it's an X-ray.

[VictoriaPerelet]

Positive. Expired 6 2006.

http://www.victoriasphoto.com/models/FrancesGrace/big/t55-p-1.jpg

Sinar P2, Schneider 210mm APO lens, ring flash.

[ajsikel]

Victoria, your images make me shiver..;)

Positive. Expired 6 2006.

http://www.victoriasphoto.com/models/FrancesGrace/big/t55-p-1.jpg

Sinar P2, Schneider 210mm APO lens, ring flash.

[gsinico]

Another one PN55 portrait.

Giovanni


www.gelatina.altervista.org

[Daniel Stone]

Positive. Expired 6 2006.

http://www.victoriasphoto.com/models/FrancesGrace/big/t55-p-1.jpg

Sinar P2, Schneider 210mm APO lens, ring flash.


I've always wanted to try using a ringflash on 4x5 or 8x10. great look there!

-Dan

[Vaughn]

Just dug up a few old contact prints...

Here are a couple from Point Lobos -- taken back in the late 1980's probably. Images that others have most likely have taken before and since!

Vaughn

[Dave Aharonian]

I bit of yoga on the couch....

[Allen in Montreal]

Horrible scan, sorry, I will need to try to scan this one again.

Type 55, Planar 135.
This picture marked the first time daughter 2 pushed big sister to the back and took the lead.



http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/6413/vickytype552x.jpg

[ajsikel]

beautifully stunnig that portrait is, indeed...
so soft, tender and womanly.




I bit of yoga on the couch....

[David Hedley]

I bit of yoga on the couch....

Really excellent, Dave.

[jim kitchen]

This picture marked the first time daughter 2 pushed big sister to the back and took the lead.

Dear Allen,

Sibling rivalry... :)

Nicely done.

jim k

[Darryl Baird]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3438/4571447432_25d299428b.jpg

9.5" Wollensak Velostigmat, Series II

[Victo]

Enea,inka 45,symmar 210

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/vittorio/ewe.jpg

[Anders Korhonen]

Me, by a friend. Not that bad for his first ever LF pic, even if he was trying to look through the filmholder when firing the shutter... =) Technika heliar 21cm@4,5

Anders

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/4615214832_71e6c92659_o.jpg

[VictoriaPerelet]

http://www.victoriasphoto.com/models/Fenne/big/t55-1.jpg

Sinar P2, Schneider 47mm XL. Film expired Sep 08

[Robert Hughes]

Yeah!! Victoria, you always have the wildest shots on the thread!!! What a Krazy perspective that is.

[Armin Seeholzer]

The high heels and the 47XL are a perfect fit for this lady!
Dangerous very dangerous;--))))

[patrickjames]

In the late 90's I used to get this stuff free from a Polaroid rep. I didn't use a whole lot of it because I always used it as a precursor to the image on film. I saved negs every now and then. Often when I was too lazy to develop film I would shoot the 55. If I only knew then that it was going away... Oh well.

http://www.patrickrobertjames.com/f11/rename32.jpg

http://www.patrickrobertjames.com/f11/Organ Pipe2.jpg

[Victo]

My home,my life,my secret corner

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/vittorio/w1.jpg




http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/vittorio/w2.jpg




http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/vittorio/w3.jpg

[ajsikel]

My home,my life,my secret corner

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/vittorio/w1.jpg




http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/vittorio/w2.jpg




http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/vittorio/w3.jpg

great :))

[bob carnie]

Solarized Print 665 film

Loved this format sorry to see it gone.

[Greg_Thomas]

For a zine I made, Containers and Their Owners:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3518/3808430759_8564cf48ab_z.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3526/3763517242_e3a3981986_b.jpg

[Sean Galbraith]

I only recently starting using 55. :-(

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4149/5068312680_ab8de34386_b.jpg

My friend Nancy, who had to go large format after seeing this photo of her. :-)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4076/4941772024_d5f094fb55_b.jpg

My friend Annie

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4939741669_63a6930616_b.jpg

[Sean Galbraith]

Whoops. Need to learn how to use this stuff better.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1055/5132280628_34996608fc_b.jpg

[gandolfi]

pol 665

solarized portrait of Anna..

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/8/8/7/anna-solarized.jpg

and another one of her:

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/8/8/7/anna-solarized-3.jpg

[sanchi heuser]

:cool: Amazing pictures Gandolfi:cool:

I miss the 55 very much. It was phantastic to peel the sheet apart, hold the blue smeared negative against the sky and see the result.
I'm very happy that I began at a time (2006) when that film was available for a reasonable price, especially boxes that were just expired. They were sold for half of the price, but worked very well.


I want to share these two shots that I made on an abandoned railroad freight yard
both with a Nikkor W 5.6/105 using an orange filter and light meter set at 25 ASA.




http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5290/5329708792_f68d4731fd_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58013730@N08/5329708792/)
Düsseldorf #1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58013730@N08/5329708792/) by andi_heuser (http://www.flickr.com/people/58013730@N08/), on Flickr




http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5086/5329098487_f09714f551_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58013730@N08/5329098487/)
Düsseldorf #2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58013730@N08/5329098487/) by andi_heuser (http://www.flickr.com/people/58013730@N08/), on Flickr

[Shac]

180 Nikkor, Technika IV

[Victo]

argentic inside self portrait

http://www.vittoriocolombi.com/immagini/C_215_qon2r5aomn2syz451lcusom2_C005/F00001275B.jpg

[cjbroadbent]

Memories?? I shot this this morning and still have half a dozen sheets.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_OR3U2BmIDuk/TcfY22s-xTI/AAAAAAAAI-A/Yjxi5zufx08/s800/budino55.jpg

[cjbroadbent]

When they are gone I sall have no regrets. Here is the difference on a TMax Readyload.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_OR3U2BmIDuk/Tcfm1cLazeI/AAAAAAAAI-M/U0sRpvmUJXA/s800/budinoTMY.jpg

[gandolfi]

Memories?? I shot this this morning and still have half a dozen sheets.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_OR3U2BmIDuk/TcfY22s-xTI/AAAAAAAAI-A/Yjxi5zufx08/s800/budino55.jpg

yeah...
I just bought 5 unopened boxes...

"memory lane" starts early..:rolleyes:

[Sart_S]

When they are gone I sall have no regrets. Here is the difference on a TMax Readyload.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_OR3U2BmIDuk/Tcfm1cLazeI/AAAAAAAAI-M/U0sRpvmUJXA/s800/budinoTMY.jpg

The difference is, but not so greater.
Composition very good.:)

[gandolfi]

When they are gone I sall have no regrets. Here is the difference on a TMax Readyload.


missed this comment.

Yes - other films are fantastic also.

But to me, there's a huge difference.
The type 55 and the 665 pol films are so perfect for solarization - one can even make partial solarization on them...

Also I make a habit of ruining my negs. These films are very thin, and that makes it so much easyer to manipulate - some manipulations can't be done on "normal" films...

I will have lots of regrets - it like a special tool being taken away from me.

[gandolfi]

made today.

Kristina wrapped in used background paper..
Pol 665

slightly solarized

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/8/8/7/kodak-305-5.jpg

Kodak 305 mm portrait lens

[jcoldslabs]

Somehow missed this thread. This shot taken last November on type 55 film that expired in 2001.

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/T55---Tree-Post-Control-Tow.jpg

Jonathan

[Allen in Montreal]

........

I will have lots of regrets - it like a special tool being taken away from me.

Agreed, one of my favorite films.
I still have a half dozen boxes, I feel like I have to save them for some picture that is a little "special". :(
Maybe I have I have to visit Denmark and be inspired to shoot a box or 2! :):)

[John Conway]

my daughter,, sinar p, 180mm fujinon , left swing, 4x5 type 55
I just came across this thread for the first time.This is a great shot.

[John Conway]

made today.

Kristina wrapped in used background paper..
Pol 665

slightly solarized

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/8/8/7/kodak-305-5.jpg

Kodak 305 mm portrait lens

Nice... just really nice.

[gandolfi]

Agreed, one of my favorite films.
I still have a half dozen boxes, I feel like I have to save them for some picture that is a little "special". :(
Maybe I have I have to visit Denmark and be inspired to shoot a box or 2! :):)

you shall be very welcome!!