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    Re: Is this where New55 went wrong?

    Everything was preserved, carefully recorded, and kept intact including all IP, rights, processes, process machinery, tooling, fixtures, assembly tools, methods and DTR coating formulations for a...
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    Re: Polaroid 8x10 - still going strong?

    I discovered and did the work that shows how to use their negative in a peelapart. This was published. It cost me a small fortune. Unfortunately, we got nothing out of it. I assume it will show up in...
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    Re: Is this where New55 went wrong?

    The company was subject to foreclosure by creditors and that occurred. It owed a lot of money.
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    Re: New55 new Kickstarter campaign

    I'm not privy to it either. We have enough pods to make 1000 boxes of New55PN on hand, which is not enough to fulfill a kickstarter calling for 2000 boxes. Since I cannot assure backers of delivery...
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    Re: New55 new Kickstarter campaign

    20X24 told us they were no longer supplying pods several days after we launched the Kickstarter, Ed. That was the reason given. Why would you think that is a manufactured trauma?
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    Re: New55 Color has begun

    Thanks for helping to get the word out. After the US election we will be turning up the volume in the race to the end. Meanwhile, many of you wrote on this archived thread in 2014. It's time to...
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    Re: Why Kodak Redyloads failed?

    Once you take off the supplied film another one can go in its place. 1SHOT is a fairly durable paper and stainless steel product and should last several uses. But the reason it exists is purely...
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    Re: Why Kodak Redyloads failed?

    Once again, 1SHOT is a recyclable product. Readyloads failed when Polaroid stopped producing them. Our product is different as you can reload them, if you wish to try to save money. We sell them to...
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    Re: Why Kodak Redyloads faild?

    Most of Polaroid's assembly equipment was sold as scrap and some was even pushed off the second floor and crashed onto the parking lot. Along with instant sheet film, Polaroid packaged and sold...
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    Re: Atomic X Readyload film from New55

    We've tested all extant holders of this type and found that film flatness is best when there is a backing sheet (we call the tongue) and side rail springs. This condition is met in the 545 series...
  11. Re: Experience with Atomic-X (sheet film used for the negative in New55)?

    Yes, we are totally focused on the new industrial capacity to make New55 instant film. That has been and will be our focus.It definitely includes machines. One would hope that this group knows how...
  12. Re: Experience with Atomic-X (sheet film used for the negative in New55)?

    I'd like to do that and add other sizes and emulsions too, over time. There are so many potential improvements to the quality and cost of projection-plane imaging materials that have never been...
  13. Re: Experience with Atomic-X (sheet film used for the negative in New55)?

    No we have not. It is a custom order from the factory we said, and it is specific to New55 instant. Since it is similar (in speed, processing and look) to a famous Kodak emulsion, we playfully named...
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    Re: New55 instant film instructions

    I use the fixer it over and over until it looks like egg drop soup.

    I also always peel the print with the negative face down into the fixer and then drop the whole tongue right in. I do not wait...
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    Re: new55 kickstarter has begun

    T55 and 665 used a very different reagent formula with a reducing developer and a combination of silver halide solvents, plus a blend of two pH boosters. The developing mix was hydroquinone and...
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    Re: new55 kickstarter has begun

    The quality exceeds where we started, and the print and negative match, which is important to me. I get consistent results and great, super sharp negatives. In my view the quality approaches T55 and...
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    Re: new55 kickstarter has begun

    People who are new to analog photography have been responsible for about half the support, and the proportion has grown. The statement also includes "those who already know this" which I assume would...
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    Re: new55 kickstarter has begun

    Both. This is the exact same sheet film we also sell as Atomic-X, processed as an instant film we make called New55 PN.

    I just shot this today and this is a scan of the instant negative.
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    Re: new55 kickstarter has begun

    142684 Shot about two hours ago
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    Re: new55 kickstarter has begun

    Here's an example processed as an instant film. We - New55 - definitely DID source our own film. None of the emulsions are "new" but they sure to vary. We have studied SO-139 which is what Polaroid...
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    Re: new55 kickstarter has begun

    Thanks for your many constructive criticisms and recommendations.

    We've improved the pod and eliminated leaks, improved the negative and its speed, corrected the reagent fill to a more precise...
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    Re: new55 kickstarter has begun

    Rick - Yes I know who you are and grateful - we consider you part of the team like others who have supported the project. T55 could sit a while in "the bucket" before being dissolved and lost. All...
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    Re: new55 kickstarter has begun

    I've field processed it the same as in-house. Just like old T55 which New55 really only resembles in form, the use of buckets and so forth "out in the field" is a pain in the neck that I avoid. I...
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    Re: new55 kickstarter has begun

    We already said that - in jest of course. But there will be new things to learn, and the product is something altogether new.
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    Re: New55 R3 video

    I'm curious about the actual ammonia percentage you got. If it is too high, there can be streaking. We recommend no agitation or inversion, since they cause streaks. We use an ammonia hydrometer to...
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    Re: new55 kickstarter has begun

    I did not see that happening though I do recognize some friends in the pledges, but they are genuine 4x5 shooters. The biggies were from places unknown to us prior to the campaign. Bob Crowley
  27. Re: Impossible Project announces 8x10 instant film coming summer 2012...

    Send me that college kid and the money too if you can. Seriously, this is not a kickstarter thing. Websites don't make products. The investment goes to the ability to manufacture the product, not the...
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    Re: Info. on 300mm F5.6 Fujinon W in Copal 3

    68.2mm from from barrel to barrel. I did not measure from glass to glass, but I can if needed. Here is a shot taken with this lens

    http://new55project.blogspot.com
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    Re: Type 55 neg and HC110

    HC110 works fine. Better to use monobath R3 with HC-110 to reduce/eliminate fog and achieve more of the original intended appearance though.

    Quall's formula of which R3 is one version is great for...
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    Re: New55 film please

    We've done extensive market research on this. About 1/3 of our target market consists of "traditional" 4x5 photographers, and among that group, there is an unwillingness to pay the premium needed to...
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    Re: Info. on 300mm F5.6 Fujinon W in Copal 3

    It just happens that I used this same lens yesterday on an 8x10 P/N test. I will measure it Monday.


    http://new55project.blogspot.com
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    Re: New55 film please

    I'm too busy doing this project to post updates so often. Plenty happening, though the route is circuitous, and complex. At one hand, instant P/N is so simple, but, making certain materials in bulk...
  33. Re: 8x10 instant film is coming back via Impossible.

    If you use a lot of the Fuji 4x5 instant you may want to stock up, as it has been discontinued. The smaller packfilm is still being made: ISO 100 color, and ISO 3000 black and white.
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    Re: New 55.... just can't wait

    We did this. It's called R3. The Efke 25 processed in R3 is indistinguishable from the negative we get with New55, except there are no artifacts, blobbed edges. Nobody was interested, even though it...
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    Re: New 55.... just can't wait

    Right. Patents do not matter at all here. There were few to begin with and those that existed have long expired. We have successfully completed the R&D feasibility stage and are pleased with the...
  36. Re: 8x10 instant film is coming back via Impossible.

    Traditional LF photographers are not the largest or the target customer for either New55 or TIP. Both seem directed toward those with an appetite for discovery and experimentation, and collaboration....
  37. Re: 8x10 instant film is coming back via Impossible.

    Tough audience.



    http://new55project.blogspot.com
  38. Re: What discontinued product do you miss the most?

    The Speed Graphic

    http://new55project.blogspot.com
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    Re: Polaroid 545i

    Send it here. Don't toss out your Readyload holders either. We have students who can use them during the project.

    Please mail them to

    New55 Project
    72 Nickerson Rd
    Ashland MA 01721

    Thanks
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    Re: Kodak Financial Woes Deepen: Film Future?

    Advertising is often directed more to new and growth markets. Film is thought of as a maintenance market. EK does advertise its film here and there, but in the absence of a clear or younger market...
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