New55 P/N

[richardman]

Collodion images are full of "defects" too, and people love those look.

I will jump on this except that I am too poor to shoot Portra as it is. I burn through 300+ sheets a year. But I really appreciate some people with passions are working on this...

[jp]

This is an image sharing thread, not a technology/business discussion.

[Bob Mann]

Here are two of my last three tries with this film - One try the developing pod did not open, on these two there is a flower hidden there somewhere. Not sure what happened, clearly there is an operator error. Do they have some merit as an abstract

Don't think I will be buying another box anytime soon as my success rate is around 1 out of 5.

[jp]

Bob, you might try pulling the film through the rollers more slowly and/or contacting new55 for troubleshooting advice.

[HoodedOne]

2016-045010.jpg by Hans Spieringhs, on Flickr

"The fairest bookshop of the world, a bookshop made in heaven” [The Guardian]
A bookshop inside the 800-year-old Dominican church in Maastricht.

Camera: Wanderlust Travelwide 4x5
Lens: Super-Angulon 90/8
Film: New55 (e.i. 100)
Exposure: 1/4s @ F8

[Bob Mann]

2016-045010.jpg by Hans Spieringhs, on Flickr

"The fairest bookshop of the world, a bookshop made in heaven” [The Guardian]
A bookshop inside the 800-year-old Dominican church in Maastricht.


Really nice, gives me something to aspire to making - but there is still that area with no "gel spread" -

Camera: Wanderlust Travelwide 4x5
Lens: Super-Angulon 90/8
Film: New55 (e.i. 100)
Exposure: 1/4s @ F8

[drew.saunders]

I had some boxes from one of the first batches of Kickstarter rewards. I only recently went to the new55.net site and noticed that they list New55 as having a 6 month expiration date, and my boxes are over a year old. I guess when the film was new, there wasn't enough information as to how long it would last. I tried 3 sheets when I first got the film, wasn't too happy with it, and just set the other boxes aside for later. Long story short: very-expired New55 is problematic at best. Here's the one shot that turned out from this past weekend, where I took two shots each of 4 setups, for 1 good and 7 bad sheets:


07-15-16-004 by Drew Saunders, on Flickr

I have a 545 Pro holder, and I should take the batteries out so it stops turning on the timer, and maybe it's not as good at applying proper pressure to the pods as the other holders. I hope this product works out, but I doubt I'll buy any more, unless they can get the price down to ~$6/sheet, as was discussed at the very early stages of the project.

[Alan9940]

I have a 545 Pro holder, and I should take the batteries out so it stops turning on the timer, and maybe it's not as good at applying proper pressure to the pods as the other holders. I hope this product works out, but I doubt I'll buy any more, unless they can get the price down to ~$6/sheet, as was discussed at the very early stages of the project.

I have both the 545 Pro holder and the prior version as sold by New55, and I was rarely successful with either holder. And, when I say "successful" I never got even close to a full negative; always had "gel spread" issues and, once, a nearly blank sheet of film!

[cjdewey]

Generation 1 negative.

[HoodedOne]

Thnx Bob.

This was one of the last shots that I made on New55 from the kickstarter pledge. I had also several results like Drew above. So this was not to bad.
I just noticed that macodirect.de also sells new55, so i'll probably buy some from them. Saves a lot of taxes here in the Netherlands.