I must admit, when I saw everyone else banging on about polaroid type 55 on various forums newsgroups, even books I was very sceptical.
So to cut a very long story short myself and a friend were gifted 8 sheets that a collegue of his had found in his garage stuck to the bottom of a box, that he had bought for use in college. Dated 9/99.
So we get the sheet overexpose to iso 32 pop it out of the back and it works !!. I hate it for working, even 7 years out of date it gives a great neg. ( although I ripped it trying to get it off the perforations)
So here Type 55 becomes a slight problem.
a: it is extremely dear and not very easy to get a hold of in the UK from any off the shelf suppliers
b: Being instant I have the suspiscion I would shoot it like it was going out of fashion.
c: Once again it is dear and my second job barely keeps me in chemistry let alone type 55.
So in short anyone who hasn't tried it yet a word of warning is don't! You will instantly grow to hate it like an expensive car in a fuel crisis. Not only does it push all the right buttons it knows how to bleed you dry.
BTW... if anyone would like to buy a kidney I have one going spare, low use from occasional alcohol drinker, will swap for 100 packs of type 55 :-D
Steven
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