Polaroid type 55

[Øyvind Dahle]

Download the free tutorial from http://www.georgedewolfe.com/largeformatpage.html

It has a section on 55film

Øyvind

[Peter Collins]

Dr. C.P. Goerz and others have referred to Ansel Adams' 1978 book "Polaroid Land Photography." Alas, it is out of print. Happily, however, it is still available from e-bookstores and brick-and-mortar bookstores as used.

The e-bookstores I checked display prices that vary widely, to be nice about it. In view of such a wide price spread, I offer the following: I purchased my used copy, in very good/excellent condition, complete with clear cover over the original dust jacket, also in good condition, from a local used bookstore in Ann Arbor (my home town!) for $12.50.

In his book, Ansel Adams provides more than you may want or need to know about subjects' luminance ranges that make PN55 an appropriate choice. Ditto the other Polaroid 4x5 films. A lot of discussion, too, on placements of brightnesses/luminances on the Zone System for the characteristic curves of Polaroid films. Finally, there's a page of worked-out placement problems for different luminance ranges. You can use these as problems to solve for yourself to see if you have been a good student of Ansel.

This is a very good book. Get one, even copy portions of a library's copy, if you want to do work with PN55.

ciao for now!