David Nash
27-Nov-2001, 16:12
Hi
I'm keen to try my 'new' secondhand Polaroid 10x8" processor. It appears to be a very old model (I think 81-04 with an 81-05 film holder). I managed to speak with someone at Polaroid who talked me through loading the film holder, and he w as going to find a manual for using the processor, but I thought I'd ask here fo r a 'quick' response.
As I understand it, the film holder is loaded with the paper-enveloped negative, so that the orange tab at the top of the holder is located inside the paper fla p at the top of the envelope. When I close the film holder, there is a portion of the envelope that protrudes from the bottom that has three arrows printed on it. As I understand it, I pull on this, and that removes the envelope, and 'pri mes' the negative inside the holder. I imagine I then take the picture as a nor mal 10x8 shot.
However, my processor doesn't have a loading tray. I'd like to know how to load the positive and negatives. I found some instructions, but it's for a newer mo del. It seems to suggest that the positive is inserted pod-first and uppermost, then the film holder is inserted on top of that. What way up should the film h older be inserted (ie, is the negative (emulsion) that normally faces the lens u pside down?). I assume the small paper tag is inserted first so that the roller s will pull the negative from the holder.
Apologies for the length of this message. I don't want to damage the processor by trying to squeeze the wrong items through the mangle! Not to mention a reluc tance to waste even more expensive film than I probably will.
David Nash
I'm keen to try my 'new' secondhand Polaroid 10x8" processor. It appears to be a very old model (I think 81-04 with an 81-05 film holder). I managed to speak with someone at Polaroid who talked me through loading the film holder, and he w as going to find a manual for using the processor, but I thought I'd ask here fo r a 'quick' response.
As I understand it, the film holder is loaded with the paper-enveloped negative, so that the orange tab at the top of the holder is located inside the paper fla p at the top of the envelope. When I close the film holder, there is a portion of the envelope that protrudes from the bottom that has three arrows printed on it. As I understand it, I pull on this, and that removes the envelope, and 'pri mes' the negative inside the holder. I imagine I then take the picture as a nor mal 10x8 shot.
However, my processor doesn't have a loading tray. I'd like to know how to load the positive and negatives. I found some instructions, but it's for a newer mo del. It seems to suggest that the positive is inserted pod-first and uppermost, then the film holder is inserted on top of that. What way up should the film h older be inserted (ie, is the negative (emulsion) that normally faces the lens u pside down?). I assume the small paper tag is inserted first so that the roller s will pull the negative from the holder.
Apologies for the length of this message. I don't want to damage the processor by trying to squeeze the wrong items through the mangle! Not to mention a reluc tance to waste even more expensive film than I probably will.
David Nash