Type 55 again.

[emmett]

http://new55project.blogspot.com/

I'm getting excited about this, anyone else?

[Nicolasllasera]

Is it finally happening? Because the blog is kind of weird to understand. I have been waiting to buy a bunch of their product but I don't even know how or if its possible.

[emmett]

From what I'm understanding they are trying to get the clips made for a reasonable price. They made some packages available for 20.00 last month to a group of backers. Hopefully this will really happen and we can enjoy this supposedly better type 55 in the near future.

[jcoldslabs]

I believe they are hand assembling each sheet packet at this point and having a select group of people test them. The fact that they are seeking a supplier for clips in quantity is a good sign. I have sent them collections of my old Polaroid and QuickLoad/ReadyLoad clips in the past, and they were repurposing these for their own film packets. But as far as I know there is no large scale production of New55 film as yet.

Jonathan

[Cletus]

WOW! This is the first I've seen of this, thanks for posting Emmett!

I'm curious - this looks a little, but not quite, like a "Impossible Project" product. Is that what this is, or someone else working on this? Anybody know? I know for sure I'll be watching this to see how it develops pardon the pun...

[jcoldslabs]

Bob Crowley has no direct affiliation with TIP and has been working on this idea on his own for quite a while. He does share info and testing data with the 20x24 Studio, I believe. From what I understand he is trying to make a high-quality product and not release a beta version for sale to the public the way the Impossible Project has done.

You can find a Flickr gallery of the New55 test images here.

J.

[David R Munson]

I'm getting excited about this, anyone else?

Excited enough I just bought another Polaroid back on eBay. Pretty sure I still have one somewhere but I haven't seen it in almost ten years, and I figure better safe than sorry, should this actually come to bear fruit!

[EdSawyer]

It would be great if he can finally get this off the ground, but I'm not holding my breath. ;-P

[emmett]

Same here but I'm kinda glad I still have my 545 holder, I was about to toss it a few months ago.

[Degroto]

I do believe Bob has contacts with the impossible project as wel. I hope he will succeed so I can start using this type of film as wel.