What is the difference between Type 54 and Type 55 Polaroid?

[dasBlute]

at least some people used type 54 for it's own sake, I know I did. I was learning and it was a quick way to get 4x5 images, made nice handheld images in the field. Great for pinhole! I've got hundreds around somewhere...

Any type55 around will probably have a dry chemistry packet by now, still very good film, I wouldn't run it through the holder. I have a couple boxes still, and every once in awhile some yahoo will try to sell some on ebay for hundreds. I remember someone saying you can get reasonable results from *any* film with 6-8 mins in D76

-Tim

[erian]

55-54=1

At least it is something.

[Mark Sampson]

I'll suggest that most 4x5 Polaroid was used for proofing; I know that's what I used it for. I admire artists (like Mark Klett) who shot T-55 in the field and made it work, but I never really tried that; regular film was so much cheaper. Almost all my Polaroid exposures were shot on the job or billed to a free-lance client. You'll note that in the description of T-54 they mention matching the tonal range of transparency film- which explains 54 in a nutshell.