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Old January 24th 06, 01:55 AM posted to rec.photo.equipment.large-format
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Is Polaroid film completely defunct? Is there any point in getting a
Polaroid back these days?

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Old January 24th 06, 02:55 AM posted to rec.photo.equipment.large-format
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In article uWeBf.4359$qG3.3239@trndny04, "seog" wrote:

Is Polaroid film completely defunct? Is there any point in getting a
Polaroid back these days?

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To my knowledge you can still get Polariod
and I have used it when shooting MF jobs as a
test for light positioning, however i also have a
dslr, so recently I used it in place of switching back and forth beween
my MF camera film back and the polariod back. I see no advantage to
using polariod, becasue the dslr worked great for this task. All the
film shots were right on the money according to the combo of my meter
and the dslr proofing-but I still bracket 1/2 stop on each side of the
determined exposure.


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Old January 24th 06, 04:01 AM posted to rec.photo.equipment.large-format
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seog wrote:
Is Polaroid film completely defunct? Is there any point in getting a
Polaroid back these days?


Fuji are also making instant films, and selling them in the US. The Fuji
reps gave me some FP100C to try out, and I can recommend it as a good
colour proofing film.

Ciao!

Gordon Moat
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Old January 24th 06, 05:46 AM posted to rec.photo.equipment.large-format
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G- Blank wrote:
I see no advantage to
using polariod,


Type 55N...a beautiful negative.
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Old January 24th 06, 08:33 AM posted to rec.photo.equipment.large-format
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Gordon Moat spake thus:

seog wrote:

Is Polaroid film completely defunct? Is there any point in getting a
Polaroid back these days?


Fuji are also making instant films, and selling them in the US. The Fuji
reps gave me some FP100C to try out, and I can recommend it as a good
colour proofing film.


"Fuji _are_"??? Where d'you get that?


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Old January 24th 06, 12:59 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.large-format
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David Nebenzahl wrote:
Gordon Moat spake thus:

seog wrote:

Is Polaroid film completely defunct? Is there any point in getting a
Polaroid back these days?


Fuji are also making instant films, and selling them in the US. The
Fuji reps gave me some FP100C to try out, and I can recommend it as a
good colour proofing film.


"Fuji _are_"??? Where d'you get that?


That is English. Fuji are a company of people engaged in an enterprise;
hence plural. Most of the people in this newsgroup probably speak American
(as distinguished from English) and consider Fuji to be an American
corporation which is a legal person; hence singular.

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Old January 24th 06, 03:06 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.large-format
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seog wrote:

Is Polaroid film completely defunct? Is there any point in getting a
Polaroid back these days?


Dunno, but I keep using both Polaroid and Fuji
instant film in my 6x7: still available, in good
quantities. And I don't think Fuji is going to stop
making it anytime soon...

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Old January 24th 06, 05:26 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.large-format
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In article ,
David Nebenzahl wrote:
Gordon Moat spake thus:

Fuji are also making instant films, and selling them in the US. The Fuji
reps gave me some FP100C to try out, and I can recommend it as a good
colour proofing film.


"Fuji _are_"??? Where d'you get that?


Have they stopped recently?
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Old January 24th 06, 06:49 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.large-format
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Jean-David Beyer spake thus:

David Nebenzahl wrote:

Gordon Moat spake thus:

seog wrote:

Is Polaroid film completely defunct? Is there any point in
getting a Polaroid back these days?

Fuji are also making instant films, and selling them in the US.
The Fuji reps gave me some FP100C to try out, and I can recommend
it as a good colour proofing film.


"Fuji _are_"??? Where d'you get that?


That is English. Fuji are a company of people engaged in an enterprise;
hence plural.


Ah, yes, quaint, that. Pip-pip and all that.

Most of the people in this newsgroup probably speak American (as
distinguished from English) and consider Fuji to be an American
corporation which is a legal person; hence singular.


I certainly do.

ttfn


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Old January 24th 06, 08:09 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.large-format
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"Gordon Moat" wrote in message
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seog wrote:
Is Polaroid film completely defunct? Is there any point in
getting a Polaroid back these days?


Fuji are also making instant films, and selling them in the US.
The Fuji reps gave me some FP100C to try out, and I can
recommend it as a good colour proofing film.


I second that - very nice film to use.


Peter


 




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