Now however, PolaBlue is an anachronism. I don't know if it is still being sold. The film had an expiration date of 1992, so I figured that I would try a roll out as a slow pictorial film and go for the weird effects. Before I tried it out on something that took planning, I tried a roll out in my yard. To be honest, I am amazed that it was still working. So what you see here is a shot of a dragonfly lawn ornament. The really cool effect was after I scanned the slide and inverted it in Photoshop. That gave me this image.
So, I will save the next roll for when I will be shooting something with lots of hi-contrast forms. That should be interesting, and I'll know what I got within 5 minutes...
2 comments:
hey. i'm a foreigner who stumbled across your blog because i was looking for some information about pola-blue instant film.
i'm planing to buy some, also the processor... but i was not sure if chemicals still work after being expired for 10years !
have you had any problems with it, because it was expired ? maybe the process of developement should be longer than 5min to be sure.. i dunno
is the actual transparent material a negative or a positive ?
thanks for your time and i'm glad i found you ! ;)
cheers
severin
Loved Polablue! I had to lecture often and as usual late with my slides.
If I remember correctly black letters or lines became white on blue background, same as a film Kodak had.
True , very low ASA, very poor tolerance to under/ over exposure, if past expiration date developer strip did not peel off cleanly, specially in edges but before Powerpoint and digital projector it was invaluable in getting monochrome slides: white letters or lines blue background
No middle tones.
Best was slide mounter/ Polaroid slide mounts
Fairly expensive compared to regular film.
They are still in good shape today 40 years later
Tried Polachrome for color, awful, very dense, dark, murky colors
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