"g." on Polanoid figured out how to make his own Polaroid Chocolate/Sepia peel-apart film! Apparently you need a B&W positive and a color negative… check out these instructions and example shot, very cool!

PolaPremium just released three new, monochromatic, type 100 (3.25 × 4.25 inch / 8.5 × 10.8 cm) peel-apart/pack films. This thread on Flickr says: These three films were produced by Polaroid employees in the factory in Mexico shortly before the factory was closed forever. Even the packaging was designed by Polaroid employees, making these brand [...]

PolaPremium just launched their web store with a bunch of out-of-print Polaroid films. Of particular interest are 600 B&W, Artistic TZ, Type 80 Chocolate, and Type 55 Pos/Neg, as well as straight 600, Spectra, a number of peel-apart/pack films, books, vintage cameras, and accessories. The 600 B&W seems particularly interesting… if you look at the [...]

Check out this PDF excerpt of Fuji’s Cable Release newsletter on how to do image transfers with Fuji’s Polaroid-compatible pack films. (Hosted by Freestyle.)

According to this post from Ilford/Harman on APUG, Ilford will not assume production of Polaroid’s discontinued black and white peel-apart/pack films: Dear All, I have been out for a few days and several of you have sent me PM’s re POLAROID : Please see below : April 18th, 2008, Mobberley, Cheshire UK and Minnetonka, MN, [...]

As I posted, I recently converted a friend’s Polaroid Automatic 100 land camera to use normal AAA batteries. I got the chance to take it out for a spin in Golden Gate Park. Having separate windows for rangefinder focusing and framing is a little weird, and more shows up on film than the framelines tell [...]

I just modified a friend’s Polaroid Automatic 100 Land camera to take normal AAA batteries. I followed the battery conversion instructions from option-8′s excellent Converting Vintage Polaroids, and it went really smoothly. I did end up having to shave a few mm off of the two plastic supports that held up the original battery holder [...]

Dealing with Polaroid peel-apart film in the field is a bit of a pain, because once you peel it, you need to think of something to do with the print, and protect it from dust, bugs, and dirt, whilst it dries. Some of them are pretty fast, but some, like 669, seem to take ages. [...]

Fucking hell, Polaroid are killing yet another range of films! This time it’s the 80 series (84, 87, 88, and 89) 3.25 x 3.38-inch peel-apart pack film—the stuff you shoot in Holgaroids, supershooters, and squareshooters. Each product page bears the following message: Please be advised that Polaroid will be discontinuing 8[x] film within the last [...]

Polaroid’s removal of Time-Zero film from the market left a huge gap in the hearts of many photographers—a gap has just been filled by f295 member Erik Wiklund, who has come up with a a new manipulation technique for available peel-apart Polaroid films! See the instructions and sample images at Polaroid.com or check out the [...]