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i have at least 3 dbl packs of spectra 700 from 1998 unopened : )
I hope you are able to see this message since I've been trying to share a really simple method of using 600 cartridges in Spectra cameras. It'll let you shoot it, but film spread for the upper part of the frame is a gamble since the rollers were not made for 600. I'm trying within reason to figure out an easy way to mitigate that problem, but its quite the challenge. If you're interested in that method, LMK since YT's spam filter seems to like blocking me.
6:52 as soon as you said you were going to frame it with the assumption that the spread would be as bad as the previous shots, I knew you’d get better spread thus wasting frame space 😂😂😂.
The stripes look like pod failures to me
watching this video hurts me ! i miss so much spectra but i remember ther faults. i really miss the format, thanks for the video
I have about 5-6 packs left and I think it will be similar to your experience
With ejection issues like these, I get why Polaroid stoppped making Spectra. Imagine if all the 600 cameras had the same issue…
Though I don't think "Go" was a good usage of Spectra's corpse.
That's a fun day!
Developing pods are messed up.
Man I wish you would’ve cleaned your rollers after the first badly developed photo.
My first polaroid camera was the spectra, not that it was of my time– it was a gift in early 2019. The cameras feel good in hand and are fun to use and I honestly prefer the look over the typical 600 cameras by polaroid. The spectra however just has so many problems but when it was good it was really good . I hope that in world where we have the I-2 and new sonar Polaroids and 8 X 10 Polaroids in production maybe we get new Spectra cameras and film
What an interesting video and a fun to watch !! 🙂
This is the one format that I wish Polaroid would bring back 🙁
That FP100c was sexy. I'd flip that in an instant. Pun intended.
hitting the bottom while it attempts to eject works for me
Yeah that's about what I expected. Also that pack film man…….
You could frame some of those pictures and some people would say that they are amazing works of art.
Maybe Polaroid should develop a new Spectra camera and bring back Spectra film since they’re building a new film factory with new machinery. Only catch is that it won’t come with a battery rendering it useless to older Spectra cameras.
What a joyously fun video. I do those almostly ghostly images emerging from the murk. Stunning.
Well there is a reason they dont make it now
Photographer : “Full spread!”
So I actually figured that its the cameras man, and those old batteries cut a fresh Polapulse 6v lithium cell out of a 600/SX-70 pack the batteries are electrically identical size wise you’ll need a pair of scissors and the old Impossible branded battery to cut, rip the front plate off in a dark bag, you can re-use the exposures, set them aside and then take out the leaf spring and chunk it the oxidation on many of them has absolutely made friction a problem you can use two I-Type/600/SX-70 springs and cut them but you’ll need to flip them around so its backwards or else you’ll destroy your pick arm. Reload exposures into the pack then slide the original dark slide in. You can use metal aluminum tape to stick the two springs together and they spring back the exposures really well allowing the motor to feed them better.
I still have a few packs in the fridge. Its sitting next to the fp-100c, waiting for a special day.
I have one box left. Its black and white. I shot my last color pack earlier this year and my camera was choking on it and would spit two films at once. Just like you, I never had luck with consistent ejection and would waste half a pack. Thanks for the reminder I have that box left. In hindsight, I shouldnt have saved those packs and just shot them as soon as possible. I'm in no rush to shoot and experience more disappointment
What’s worse? This or…
Premature Ejectulation ?
🤣
I feel like i’m playing an expensive game of russian roulette every time i look in my fridge at my fp100 and fp3000 and think I must get out and shoot that before it’s dead
Film photography is great!
Man when you shot her in the tiny section and it was a full spread😂. Hey by Tony do you mean the legendary Anthony’s expired film?
I ran a pack of impossible sx70 b&w last week it was fridge stored , production date 2017. got some very thin, poor images. the chemistry still spread ok across the print, but i got nothing i could call a photo. Impossible / Polaroid originals / polaroid has been improving in recent years though
Hey! At least we got Polaroid Go! Which I haven't seen anyone shoot or talk about since the year it released…
Interesting gamble one has to take when shooting with expired Polaroid instant film!
11:53 I really like that black and white photo of that apartment building because that defect which makes the apartment look lit up in the middle gives the photo an Art Deco quality (like the shapes and spotlights of the classic 20th Century Fox logo) reminiscent of the architectural drawings of Hugh Ferriss back in the 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s. 🙂
I bet it was cheaper than the fuji peel apart.
Really interesting video, Polaroid is always fascinating.
I was so sad when they stopped spectra film. My Spectra camera worked great! Its actually my SX-70 that doesn't work well!
My man sitting on 10 packs of packfilm for the end of the world. You love to see it
I enjoyed that one. You actually shot a video in oktober. There 's a guy named Alex, who can tell you about the poor preservation of Polaroid integral films.
I have a feeling that the issue of photos having a brighter center was caused by the spring in the cartridge, the image gets dimmer exactly at parts of the spring that are bent downwards.
Here I was dreaming of Spectra today. Maybe they can bring it back in the new factory. I remember they said they couldn't dedicate machines to fixing it since they sold more 600.
I remember discussion around ejection failures being very common and how Polaroid could not do anything to fix them was a big motivator to discontinue Spectra. They could only work on the cartridge side, but older cameras manufactured by effectively a different company, nothing can be done about that.
There's something darkly hilarious about you spending the first four and a half minutes demonstrating exactly why Polaroid discontinued spectra 🤣
I have one pack in the refrigerator, the last.
You know, with all the AI slop showing up everywhere and beginning to seep into photography more and more, you'd think instant photos and pack film like this would make a comeback. Being able to shoot a unique "1 of 1" photo right then and there seems like it'd be worth it's weight in gold.