If anyone is interested, I have a few packs of Spectra film in my fridge. I would be happy to send them to anyone who would be wiling to pay the freight--UPS with cold packs. The shipping cost will probably be more than the film is worth. Bill -----Original Message----- >From: Karl Shah-Jenner <shahjen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Mar 26, 2012 8:26 PM >To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: Polaroid film > >Dan writes: >Members may be interested to know that I have just used a pack of Polaroid >1200 instant film in a Polaroid "Image Pro" camera - and found it still >yielding good pictures. The pack expiry date is 10/08, and if the stamping >on each picture is a guide, it was actually made in 2007. The inbuilt >battery still works, and the color balance is still typically Polaroid ! > >This for a film-pack which has lain in a drawer inside my house for at least >2 years, and not in a refrigerator. I don't know if this is unusual, but it >does seem to indicate a film pack could be usable long after the printed >expiry date. Alas I have only a few more original Polaroid packs in a >refrigerator, the very last of the line. > > >nice! Have you any of the positive/negative film lying about? I found that >to have one of the bost beautiful color responses and tonal ranges of all >B&W films.. > >I had some b&W polaroid film dated 1968 which performed quite acceptably >when I used it in the late 90's - somewhere in the house I still have some, >along with some colour similarly dated - the colour film was not so >brilliant with most of the chemical satchels having gone hard > >k >
