Instant 35mm Film Polaroid Polavision Polachrome Slides 

Pretty impressed it worked and that the chemicals weren't dried up or anything.

I was at the product rollout for this! I grew up near a Polaroid corporate campus and one day I was out riding my bike and saw signs helping people to navigate to the event. I was a photography nut even back then so I had to investigate. Somehow, the lady at the registration desk just waved me right through (cutoff shorts, tee shirt, sneakers). It's where I came within a whisker of meeting Ansel Adams himself. I knew damn well who he was (again: 13-year-old photo nut) but was way too starstruck and intimidated to talk to him. Also, as you can guess, he was surrounded by admirers and corporate executives...ie, grownups who might have thrown me out. As I recall, one of the big selling points of this system was that news photographers could process their color film right in the back of a taxicab (for instance) and just hand over ready-for-prepress transparencies after a news event without any delay.

The photos have a look that can't be emulated with digital filters.

In the 1990s I had this system; black and white slide film with the manual processor. The instructions didn't say anything about washing the film - the black (negative) layer was supposed to get pulled off with the chemicals and go back into the processing pack. But I had to wash mine to get it off. Pretty good quality although very susceptible to scratches.

I have used this film. The photos look like someone who is colorblind would see it. What I was impressed with was the B&W slide film Polaroid offered (same development system & box). If you shoot a laser through a white region of the Polachrome slide, you will note that the film makes a great diffraction grating!

I had the whole kit, but shot Polapan for fashion. No need to wash the film, the emulsion was very delicate anyway and scratched very easily. This was a 'cult' film among some top fashion photographers, as results were unique.

As soon as I saw the focus area, I could immediately smell this video.

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It looks like it’s just slide film but with an automated developer kit. I used to develop all my own slide film (Fuji mostly) using a manual developing tank and changing dark bag rather than dark room. The main issue with developing slide film used to be getting the water temperature right, it was more sensitive to temperature than B&W film and you had to use warm water. It’s good that the chemicals are still working because they used to spoil quite quickly which would ruin the film. If you scan them in using a decent film scanner you can still get some very good results.

Really neat idea tbh

I took pictures of my father on our AE-1 when we went to Spain in 1981 and despite being a 15 year old kid that knew nothing about taking pictures, the results were really good. I'm amazed at how good this film looks despite being so expired.

I have an old Canon film camera like that. My Grandfather owned it and it was passed down the family. My parents had it back in the 80s and I found it while cleaning out my shed. Everything still works on it but the case is flaking badly but is still functional. I have it on a shelf for looks. I like the viewfinder look. exactly what mine looks like. Gives it a nice retro look. Amazing that the film and chemicals still worked.

Damn I miss my AE-1. I discovered my dad's old AE-1 when I was around 13 yo and that started my interest for photography. Eventually I was unlucky and dropped the camera with a big Sunpak flash in the hotshoe, damaging it beyond repair.

Nice review! The roll of film and chemicals seems to have survived the harshness of time!

I recall reading about Polaroid's "multilayer, additive color" slide film in the photography magazines of the time. The consenus was, it was dark, even when projected, and hard to see even holding the slide up to the bright, daylight sky. It was also a slow film (ASA 40) for the era, as well. His projected results remind me of GAF/Anscochrome slides of that time: muted colors, so-so sharpness. (Even Ektachrome slides looked better, sharper, less dense, could be E6 processed for less money.)

For an 30 year old film with totally expired chemicals this looks pretty good but the whole idea is kinda over the top... Developing film at home is not that hard and it would been equally back in the days but definitely cool to see the concept working.

Depending upon price,this system would have been very convenient in NZ-where,after shooting a roll of Kodachrome,I had to send it to Melbourne,Australia.Turn around time?Just over three weeks!!

I remember when these came out. My dad was a professional photographer, so he'd find out about this stuff when it happened. We never got any but I always thought it was neat.

Try a slide film that still produce today. Fuji Provia, Fuji Velvia, and a rereleased Kodak Ektachrome 100. You should try it 😁

Those Canon AE-1 cameras were darn near bullet proof. My Father has one. Bought it new and it must have been one of the original ones. Still uses it. He has a Nikon and I bought him a Canon digital for Christmas one year. Still prefers his AE-1. (I must admit as someone who has shot a fair amount of medium format, I too prefer the AE-1 to the others)

Daaaang. I miss my Canon AE-1. Had one from last year of high school through college. I moved to digital (a little too early,) and my aunt was getting in to being a professional photographer, so I gave her the AE-1. I wonder what she did with it when she moved to digital.?.?.

Takes me back to a time before lightweight laptops and compact projectors, where presentations were really slideshows done with a Kodak carousel projector - during the 1990's. Polaroid had a device called a Palette/HR6000 which let you capture a computer screen onto 35mm film.... perhaps instant slide film made it easier for corporates to build slide presentations in-house?

Cool idea for its time :) greetings from Poland :)

So it develops like regular slide film? You should scan them so we can get a better look.

Cool, I've never heard of these. Good quality photos, esp as they'd expired. :)

Cool

Fantastic idea and cool content

Gee it would be nice to get one of these! Always wanted to try it out

Nice that the film was still good, but the colors are dull and each picture is kind of washed. I don't know if it is because of all the digital rendering. How did it look in person?

The film worked beyond expiration year.

Pretty good for being expired so many years ago... 😯

I belive color Polaroid slide films worked a little like Lumieres Autochromes in that its a black/white film that ones projected through a color filter in the film becomes a color picture.

My guess is the goo might be an anti-halation layer.

Awesome

Are you filming trough a SLR camera?

can you please tell me, where you get the sound logo at the beginning, because it is really impressive and I like it.

Damn! Why don't they make kits like this anymore?!

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What speed do you shoot it at and what developing time did you use?

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I have 3 or 4 AE-1s that I use.

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In California they have to remind you that living there may cause you cancer.

A long time subscriber here. I like your videos in general, but this phrase “it will kill you if you live in California, but it’s all fine here in Missouri” made me cringe - what’s up with the ignorant (and arrogant) Americans bashing the few remaining sane states that recognize the importance of waste management and green living? Pardon me, but how stupid one must be to claim “i simply washed that chemical goo down in the sink, so it’s totally harmless”?! Don’t be stupid, mate.

I did not get the point of you in this video...???? What you want to show???

My color management professor showed us this in college. The film was used for testing exposure on critical images or before the use of larger formats.