During this past week I found some time one evening to process the Polaroid sheets that I shot on St. Patricks Day. That's not quite true... the shot of the Cooling Towers was actually taken on a day trip a week prior. These were shot on Polaroid 55 Black and White 4x5 film, which yields both a positive proof print, as well as a negative. The proof print holds little value for me as it is the negative that I want. So I attempted optimum exposures for negative quality, and processed the film back home in my darkroom, rather than out in the field. This film has been discontinued, and I am down to my last 25 sheets or so. I will ration my remaining stock and save if for subject matter that it is well suited to. The resulting negatives have a tonal range that is quite different from that of most other black and white films. It has a very short scale and the result has a look and feel very similar to that of transparency film. I quite like it and wish that it was still available.....
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