Guy I was afraid someone might ask this question! I agree the color polaroid film is a little tricky to use because of the color shift. I think in the Handbook they supply with the camera kit gives filter suggestions for the color film. Some people like the "weird" colors. Anyway if you get the kit that comes with twenty sheets of color film you will use it up quickly! Then you can buy some black and white film which is also available. The camera comes with a larger pinhole (0.40mm) which they suggest using for indoor shooting to shorten the exposure time. I only tried it outdoors with the 0.3mm pinhole.
As a rule the polaroid films that I used (B+W, color, and sepia) whether 4x5 or the 600 types don't have good reciprocity for really long exposures like 4 or 5 minutes or longer. In other words they seem to get REALLY slow with long exposures. I have only used the films that give prints only and haven't experienced the P/N types film. Probably others on the list have more experience with Polaroid materials than I do. Maybe you can find someone to distrubute it in Canada like a mail order store like Calumet. ED ----- Original Message ----- From: "Guy Glorieux" <guy.glori...@sympatico.ca> > > I just read your release on Pinhole Visions. > Is this you behind this initiative? I thought that there was too much > reciprocity/color shift problems with polaroid to be really successful > material for pinhole. > When are we going to see it in Canada? Edward Levinson *Specializing in Fine Art and Editorial Pinhole Photography* *online portfolio at http://www.awa.or.jp/home/edo *
