OT FYI: New55 - a new instant 4x5 film product

2016-01-20 Thread Bruce Walker
Haven't seen this mentioned here. There's a new 4x5 film product out based on ideas and chemistry from both Polaroid and Kodak before they started to pack it in. http://www.new55.net/ Possibly of interest to film fans here? Though I don't suppose that Pentax ever produced any 4x5 gear. -- -bmw

Re: OT FYI: New55 - a new instant 4x5 film product

2016-01-20 Thread P.J. Alling
I read that earlier. From what I could gather it's currently an artisan product. Each film pack is almost hand crafted. At $85.00 for 5 exposures it would have to be. I remember using the original Poloroid type 55 film, it cost about twice for a quick print or negative what it would have fo

Re: OT FYI: New55 - a new instant 4x5 film product

2016-01-21 Thread John
I'm pretty sure I mentioned it here a year or so back. At that time they weren't ready for market, but I got one of their promotional T-shirts. I haven't been following them too closely, but I have been keeping an eye out for news about the project. They're in production now, although they're st

Re: OT FYI: New55 - a new instant 4x5 film product

2016-01-21 Thread John
On 1/20/2016 5:34 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: I read that earlier. From what I could gather it's currently an artisan product. Each film pack is almost hand crafted. At $85.00 for 5 exposures it would have to be. I remember using the original Poloroid type 55 film, it cost about twice for a quick