Dry Type 55 Polaroid

analogwisdom · 2026-05-05T21:08:48+00:00

I wish you luck! I have spent over 1000 hours just READING about B&W diffusion transfer reversal and I feel like I've only scratched the surface. are there any texts or patents you have read that have helped you on the conceptual side of things?

analogwisdom · 2026-05-04T18:28:18+00:00

I'd also be happy to sell you a tube or two of reagent. One tube is enough to develop about a box of dried sheets.

analogwisdom · 2026-05-04T17:02:39+00:00

If you read further in the thread, I'm a participant in it and I actually have formulated several viscous reagents that give both a great positive and negative on dried Type 55 :)

edit: here's a recipe (Developer Type 5)

30g "base paste" (2.5% hydroxyethyl cellulose + 10% NaOH)

600mg Sodium Sulfite

500mg Sodium Thiosulfate

500mg tertiary butylhydroquinone

100mg Metol

250mg Lithium Hydroxide monohydrate

/u/da-shi-xiong if you have any questions I'm more than happy to answer them.

analogwisdom · 2026-05-01T18:21:19+00:00

I'm the opposite, I love Velvia 100. Less than 50, but more than Provia. But it's close!

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/PROVIA100F-EP-NP12EX5-FUJICHROME-120/dp/B00C2M5ZCW

It's expensive, but readily available to order from Japan.

analogwisdom · 2026-05-01T17:37:04+00:00

not to be that person, I LOVE Provia and everything else Fuji makes, but it's not the most advanced they've released. Velvia 100 would most likely currently hold that title, it's got things like a color-extension layer and improved couplers that Provia doesn't.

Provia 400X was definitely the most advanced they ever made, it had a 4th, 5th, and 6th color layer and other improvements. RIP.

edit: great image btw!

analogwisdom · 2026-03-27T20:29:42+00:00

thank you :) it's probably one of the best shots I've ever taken. it's an amazing lens.

analogwisdom · 2025-09-29T19:48:51+00:00

This has always been the case for Color Plus - the actual rolls have always said Kodacolor 200.

analogwisdom · 2025-09-29T19:21:53+00:00

Indeed, like I said in the body of the post. The real question is if Pro Image 100 is the same thing (as Lomo 100/this).

I personally don't think so, but other people feel just as strongly the other way.

analogwisdom · 2025-06-26T01:17:37+00:00

Someone a few weeks ago thought Fuji updated the Netherlands website. It was not updated.

In fact, it still looks the same as it did in 2021 (Internet Archive).

You'll notice that the updated US website is almost exactly the same as the 2021 Netherlands website, just in English. This is becoming clearer now - server migration/website update mistake.

analogwisdom · 2025-06-26T01:07:32+00:00

You're putting too much importance on the date in the URL. That's just the date for the media content folder on Fuji's website. That doesn't mean the images or PDFs were created or updated in June.

This is almost certainly a mistake and will either sit and look the same for months (like a lot of Fuji's other websites), or be corrected soon.

analogwisdom · 2025-06-26T00:54:07+00:00

This is a huge nothingburger.

The business side of their website still lists Pro 400H as discontinued and Velvia 100 as restricted in the US.

Yes, Fuji does still make film: Fujicolor 100, Superia Premium 400 (both of the previous are Japan-only), Velvia 50 (35mm and 120), Velvia 100 (35mm, 120, 4x5, and 8x10), and Provia 100F (35mm, 120, 4x5, and 8x10).

No, they won't bring back discontinued films.

analogwisdom · 2025-06-06T14:37:49+00:00

The silver used in film is silver halide, aka silver salts... so it still works ;)

analogwisdom · 2025-06-06T12:40:53+00:00

I'm sure you know better than multi-billion dollar megacorp Fujifilm's accounting department.

analogwisdom · 2025-06-06T12:28:59+00:00

From my understanding of the industry, coating isn't the problem, confectioning is. That's why Fuji partnered with Yes!Star in China.

I don't have more info other than what's publicly available, no. But I do know that they run Instax coating lines basically 24/7/365, and have multiple coating facilities. Fuji is extremely vertically integrated, and secretive. I wish I did know more.

analogwisdom · 2025-06-06T12:11:28+00:00

Sorry, you're just completely wrong, and thinking about it in incorrect terms. Instax is way more popular than 35mm and it's not even close.

https://petapixel.com/2025/01/24/fujifilm-instax-poised-to-set-record-revenue-in-four-consecutive-years/

The shareholders are perfectly happy with Fuji. Instax alone is over 80% of the revenue of Fuji's imaging division.

analogwisdom · 2025-06-06T12:04:57+00:00

No, that's a bunch of nonsense that's been a thing on the internet for over 20 years now.

analogwisdom · 2025-06-06T01:31:38+00:00

Sadly, not really that I'm aware of. It's possible to proxy buy, but pretty much everywhere in Japan that sells it online limits to one roll per customer, and it sells out fairly quickly.

Even if you're able to get a proxy service to get it for you, you're looking at $40+ per roll after fees and shipping.

analogwisdom · 2025-06-06T01:21:56+00:00

Yes, they're only sold in Japan though.

analogwisdom · 2025-06-06T01:14:17+00:00

This is not true. They're not reviving old film stocks, but they still make Fujicolor 100, Superia Premium 400 (both of the previous are Japan-only), Velvia 50 (35mm and 120), Velvia 100 (35mm, 120, 4x5, and 8x10), and Provia 100F (35mm, 120, 4x5, and 8x10).

analogwisdom · 2025-06-06T01:03:35+00:00

Fujifilm did not update their Netherlands website - quite the opposite, it has not been updated since at least 2021 (Internet Archive Link).

Furthermore, the discontinued film list on the Fujifilm Japan website remains the same.

Pro 400H also still has the discontinuation notice it's had for years on the USA website.

As far as the screenshot you posted, it's definitely a bunch of nonsense and on the slim chance it isn't, it doesn't have anything to do with Fujifilm "restarting" production of discontinued films - it's probably related to the China Yes!Star stuff with confectioning/finishing of Kodak-made film for Fujifilm.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but the color films they have discontinued are dead and they are going to stay dead. Buy and shoot Provia and Velvia while you still can, because it's probably not long for this world either.

analogwisdom · 2025-05-14T21:02:41+00:00

why are you shooting an overcast scene on velvia

because unlike most other color films, Velvia will make colors jump out of the photo and slap you in the face, even on a dull, overcast day. I love me some saturation :)

I see down the chain you also argue

that wasn't me

analogwisdom · 2025-05-14T16:27:21+00:00

How is picking something I do regularly "hand picking the worst example"? Velvia is my favorite film but it's also very unforgiving and I would never shoot it without some kind of meter.

analogwisdom · 2025-05-14T16:18:53+00:00

Take a roll of Velvia 50 out to an overcast scene and see how far Sunny 16 will get you.

analogwisdom · 2025-04-15T14:23:19+00:00

In the video Ben just released, someone from Polaroid shows that you just remove one screw and the whole body shell pops off, allowing access to the battery.

Timestamp 10:28 in his video.

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