@@melody3741 their shipping prices are outrageously high and you can only purchase film from them. I just wish they would sell to distributers like BFC to make it so much cheaper
I shot many Passport photos with a pack film camera in the 90’s. The camera store that I worked at had a camera that shot 2 images. We used Polaroid 669.
These types of cameras were in use well into the 2000's. When I got my first debit card in the late 2000's (probably 2007 or 2008) they used one such camera to take my picture. Then they cut one of the four shots out, and sent it off with the card application. I probably have the sheet with the remaining three somewhere.
I got into pack film wayyy too late and any fuji stuff is too expensive for me. I pretty much only shoot Polaroid 669 because it occasionally comes up cheap and comes with 20 shots. I personally enjoy the blue tones and makes every pack unique from one another 😁
@@mersea.714 looking back on photos taken on 669 they looked very nice when the film was fresh. 669 and 665 are pretty much the only Polaroid pack films that survive to this day but the clock is ticking with every year that goes by. I could say the same with FP-100c but people will hoard this film until it completely dries out
Got into researching this some weeks ago after I had some photos of me taken and the power went out just before the photographer could print them. While we searched for the cause of the problem and waited for something to happen he told me about those cameras. Thanks for covering it!
At the drugstore that I worked at after high school (2010-ish) they used one of these for about the first 3 months that I was there before switching over to a digital setup. I had forgotten about it completely until this popped up today, thanks!
I've got the 4 lens version with the supplementary lenses. Only ever used it twice because the price is too much but it was so much fun shooting 4 different photos on one. Need to try and fit an Instax Wide back to it now
@@mrall2296 yeh the three packs I used came out so well. I think I spoiled two from having the slide across and one without flash. Was good having 4 different pics.
I have a simpler set up for my 4x5 sinar norma! it has 4 lenses and a divider in the middle, you can either shoot the entire sheet at once and get the same shot or only shoot one frame by covering the rest of the lenses! it's a really cool setup!
Back in the early 80s, I worked in a 7 hour photo processing store ... after we closed we used to have parties and use the 2 shot Polaroid for fun ... beer and instant film is a great combo!!! I started with Pack film with the Colorpack II in 1970 ... I so MISS pack film ... the current pack stuff that is hit or miss is way too expensive to play with!!!
You shuld have mentioned the Polaroid 454, it is the same as the second camera you showed but it also has 4 lenses but instead of tacking packfilm it takes 4x5 instant sheet film!
@@AnalogResurgence it also uses two graflock locks on it so i think it may be able to use normal 4x5 sheet film, and luckily actually have one and have used it with photo papper instead of film and have gotten pretty good results! just have not gotten to the point of shooting it yet.
Yeah my instax back doesn't fit my miniportrait camera either but the polaroid integral back does fit very nicely and gets most of the 4 frames fully exposed.
If you have access to an enlarger and a darkroom I highly recommend trying to print recovered pack film negatives! I recently tried it for the first time and it turned out better than I even hoped.
I bought one of these as a collectors item but I love the look and quality of this camera but looks sick as a display piece but I do intend to use one instant or some cold stored FP100 or 669 which I have someone I know who's selling cold stored 669 film which I might try with it if I want to one day but otherwise great video as usual Noah
I got one today, however, it has just one lens and a wheel you turn which moves that lens onto the next square via some gears. I don't know if it will ever actually shoot again but I hope I can!
I miss flash Cubes. I wish someone would make a flash cube adapter for a cameras hot shoe for modern DSLRS and Mirrorless cameras. I think it would be suck a retro thing on a modern camera.
I fished that exact model of studio portrait out of my work’s ewaste dumpster last month. It had rained a couple nights before though, so the shutter blades are unfortunately all rusted :/
I bought my stacks of packfilm from the photo lab that was upgrading to a digital camera. Why didn’t I buy that too? I have lots of flash cubes if you want them for your Big Shot. Thanks for the video🎉
Polaroid of the past and present are very stringent about their patents and licensing. As the film shooting community it would probably make us very happy if they collaborated to help bring back pack film but realistically as a company they see everyone as competitors.
I really thought about it, but not this year. I've never been, but want to so I'm thinking maybe next year! I think if I had thought about it earlier in the year I could have planned it out and made it haha
Hi Noah, i recently came across 24 packs of working 108 with a bit of cyan shift to it and i dont really believe i can use it with the roll film project here so i wanted to see if you could use them with anything there I do have a few test photos from the original owner and a few ive shot here with various color correction filters
Bonjour tu pourrait faire des portraits photo 3D avec les objectifs déclencher 2 par deux dans le chargeur tu peut mettre du papier photo noir et blanc
I have the mini portrait 203 two lens version in great condition, sitting on shelf for years waiting to convert to fuji wide instax. Anybody got links for that?
Noah -- much prefer your videos over the "Alien captured by US Agents" videos -- way too many of those! Yours are definitely unique. Now though, I wonder what alien 4th dimension you have tucked off to your right at your desk -- you can pull out anything from any time from there -- a TARDIS????? Cheers!!!
Definitely! I've got a roll of NC500 in a camera right now and some NC400 in my fridge! Just been waiting for the weather to be better here for it so I've just started shooting.
@@AnalogResurgence nice, i got one roll of both of these film too, unfortunately the weather around the part i live (Hong Kong) is very unstable recently so yeah😂
And.... where exactly is your refrigerator? If it's less than one hundred feet (~31 meters for you metric folk) from me would you please leave your door open so I can visit your abode and abscond with the Fuji/Polaroid pack film? Otherwise I'll have to by some lottery tickets and hope I win enough to be able to afford some pack film. 😥
When I was in Eastern Europe a while ago, I need passport photos wich were taken with such a camera (the funny thing was that I had to stand in line with criminals who were waiting for their mugshot to by taken ) 🤣
The cruelest April fools joke ever was BFC saying Pack Film was coming back ☠️😫
"One instant" check it out
EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR.
@@melody3741 their shipping prices are outrageously high and you can only purchase film from them. I just wish they would sell to distributers like BFC to make it so much cheaper
I shot many Passport photos with a pack film camera in the 90’s. The camera store that I worked at had a camera that shot 2 images. We used Polaroid 669.
It's a shame they don't make those films anymore, I would love to be able to use a Polaroid holder on my 4x5 Graflex.
These types of cameras were in use well into the 2000's. When I got my first debit card in the late 2000's (probably 2007 or 2008) they used one such camera to take my picture. Then they cut one of the four shots out, and sent it off with the card application. I probably have the sheet with the remaining three somewhere.
I got into pack film wayyy too late and any fuji stuff is too expensive for me. I pretty much only shoot Polaroid 669 because it occasionally comes up cheap and comes with 20 shots. I personally enjoy the blue tones and makes every pack unique from one another 😁
I shot lots of 669 back in the day. Cheers!
@@mersea.714 looking back on photos taken on 669 they looked very nice when the film was fresh. 669 and 665 are pretty much the only Polaroid pack films that survive to this day but the clock is ticking with every year that goes by. I could say the same with FP-100c but people will hoard this film until it completely dries out
I used pack film in a Tektronix oscilloscope camera (made by Polaroid) around 1999… great fun! With an analog storage scope too!
My first passport photo was taken with this back in 2000. I remember thinking about how cool the camera looked.
Got into researching this some weeks ago after I had some photos of me taken and the power went out just before the photographer could print them. While we searched for the cause of the problem and waited for something to happen he told me about those cameras. Thanks for covering it!
Cool video, cool camera but the state of film manufacturing makes me sad
I too " just want to have fun and look at weird and obscure stuff sometimes." And that's why I enjoy watching you. Thanks Noah.
I aboslutely love mine! I got the 2 lens one!Also, I have made a adapter that allows me to shoot 6x9 roll film with it! and also a Intax wide mod!
You using the lomograflok back for the Instax?
Nice to see you're back! Great vid like always
At the drugstore that I worked at after high school (2010-ish) they used one of these for about the first 3 months that I was there before switching over to a digital setup. I had forgotten about it completely until this popped up today, thanks!
I've got the 4 lens version with the supplementary lenses. Only ever used it twice because the price is too much but it was so much fun shooting 4 different photos on one.
Need to try and fit an Instax Wide back to it now
Did it work?
@@mrall2296 yeh the three packs I used came out so well. I think I spoiled two from having the slide across and one without flash. Was good having 4 different pics.
Wonderful video Noah. I was really surprised to see the same reaction and anticipation waiting for the peel as it was back in the day.
I have a simpler set up for my 4x5 sinar norma! it has 4 lenses and a divider in the middle, you can either shoot the entire sheet at once and get the same shot or only shoot one frame by covering the rest of the lenses! it's a really cool setup!
always a good day when a new analog resurgence video drops
My friend converted a Mini Portrait, to be able to take a standard 4x5 back. And has used it for tintype photos!!
Learned yesterday that a radiostation near me that documents and archives VHS actually develops Ektasound
Theres one of those Studio Express cameras in the showcase at the VV in Etobicoke. Been there for weeks
Back in the early 80s, I worked in a 7 hour photo processing store ... after we closed we used to have parties and use the 2 shot Polaroid for fun ... beer and instant film is a great combo!!! I started with Pack film with the Colorpack II in 1970 ... I so MISS pack film ... the current pack stuff that is hit or miss is way too expensive to play with!!!
Looking forward to the "negative recovery" episode...that sounds really cool!!
Have a great weekend!!
CC
Nice!
Good to see you, it's been a while!
Classic era clean-shaven Noah! A rare sighting indeed.
I got lucky with some 665 that expired in the 90s but was still good. It's beginning to spark my packfilm itch again
You shuld have mentioned the Polaroid 454, it is the same as the second camera you showed but it also has 4 lenses but instead of tacking packfilm it takes 4x5 instant sheet film!
Oh wow I didn’t realize there was a 4x5 version!
@@AnalogResurgence it also uses two graflock locks on it so i think it may be able to use normal 4x5 sheet film, and luckily actually have one and have used it with photo papper instead of film and have gotten pretty good results! just have not gotten to the point of shooting it yet.
I still have some pack film in a cooled fridge, but I wish the FujiFilm would bring it back.
Yeah my instax back doesn't fit my miniportrait camera either but the polaroid integral back does fit very nicely and gets most of the 4 frames fully exposed.
If you have access to an enlarger and a darkroom I highly recommend trying to print recovered pack film negatives! I recently tried it for the first time and it turned out better than I even hoped.
wow didn't think it could actually work besides 665 which was meant to create negs
I bought one of these as a collectors item but I love the look and quality of this camera but looks sick as a display piece but I do intend to use one instant or some cold stored FP100 or 669 which I have someone I know who's selling cold stored 669 film which I might try with it if I want to one day but otherwise great video as usual Noah
I love your videos, keep up the great work.
Love Pack Film videos ❤️
I got one today, however, it has just one lens and a wheel you turn which moves that lens onto the next square via some gears. I don't know if it will ever actually shoot again but I hope I can!
I had the same Polaroids camera and just thrown away a couple of weeks ago
I miss flash Cubes. I wish someone would make a flash cube adapter for a cameras hot shoe for modern DSLRS and Mirrorless cameras. I think it would be suck a retro thing on a modern camera.
Orwo Wolfen NC500! Just got done scanning a roll today.
I heard they're possibly making it into S8 film; here's hoping Wittner sells it in bulk!
7:27 lol I think some of those are still hsnging up in my family's store. Could be yhe wrong size though.
I fished that exact model of studio portrait out of my work’s ewaste dumpster last month. It had rained a couple nights before though, so the shutter blades are unfortunately all rusted :/
I bought my stacks of packfilm from the photo lab that was upgrading to a digital camera. Why didn’t I buy that too? I have lots of flash cubes if you want them for your Big Shot. Thanks for the video🎉
Why can't one instant get together with polaroid? Then the world can be good.
Polaroid of the past and present are very stringent about their patents and licensing. As the film shooting community it would probably make us very happy if they collaborated to help bring back pack film but realistically as a company they see everyone as competitors.
Great video!
Haven't finished the video, but are you coming to Polacon NYC??
I really thought about it, but not this year. I've never been, but want to so I'm thinking maybe next year! I think if I had thought about it earlier in the year I could have planned it out and made it haha
@@AnalogResurgence Darn! Well I hope you can make it out next time!
Hi Noah, i recently came across 24 packs of working 108 with a bit of cyan shift to it and i dont really believe i can use it with the roll film project here so i wanted to see if you could use them with anything there
I do have a few test photos from the original owner and a few ive shot here with various color correction filters
The FP-1 is a very nice camera
Could polaroid somehow make a new type of film that would fit on these cameras? Like regular 600 film that fits inside?
two tracks of music playing at 6:30
whoops
I got the one that only takes 2 photos at a time. I managed to get an image!
This is great. Long live pack film.
Bonjour tu pourrait faire des portraits photo 3D avec les objectifs déclencher 2 par deux dans le chargeur tu peut mettre du papier photo noir et blanc
I have the mini portrait 203 two lens version in great condition, sitting on shelf for years waiting to convert to fuji wide instax. Anybody got links for that?
Yet another awesome video! And you're so so gorgeous!
Noah -- much prefer your videos over the "Alien captured by US Agents" videos -- way too many of those! Yours are definitely unique. Now though, I wonder what alien 4th dimension you have tucked off to your right at your desk -- you can pull out anything from any time from there -- a TARDIS????? Cheers!!!
Is there an instant print camera that takes 4 photos at once like this?
You sont understand how bad I need to see the picture
ey will you review the wolfen nc400 and nc500? would love to hear your opinion on it
Definitely! I've got a roll of NC500 in a camera right now and some NC400 in my fridge! Just been waiting for the weather to be better here for it so I've just started shooting.
@@AnalogResurgence nice, i got one roll of both of these film too, unfortunately the weather around the part i live (Hong Kong) is very unstable recently so yeah😂
Totally off topic , but are you suffering a 35mm film shortage out there ? It seems to have totally disappeared here ( Medicine Hat )
I'm here to remind people to also get angry about Polaroid Spectra film
show that picture please :D
I have one 😊
And.... where exactly is your refrigerator?
If it's less than one hundred feet (~31 meters for you metric folk) from me would you please leave your door open so I can visit your abode and abscond with the Fuji/Polaroid pack film?
Otherwise I'll have to by some lottery tickets and hope I win enough to be able to afford some pack film. 😥
WOW
You have a "red bubble" account? Hey Noah does that mean you will be appearing on Redtube some time soon? Would love to see your creations there 🤣
When I was in Eastern Europe a while ago, I need passport photos wich were taken with such a camera (the funny thing was that I had to stand in line with criminals who were waiting for their mugshot to by taken ) 🤣