Polaroid 600 was the first camera I owned, and it's been gathering dust for over a decade now, so I'm stoked to try this. Thanks for reviewing it.
Great video explaining and comparing the two. Thanks Ribsy!
I also love where you shot this. Your backdrop, framing and lighting pop super clean! Aesthetically pleasing, and informational!😀
Polaroid has been working on the new color film for several years now. I'm hoping the jump in quality is significant like with the B&W film. The current formula has been about the same since about 2018/2019 other than slight alterations with the chemistry. I do think Polaroid gets skin tones more accurately than Instax but man it is super contrasty
Wow-that looks like a huge improvement over the previous version. Very helpful and great shots-thank you
what a great news Ribsy, thank you so much for this. I want a go in it with my "new" 680!
Dude the image at 2:45 is so bangin, so glad you’ve come to the side of the rebellion!!
the black and white shots from the parade where my favs such nice blacks and nice whites and great compositions ! killing it
Thanks for this review! I love instant film. And… a PR Parade! This Boricua loved this! ❤
I can totally see your comparison between the new integral and peel-apart. It is certainly close in tone/contrast to FP-100b (having shot it myself), and it certainly looks a lot more stable. Great results you have there!
Awesome video brother! Thank you for sharing your experience and results with the new emulsion, did I understand you correctly that none of the pictures used flash? How did you manage to illuminate the mechanic in the shop garage (my favorite picture btw). Keep shooting bro polaroid will pick you up in no time!
Thanks! No flash anywhere. For the mechanic he was lit by the entrance of the garage. The door was wide open so soft bounced light was coming in
This stuff is awesome so far. I bought a few packs and just took a shot on Sunday. Black and white Polaroid 600 with actual dynamic range? I have some of the 2011 Impossible stuff in my film fridge. I need to do some side by side comparisons.
Nice retro shots. Had to order some B&W after seeing those. Sorry you didn't have an affiliate link yet...
Excellent shots. When using the I-2 where you in auto or manual? Flash or no?
I haven't sunk my teeth in the I-2 but I do have a OneStep Plus that I am considering to use with one of my Boxes of New Emersion
Yeah the new b&w 600 film looks great. Fascinating info about the Instax Monochrome chemistry. Do you have any more info about that?
I don’t actually. But you can’t use lens filters for BW, like you can do with Polaroid BW
How does this film respond to orange and red filters? Instax mono film turns muddy and low contrast with an orange filter. Curious whether this does or not.
I haven’t tested it. But the good news is that those filters should behave like they do with any BW film. This film is true BW!
Thanks. This film may have improved, but it is still very inferior to prints from negative film. When I saw your print of the ladies in the car, my thought was: if only he had taken this with 120 film.
Not too bad. Have you or could you try the B&W in an older Polaroid camera? I have a Polaroid OneStep Express 600. Thanks.
My Polaroid Auto 100 will never forget pack film! 😥
Ha ha. You need to buy a old SX-70 and have it converted to 600 film and shoot the new emulsion B & W film.
Now that’s a new video episode for you
I'd love to know what mode you were shooting in. If you can recall. Thanks
Way to go, Polaroid. Next step: A colour film that develops in less than 5 minutes.
Maybe at last this new Polaroid has turned tne corner! Is there an SX70 version available?
Modern Polaroid film shot with modern Polaroid camera. Interesting to see what images would like if shot with a vintage Polaroid 600 camera?
I have been bothered by a question for quite some time. Can Polaroid black and white as well as color films, like Fujifilm films, preserve their colors for a long time without fading? I hope that the colors in my photos won't fade away, just like the memories they capture.
Rumor is that the Polaroid does brown a bit. I haven’t had them long enough to confirm for myself
Now if I could use it with the Polaroid backs for my two MF cameras, this would be awesome.
We also need to take into account a lot of us aren’t shooting the highest of quality Polaroid cameras. RESULTS WILL VARY!
Definitely a fair point! The lens in front of the camera always matters just as much as the film
Since Fujifilm is exiting the game of film, they should sell their formulas to Kodak or some other manufacturer. Imagine if Kodak had all of the Fuji chrome films, but changed the name?!
To tell the truth, the new formula looks good, but it doesn't look like there is that much detail in shadows in these shots. I am also curious if this film turns to sepia like the previous generations.
My scans aren’t great (I used a cheap document scanner) I def recommend you look at the prints in person if you ever get a chance. That’s where you really experience the magic of the new emulsion
can't really compare it to peel-part and not mention that peel-apart gives you a negative as well as your instant print... that said, very exciting to see a new BW emulsion from Polaroid!
But what about 4x5? that fuji 3000b is 4x5 or 3.3x4.25, so going by Polaroids prices even for 100$ is cheaper. Polaroids mono definitely not on the level of dynamic range as fuji's peel apart. That negative it produces is very high detail definitely miss shooting those packs used to cost only 20-30£.
when you factor-in the risk of getting overly expired 3000b, there is no way to justify the price. For me, it’s a no brainer - I’ll take the decent performance and reasonable price of Polaroid, vs very risky likely bad performance expensive expired FP film.
I get it though - fresh FP back in the day was truly amazing
@@ribsy To be fair even the fresh packs were hit and miss! i just hope they release a 4x5 version.
Comparing this to god tier packfilm is clickbait-y & laughable. Show us the inevitably faded & sepia’d in no time. Ages like milk. Absolute trash!
Wow thanks for highlighting this. This is light years away from where that emulsion was a few years ago, it used to be almost impossible to not blow out the sky. You nailed the photos of the parade, the fact that it got sky detail on the interior of that car is seriously impressive. Glad Polaroid keeps improving the chemistry!
Yea it truly is impressive!