Re: Polaroid slide film...& projecting

[P3D Gregory J. Wageman <gjw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Jon Golden comments:

>I really like the results of this B & W slide film.....but boy the emulsion
>was soooo fragile.  The results....although grainy...were really
>neat....especially shooting industrial secnes...which I like a lot.

Yes, the Polapan has a very unique character.  It's fairly low-contrast,
and almost has a sepia-tone quality to it.  The grain is much less
prominent compared to Polachrome (as you would expect from a black-and-white
film).

>That was back in 1990 that I did this...and as I recall...the problem was
>that you cannot project the polaroid film...because the emulsions compostion
>is such that it causes the polarizers to not function

You must be using a projector where the polarizers are behind the slide.
As has been noted, this film depolarizes light, so the polarizers must
follow the slide in the light path, not preceed it.

        -Greg


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