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Here’s a close-up of the Reclaimed Blue frame after having removed the transparent plastic layer (left) and before in its original shape (right).

You should see the darker, slightly purple highlights on the right where the plastic covered the emulsion. This artifact is eliminated after deconstructing the Polaroid frame (left):

If your negatives look good (not too dense or thin), you may get decent images after re-scanning, i.e., something that looks like the samples in this article.

I’d consider using the “digital negative” method, described here: analog.cafe/r/future-proof…

I do struggle with this film. Got my first roll developed earlier this year and the scans looked absolutely awful. I still have to rescan at home and see if I can get better results.

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Hey Gary, sorry about that. I’m working on a solution.

I can’t get rid of the ad for the Polaroid book. It keeps popping back up. Very intrusive.

Nope. The lens should fit on the Bessa LTM mount without any adapters.

Edit: As long as it’s not an SLR version.

Does the Industar 50 need an adapter or spacer to shoot with a LTM mount Voigtlander Bessa rangefinder?

Fujifilm’s Cardia Tiara II is another camera that I thought looked really cool. I love the thin sliding door piece and its film-loading mechanism is particularly interesting: the film door opens only a sliver — unless you disconnect a hinge. It’s almost as if they wanted it to have the same experience of sliding a roll of film in as with a vintage Leica camera but with the convenience of an automatic film-winding motor.

But I am also looking forward to trying those cameras again. I’ll be paying more and asking more questions.

Here’s a camera that I thought looked beautiful (if only it worked): Konica Recorder or AA-35.

My copy had a manual ISO selector AND a DX-code reader. Who knows which one of these things takes priority?

I own the previous Praktica SLR- the MTL3, which is the first SLR I have used as an adult, after decades of using a Rolleicord and a Speed Graphic. I bought the accessory viewfinder, had the camera CLA’d, and bought three FSU lenses for it. I love how simple and reliable the camera is, and the “thunk” of the metal shutter is not so bad. There’s a service place in New Jersey that has fast turnaround. My camera came back to me looking new.

Excellent plans! There are certainly folks here who shoot film, perhaps a meetup is to be organized of some sort. 🤔

Hi Dmitri,

A few weeks ago met someone who knows you from Softgrain Press. Nice to know there are still analogue people in the greater Vancouver area.

In answer to your questions, (a) hard to pick a favourite camera as I love and use the ones I have. If pressed for one I would probably have to say, my Toyo 45 AII. As for summer plans, I’m hoping to visit family and continue blitzing the prairies in search of grain elevators and other prairie architecture before it all disappears!

Here’s another shot with ORWO Wolfen NC 500 in my Voigtländer Vitessa A ( analog.cafe/r/voigtlander-… ). It appears to preserve highlights very well and captures the mood of cloudy weather well. I want to try exposing this film at EI 200 and 100 to see if that could deliver better results than box speed.

Great article, it can indeed be pushed 2 stops. I almost always shoot it at 400 and adjust first developer time accordingly.