Godfrey, Thanks for sharing your Polaroid Resurrection Technique. It sounds like a Good Plan.
On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 5, 2013, at 3:36 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> I just bought another Polaroid ... ;-) >> >> I read a great story about someone showing off his polaroid to his >> young granddaughter who was compeletely unimpressed. To someone >> born in the 21st century, being able to see your photographs instantly >> is the norm. > > I don't have to read a story about that, I've had it happen myself. The magic > is lost on most , excepting when some see their image emerging from the dusky > blue Impossible Project opacifier. Then the print materializes as a special > thing into their consciousness. > > A second Polaroid Spectra SE Onyx arrived yesterday. This is the fifth > Polaroid camera given to me as a gift. It woke up from long slumber with my > usual Polaroid Resurrection Technique (fit empty film pack with a good > battery and let the camera cycle a few times by pressing the shutter, fit a > dummy film pack with a good battery and a load of junk film prints to cycle > the picker mechanism and be sure the feed and rollers are working smoothly, > then and only then risk a fresh $25 pack of film ...). > > Again, it is in perfect working order after being Reawakened. I shot five > exposures out of the pack. I don't know why for sure, but seeing prints pop > out of the camera gives me a funny thrill. I really enjoy the experience of > shooting with these cameras and seeing my photos in print just a few minutes > later. The photos have none of today's hypersharp super-real look. They're > small, they're soft, the colors are muted and not very accurate, but the > tones and aesthetic they present just sings to my eye. > > Funny stuff. > > G > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Nothing is sure but death and Pentaxes. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
