Click on the audio logo to listen an audio on the Impossible Project and their soon-to-be released replacement film for SX-70 and 600 speed instant cameras. Here is a link to an article on this release from the British Journal of Photography.
Below is an old video just for fun on the SX-70 camera… I have mine ready to go!
I wish them all the best of luck… but this film costs more than Polaroid charged, and you get fewer shots per pack. Combined with really, really high shipping costs (unless you buy in bulk) (at least, to Canada)… and I’m curious where the market is for these products. Let me know when they bring back Kodachrome.
I got my SX-70 out this afternoon after viewing the video on the Impossible Project website: http://www.the-impossible-project.com/. I opened my SX-70 and closed it. It’s ready for some new film!
[...] esta novedad me encontré este video promocional de la Polaroid SX-70 genial [...]
I think that the price will come down a bit eventually. I’d really like a second instant film option for my Holga Polaroid Back. The Fuji Instant Film is nice, but I still love the color and tone of the old 669.
The Instant Film Market is now a specialty niche’. We need to expect to pay more for it.
Gregg McNeill
Isle of Bute, Scotland
Question on my mind is this… is this SX-70 and 600 or is it just film that fits these cameras?
The film they’re currently selling is for the SX-70 with 600 compatible film coming in april.
I guess prices will increase because in the newsletter it says that 21 USD is a special introduction price.
Both the PX100 and PX600 are compatible with both cameras, physically. Before the cartridges weren’t totally cross compatible, but the ImPossible film comes in a universal cartridge, so you can play with both. It’s just that the SX-70 is calibrated for 100ASA and the 600 for…well 600ASA. This first edition is not unlike any of the other integral films, and can only be compared to more sepia toned film, or the original Polaroid films that were the two roll system. They have color films coming later this year, and plan on producing even more in the future.
The price only goes up to $22. I too would like to see it come down, but since they are basically just starting up, and until they have other products like the camera they’re working on, all their revenue is from the film for now, so I look at it as more than just the cost of film, but sort of paying dues to maintain the format.
Hoping the Impossible films start to improve and stabilize. They really are still experimental, at best. I plan on blogging at some point about Impossible, and my rather opinionated thoughts on their materials, and their marketing approach.
-A