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Candyland Fashion Show

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magiknat.livejournal.com

Is this shot on Impossible Project film?

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mbarrick.livejournal.com

Yes. PK 600 First Flush.

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magiknat.livejournal.com

How have you found it? Is that the only one you've tried? I want to order some but it's pricey!

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mbarrick.livejournal.com

Now that they are on their third run, the First Flush is cheaper. But it's finicky. You have to keep it in the dark for the first 2-3 minutes after it comes out of the camera or it gets completely washed out. And you have to keep it *very* dry for at least a day until the chemicals are completely set they'll start to crystallize. The club was humid and I didn't get the pictures into an appropriately dry environment right away so you can see the crystals in some of the pictures (second to last, for example, in the top left corner.) They didn't progress further once they were in a zip-lock bag with some desiccant. It comes with a pouch of desiccant so a resealable zip-lock bag with the desiccant in it inside an opaque bag would be the way to go.

I understand that they can also fade quite quickly. I haven't noticed anything in the two weeks since I took these photos, but they've been kept in a fairly dark place.

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magiknat.livejournal.com

Strange. I wonder why it's not as good as Polaroid proper?

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mbarrick.livejournal.com

Vastly stupid corporate lawyers. The Impossible Project isn't allowed to use Polaroid's chemistry and have to reinvent the wheel. God forbid Polaroid should "lose money" on a product they chose not to make anymore.