Typical Spectra/Image cameras
How to Use Silver Shade films
PLEASE NOTE: All Impossible films MUST be shielded from light during the first 3 minutes of development, and most critically in the first 30 seconds.
This means no shaking please, but straight into your pocket, box or bag, or upside-down on a flat surface. You can use an Impossible Frog Tongue in your Spectra/Image/1200 camera to greatly assist you in this important part of the process. Fans all over the world have developed many techniques that you can learn about with a simple web search.
Generally, if your images appear too light, overexposed or low contrast, it's a result of not shielding the film fast enough. Also, please remember that Impossible films are used in vintage cameras of varying ages and degrees of wear. Be sure that you have a fully working camera before attempting to use Impossible films.
How to Further Enjoy Silver Shade films
Silver Shade chemistry allows for a wide variety of photo manipulations with tools, heat and other methods. Here we explain just two:
1. Heat Manipulation
Silver Shade chemistry eagerly responds to temperature differences. Cooler temps yield nearly pure black & white tones, while warmer temperatures impart more and more sepia tones. Push the heat up and you'll see the tones shift into orange and yellow. Clever Impossible artists have devised a number of techniques to control this process, yielding amazing and truly unique results.
2. Manual Manipulation
You can also use any sort of blunt-tipped object to "draw" using the actual chemistry inside the frame. Traditional Polaroid artists perfected this technique in the 1970's to astounding effect. Experimenting with various implements, as well as time after exposure and application of temperature, will help you find the right combination to realize your artistic vision of the final image.
Preservation
To ensure that your images look the same 10 years from now as the day you made them - please learn about and use the
Impossible Dry Age Kit to stabilize the chemistry for the long term. The oxidation process that makes the beautiful image will continue until the picture begins to change. The amount of this change depends on humidity in the air - but most of us live in sufficient humidity that we need to protect the images further. The Dry Age technique combines silica bead packets to speed the drying of the chemistry and to prevent any tonal shifts and a moisture proof bag to store your Impossible frames.
More Tips
- PZ 600 Silver Shade is the first EVER black & white film for Spectra/Image/1200 cameras!
- Many Spectra/Image/1200 cameras allow you to shield the film by holding the shutter button down and releasing in a bag.
- For best results and longest shelf life, we suggest you "pop it in the fridge" until use.
About Impossible
Since taking over the former Polaroid film factory in Enschede, Netherlands, in 2008, Impossible celebrates analog instant photography by passionately manufacturing various new instant films for vintage Polaroid cameras. The unique and exciting Impossible films push analog instant photography beyond all traditional limits and offer a new, broad range of possibilities, characteristics and results.
