Polaroid SX70 Film - Colour

I adore the unique results of the photos each time. It’s my favourite time travel medium to used on my home project with my family!

As many have said before - it's a great thing that you can even buy Polaroid SX-70 film DECADES after it was first introduced. Just take a second to think about that. That's mad. But it's just not quite there yet. I say yet, maybe it never will be? There are loads of shots that do come out really well. But there are others where the magenta shadow gremlins creep in. And magenta shadows annoy the heck out of me. So essentially it's an excellent product with the slight caveat that more often than not your shadows will come out with a magenta twang. 4/5 would date for a few months but the niggling issues would soon come out on top causing me to self-sabotage the relationship into oblivion. The black & white variant of this film is top tier however, leading me to shoot that instead 99% of the time.

A great film to use on the SX70 or mint cameras. Unfortunately you need to use a few packs in different lighting to work out for yourself the best way to adjust the meter to get good results. Polaroid really need to make it more affordable. They also make great presents to gift photos.

It's expensive, hard to get consistent results and I love it nonetheless. Of all the photos I take, people love the Polaroids the most - not for the technical reproduction of the image but the feeling. I think these are great for quick trips or special events.

The Polaroid chemistry continues to improve in terms of colours and developing time.
Polaroid film in general doesn't have loads of latitude and I find that to more pronounced in SX-70 film. Shoot it in soft, fairly even light, or embrace the hyper-contrast look with black shadows and/or blown out highlights. Takes some practice but it's gorgeous once you master it.

You can't compare the film quality to anything else as there is simply no alternative if you own a Polaroid camera that takes SX-70 film! What I can say is that it's a real fun to take pictures on an instant camera. Hearing all of the machinery whirring inside it while producing an image, hiding a blank piece of paper somewhere dark to discover a fully developed image after a while, it's all a truly magical experience!

The film does what it's supposed to do - it allows to keep your old Polaroid in use. You just need to remember it doesn't have a lot of dynamic range so keep your scene evenly lit, otherwise you'll end up with parts of it being completely black. Can't complain about the blueish colour cast, it's part of the experience!

The scratches on the sample picture is my camera's fault, not the film!

I like polaroid's but there isnt a lot of latitude in the film you really have to nail the exposure on the dial on the camera

A lot of fun but for the price it is very hit and miss. The SX70 is my wife's favourite camera, so the shooting is all well and good but, as said a lot by others, you're not guaranteed much for your money.

I love my sx-70 and as we are limited to only a couple of choices of film , the standard sx70 , gives you that strong retro vibe on sunny days warm summer days ... it’s only 160asa. So not for use in dark places are poor light Without a tripod or being stabilised or you need a flash ..The film is very temperature particularly not to hot or cold or you will get colour shift , and getting a good even spread of chemicals across the film isn’t automic , be prepared for some unique results ...however If you are a fan of Polaroid /instant or peel apart film , you will love it ... pricey yes. But not more than normal film when you factor in the development costs ... o yes dev time is long , put away in darkness for 10 minutes after shooting To be safe ...

I have had really bad luck with PO and Impossible Project polaroid film. Out of all the packs I have shot, the majority have turned out yellow in colour all over, the chemicals have been bad and even in a lot of light they don't seem to turn out good at all!
Some get lucky, some don't. It's up to you if you want to risk spending the money on 8 shots that might possibly not turn out great at all since a lot of other people take amazing shots with their film.

Any pictures taken in anything other than brilliant sunshine have come out dull and almost cloudy looking.

I loved the Polaroid film I got and the team was so supportive. I had placed my order 3 days before my holidays and they sent it v v quickly. So impressed by their collection too :)

This film is decent enough. Compared to the quality of PO B+W film, I find the development times and the general overall quality to be somewhat lacking.

Things to know:
1) You need light. A lot of light. If the scene is too dark then you will either be given blurry or underexposed images - PO film doesn't handle underexposure that well at all.
2) With the normal SX 70 lens, images on this film are sharper than pretty much any Instanx I've seen (I know this is at least in part due to the lenses, but I'm not convinced Instax film can actually produce such sharp results as we see here)
3) The development time is poor. It takes up to 30 days to fully develop according to PO. It's cool seeing the shots slowly get more saturated, but equally this development time is far longer than the B+W film available on the market.
4) It ain't cheap. But you get what you pay for, and I'd rather support PO than have (another) camera that I can't use
5) Exposure latitude isn't great - you can easily overexpose highlights using flash (which is quite difficult to do with the B+W stock), and there's a substantial colour shift towards green if underexposed.

Unlike the SX70 B+W film (which I always have an extra pack of in the fridge), I only buy this stock when I know I'll be using it (such as during a family shoot or something). I think if I ever switch to wanting to shoot colour instant film more often, I'd buy into the instax Wide range for the better value, development times, and prices.