I've been resurrecting my Mamiya Press kit. I had stopped using it because of shutter problems with my lenses. I'm starting to get my lenses fixed.

One of the things that also got me back to the big Mamiya was that it can shoot Polaroid pack film full frame. Polaroid has ceased production but Fujifilm still makes peel apart pack film. Not only that but reports were that the color was better. The picture above is my Universal with a Polaroid back. My first pack is a pack of ISO 100 color film.

I'm really liking how it renders color. More at my Flickr set: Fujifilm instant film. I'm almost done with the pack of color film. Next I have two black and white packs of ISO 100 and ISO 3000 film. I was asked what for? Here was my answer:

What for? That's a very good question. I'm not totally sure yet. Part of it is that I like the small instant film print. I finally bought an SX-70 to play with about a year ago. Just before they ceased production of the 600 film. I liked it but no more film. I didn't think of the pack film because I had used the Polaroid film several years ago for lighting tests but I never really liked its color. Only recently did I realize that Fuji pack film was still in production and that it seemed to do color better. I'm very happy with the way the Fuji instant pack film renders color. It has it's own look. Shooting small instant film prints is something I want to explore. They are little jewels.

Having said that, I also want to explore enlarging them with a scanner. There is a limitation there because of the paper resolution but I'm sure it can be enlarged some. I need to do some testing on that.

But wait! There is more!

The first lens I had fixed is my 50mm/f6.3. It is a 21mm equivalent with a 6x9 back. I'm also trying out some Kodak Extar 100. It is a very new, very fine grain color negative film. More pictures of the camera at my Flickr set: My Mamiya Press kit.