120 film fact

Did you know that 120 film used to be called cartridge film on account of the fact that the roll of film looked similar to a shotgun cartridge? Kodak films always used a Kodak Yellow backing paper. You can kind of see what they were getting at.

Polaroid Colour film is the same cost as Polaroid black and white film.

There is no cost penalty for shooting colour film when using a Polaroid  camera. It's odd because every other form of photography where physical media is used, it is lower cost to purchase film for black and white.

Indeed at the moment a roll of Lomography Colour 400 film is £8.00 for a roll of 120, whereas a roll of Ilford FP4 Plus is £5.00. The gap is even bigger when you look at Kodak. A roll of Kodak Portra 400 is £13.50.

When you buy Polaroid film from Polaroid in Holland, the cost is identical for Black and White and Colour film.  Each film pack is £17.99, regardless of B&W or Colour.

The same is true of Instax films from Fujifilm. The B&W packs are the same price as colour.

This is great news for instant film shooters.

I'm looking forward to getting my LomoGraflok back for my Chroma Camera 4x5 so that I can shoot some Instax Wide film.

I do have a Polaroid SX-70 that I have had refurbished, but my other half has nicked it from me.

It's a funny world.