Thanks Maureen. It’s sad that New55 didn’t continue but I’m happy I got the chance to use it.
October 25, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Thanks Maureen. It’s sad that New55 didn’t continue but I’m happy I got the chance to use it.
If I shoot a frame of hoarded New 55 4x5 (recreated Polaroid type 55), that’s a super dead format. 😅😅
October 25, 2026 at 2:34 AM
If I shoot a frame of hoarded New 55 4x5 (recreated Polaroid type 55), that’s a super dead format. 😅😅
Big Tree in Rockaway Beach, Oregon
45sec F22
New55 instant peel-apart black and white film.
#photography #film #instantart #New55 #4x5 #tree #cedar #pnw #landscape #staybrokeshootfilm
45sec F22
New55 instant peel-apart black and white film.
#photography #film #instantart #New55 #4x5 #tree #cedar #pnw #landscape #staybrokeshootfilm
October 15, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Big Tree in Rockaway Beach, Oregon
45sec F22
New55 instant peel-apart black and white film.
#photography #film #instantart #New55 #4x5 #tree #cedar #pnw #landscape #staybrokeshootfilm
45sec F22
New55 instant peel-apart black and white film.
#photography #film #instantart #New55 #4x5 #tree #cedar #pnw #landscape #staybrokeshootfilm
It came out!!
Photo1: The inverted negative of the New55 film
Photo2: Me focusing the 4x5 camera. Photo by Tom Tian
#Film #analog #new55 #pnw #oldgrowth #tree #cedar #staybrokeshootfilm #largeformat
Photo1: The inverted negative of the New55 film
Photo2: Me focusing the 4x5 camera. Photo by Tom Tian
#Film #analog #new55 #pnw #oldgrowth #tree #cedar #staybrokeshootfilm #largeformat
October 12, 2026 at 5:01 PM
It came out!!
Photo1: The inverted negative of the New55 film
Photo2: Me focusing the 4x5 camera. Photo by Tom Tian
#Film #analog #new55 #pnw #oldgrowth #tree #cedar #staybrokeshootfilm #largeformat
Photo1: The inverted negative of the New55 film
Photo2: Me focusing the 4x5 camera. Photo by Tom Tian
#Film #analog #new55 #pnw #oldgrowth #tree #cedar #staybrokeshootfilm #largeformat
Thanks. I miss it, too. I had such hope for the NEW55 film project ... sigh.
camera-wiki.org/wiki/New55_F...
camera-wiki.org/wiki/New55_F...
New55 FILM - Camera-wiki.org - The free camera encyclopedia
camera-wiki.org
June 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Thanks. I miss it, too. I had such hope for the NEW55 film project ... sigh.
camera-wiki.org/wiki/New55_F...
camera-wiki.org/wiki/New55_F...
Image was made on New55 positive/negative film, which was a reboot of Polaroid Type 55 film. With it you get a regular positive print but also a usable negative with which you could make prints with an enlarger.
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February 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Image was made on New55 positive/negative film, which was a reboot of Polaroid Type 55 film. With it you get a regular positive print but also a usable negative with which you could make prints with an enlarger.
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Back at my home using the natural window light in my front room.
Model again is Rhus, scan of New55 4x5” negative.
#artnude
#fineartnude
#artmodel
#naturallight
#4x5film
#filmisnotdead
#new55
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Model again is Rhus, scan of New55 4x5” negative.
#artnude
#fineartnude
#artmodel
#naturallight
#4x5film
#filmisnotdead
#new55
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February 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Back at my home using the natural window light in my front room.
Model again is Rhus, scan of New55 4x5” negative.
#artnude
#fineartnude
#artmodel
#naturallight
#4x5film
#filmisnotdead
#new55
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Model again is Rhus, scan of New55 4x5” negative.
#artnude
#fineartnude
#artmodel
#naturallight
#4x5film
#filmisnotdead
#new55
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Those look great! I also miss it for my 4x5 and RB67. Years ago I asked the new Polaroid folks if they plan to make it and they said it was unlikely. Bummer. And too bad New55 was a flop.
May 12, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Those look great! I also miss it for my 4x5 and RB67. Years ago I asked the new Polaroid folks if they plan to make it and they said it was unlikely. Bummer. And too bad New55 was a flop.
I still remember New55 🥲
January 20, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I still remember New55 🥲
One of my favorites of yours. One of the best uses of New55 I’ve seen.
January 17, 2026 at 6:56 PM
One of my favorites of yours. One of the best uses of New55 I’ve seen.
Atomic X was the underlying film for New55 instant film. For a few years, New55 also sold it in this form without the sleeves and pods that made it an instant film.
January 13, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Atomic X was the underlying film for New55 instant film. For a few years, New55 also sold it in this form without the sleeves and pods that made it an instant film.
Rodinal always works for me. Except with Bergger film, but whatever. I tried the monobath that New55 put out, but it didn’t do anything for me. Only reason I was reading about them was that Grant Haist had a chapter in his magnum opus about them and he also wrote a whole book about them.
September 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Rodinal always works for me. Except with Bergger film, but whatever. I tried the monobath that New55 put out, but it didn’t do anything for me. Only reason I was reading about them was that Grant Haist had a chapter in his magnum opus about them and he also wrote a whole book about them.
Alkaline. I’ve stopped using acid fix for almost everything (only exception is New55, and since that’s dead at this point, it’s kind of irrelevant).
July 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Alkaline. I’ve stopped using acid fix for almost everything (only exception is New55, and since that’s dead at this point, it’s kind of irrelevant).
Agreed. I thought that pack film was a stretch, although not impossible, as New55 and SuperSense have shown. Any claims that they’re looking into recreating Kodachrome has me thinking that they’re pulling our legs.
June 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Agreed. I thought that pack film was a stretch, although not impossible, as New55 and SuperSense have shown. Any claims that they’re looking into recreating Kodachrome has me thinking that they’re pulling our legs.
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
MY BRIDGE
MY BRIDGE
March 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
MY BRIDGE
MY BRIDGE
Nobody wants pull-apart film more than me (I have spent more money with Supersense and New55 than I want to admit), but there’s a reason nobody is doing it at scale today. It’s fucking hard.
January 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Nobody wants pull-apart film more than me (I have spent more money with Supersense and New55 than I want to admit), but there’s a reason nobody is doing it at scale today. It’s fucking hard.
If I ever win the lottery, I’m specifically bringing back New55….
November 27, 2023 at 3:30 AM
If I ever win the lottery, I’m specifically bringing back New55….
Petapixel has an article by Cheng Qwee Lee on how to make your own instant film
petapixel.com/2023/10/01/h...
Laurent Ete on Flickr was doing this a few years ago. I bought a bunch of the stuff I need to do this, but haven't found the time to actually do it.
#BelieveInFilm
petapixel.com/2023/10/01/h...
Laurent Ete on Flickr was doing this a few years ago. I bought a bunch of the stuff I need to do this, but haven't found the time to actually do it.
#BelieveInFilm
How to Make Your Own Instant Film
A step-by-step guide to creating your own instant film, a 4×5 large format film similar to Polaroid Type 55 or New55.
petapixel.com
October 1, 2023 at 8:29 PM
Petapixel has an article by Cheng Qwee Lee on how to make your own instant film
petapixel.com/2023/10/01/h...
Laurent Ete on Flickr was doing this a few years ago. I bought a bunch of the stuff I need to do this, but haven't found the time to actually do it.
#BelieveInFilm
petapixel.com/2023/10/01/h...
Laurent Ete on Flickr was doing this a few years ago. I bought a bunch of the stuff I need to do this, but haven't found the time to actually do it.
#BelieveInFilm
Needlessly complicated photography alert.
petapixel.com/2023/10/01/h...
petapixel.com/2023/10/01/h...
How to Make Your Own Instant Film
A step-by-step guide to creating your own instant film, a 4×5 large format film similar to Polaroid Type 55 or New55.
petapixel.com
October 1, 2023 at 3:24 PM
Needlessly complicated photography alert.
petapixel.com/2023/10/01/h...
petapixel.com/2023/10/01/h...
Ahhh.
I still shoot a konika instant press. I bought 30 packs of film in about 2014, and shoot sentimental stuff with it. (Shot a portrait of Cory Doctorow @ the HOPE conference, shot a friend at her citizenship ceremony, etc.)
There was brief hope with with the new55 project, but alas.
I still shoot a konika instant press. I bought 30 packs of film in about 2014, and shoot sentimental stuff with it. (Shot a portrait of Cory Doctorow @ the HOPE conference, shot a friend at her citizenship ceremony, etc.)
There was brief hope with with the new55 project, but alas.
April 8, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Ahhh.
I still shoot a konika instant press. I bought 30 packs of film in about 2014, and shoot sentimental stuff with it. (Shot a portrait of Cory Doctorow @ the HOPE conference, shot a friend at her citizenship ceremony, etc.)
There was brief hope with with the new55 project, but alas.
I still shoot a konika instant press. I bought 30 packs of film in about 2014, and shoot sentimental stuff with it. (Shot a portrait of Cory Doctorow @ the HOPE conference, shot a friend at her citizenship ceremony, etc.)
There was brief hope with with the new55 project, but alas.
Same.
Am trying hard not to be too optimistic about Light Lens Lab.
I can’t bring myself to buy the diy kit from supersense.
I still have a partial box of new55 in my fridge and an unopened box of fp-3000b. 🥶
Am trying hard not to be too optimistic about Light Lens Lab.
I can’t bring myself to buy the diy kit from supersense.
I still have a partial box of new55 in my fridge and an unopened box of fp-3000b. 🥶
March 28, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Same.
Am trying hard not to be too optimistic about Light Lens Lab.
I can’t bring myself to buy the diy kit from supersense.
I still have a partial box of new55 in my fridge and an unopened box of fp-3000b. 🥶
Am trying hard not to be too optimistic about Light Lens Lab.
I can’t bring myself to buy the diy kit from supersense.
I still have a partial box of new55 in my fridge and an unopened box of fp-3000b. 🥶
Yeah, The Rube Goldberg machine that New55 built to be able to assemble their product was really incredible. Such an amazing outcome when compared with the industrial behemoth they were quixotically attempting to emulate on a shoestring.
January 22, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Yeah, The Rube Goldberg machine that New55 built to be able to assemble their product was really incredible. Such an amazing outcome when compared with the industrial behemoth they were quixotically attempting to emulate on a shoestring.
Ive got 4 shots of New55 left in my fridge...
And also never got the last thing I ordered from them (as did several others I know are on here too).
Really wish they had survived, seemed like the market only grew afterwards.
And also never got the last thing I ordered from them (as did several others I know are on here too).
Really wish they had survived, seemed like the market only grew afterwards.
January 20, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Ive got 4 shots of New55 left in my fridge...
And also never got the last thing I ordered from them (as did several others I know are on here too).
Really wish they had survived, seemed like the market only grew afterwards.
And also never got the last thing I ordered from them (as did several others I know are on here too).
Really wish they had survived, seemed like the market only grew afterwards.
A1 - one film that I did get to shoot:
Polaroid type 55 p/n (or a return to production for new55)
And one film that I never got to shoot:
Kodak Aerochrome
#Photochat
Polaroid type 55 p/n (or a return to production for new55)
And one film that I never got to shoot:
Kodak Aerochrome
#Photochat
December 13, 2024 at 2:52 AM
A1 - one film that I did get to shoot:
Polaroid type 55 p/n (or a return to production for new55)
And one film that I never got to shoot:
Kodak Aerochrome
#Photochat
Polaroid type 55 p/n (or a return to production for new55)
And one film that I never got to shoot:
Kodak Aerochrome
#Photochat