Impossible

the new instant film image by Uwe Kulick (Image rights)

The German Impossible GmbH or The Impossible Project is a specialist company for classic film revival. The founder of the company Dr. Florian Kaps, owned a instant film distribution company called unsaleable. The most exciting project of the company is the relaunch of Polaroid's abandoned instant film production branch. The company got a license from Polaroid to use the machines of its abandoned film factory in Enschede, Netherlands. Ilford helped the company to launch its PX 100 and PX 600 black & white pack film for the Polaroid SX-70. These new film variants are made on the base of completely new recipes which avoid to use the aggressive substances of old Polaroid film. With help from InovisCoat, the company also launched a new PX 70 color film in July 2010.

As of 2011, their films are mostly experimental; as batches sometimes produces different results. Shooting in different temperature settings may also produce unexpected results. They often don't behave like traditional Polaroid films, as most of them are light sensitive require shielding when exiting the camera and initial development stages. Also many do not stop developing properly, and require peeling or other techniques to preserve the exposure.

Though not necessarily an Impossible product. The distributor unsaleable commissioned Polaroid to create some new Polaroid type 100 pack film for sale on their online store. User enjoy(ed) a complete new series of instant film variants like Chocolate, Sepia and Blue. These were some of the last films made by Polaroid's Mexico plant. They were then sold on unsaleable.com (Polapremium) and later were then sold with a limited Paul Giambara Edition box jacket when Polapremium was absorbed and renamed Impossible (store) in 2010.

imaging samples by Uwe Kulick with a Black Beauty, on the last Polaroid Type 100 "Paul Giambara Edition, Chocolate"

PX70 color first flush image by Studioesper (Image rights)

poor pod image by Studioesper (Image rights)

Instant Films

Polaroid SX-70 series compatible

• PX 100 Silver Shade, First Flush, ISO 100, sepia
• PX 100 Silver Shade, ISO 100, sepia
• PX 70 Color Shade First Flush, ISO 125, color
• PX 70 Color Shade Push!, ISO 125, color

Polaroid 600 series compatible

• PX 600 Silver Shade, First Flush, ISO 600, sepia
• PX 600 Silver Shade, v05, ISO 600, sepia (05/2010 fixes Loose Lamination Problems)
• PX 600 Silver Shade, v06, ISO 600, sepia (06/2010 reduces crystallization problems)
• PX 600 Silver Shade UV+, ISO 600, sepia
• PX 600 Silver Shade UV+ BlackFrame, ISO 600, sepia
• PX 600 Silver Shade UV+ GreyFrame, ISO 600, sepia
• PX 680 Color Shade, Beta, ISO 680, color
• PX 680 Color Shade, Beta 2, ISO 680, color
• PX 680 Color Shade, First Flush, ISO 680, color

Polaroid Spectra / Image / 1200 series compatible

• PZ 600 Silver Shade, ISO 600, sepia
• PZ 600 Silver Shade UV+, ISO 600, sepia
• PZ 600 Silver Shade UV+ BlackFrame, ISO 600, sepia
• PZ 680 Color Shade, ISO 680, color

Promotional

• PZ 600 Silver Shade UV+ Maurizio Galimberti edition, ISO 600, sepia
• Instant Karma HUGE (Magazine) Edition: PX 600 UV+ and PX 70 Push
• PX 70 Color Shade First Flush, Milk X magazine Edition, ISO 125, color

Poor Pod
Films with defective chemical pods during manufacturing. Usually sold at a reduced price. They were mainly sold at the factory store, but when there is a lot of qty also sold online. The boxes are marked with pp with a felt tip pen.

• PX 600 Silver Shade UV+ BlackFrame, ISO 600, sepia

Links

• About us and company homepage

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