Impossible

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

Mission Impossible: Polaroid reloaded

The German Impossible GmbH or The Impossible Project stylized as (IMꟼOSSIBLE) 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. The emulsion from black and white SilverShade film is manufactured by Ilford. 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.

In the summer of 2012, Impossible started testing a new opacifier layer for color film. This new opacifier reduces the light sensitivity of the photo when ejected after exposure. By the end of the year it was release as Color Protection film and became available in all three formats.

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.

In August 2012, a instant integral 8x10 film was released based on the previous peel apart version of the film.

In September of 2012, Impossible turned to crowdfunding company Kickstarter to raise the necessary funds to produce the Instant Lab. It was a success and raised $559,232 surpassing the goal $250,000. It was released in August 2013, and allow printing of photos from the Apples iPhone 4 onto Impossibles instant films.

In July 2013, the founder and Dr. Florian Kaps retired from Impossible. USA, China and Japan operations have been downsized closing almost all of the retail and gallery spaces. In September 2014, a newer version of the Instant Lab 2.0 (Instant Lab Universal) was released, this time supporting additional mobile handsets. A couple of months later it was announced that Oskar Smolokowski would be their new CEO.

In the Spring of 2016, Impossible releases the I-1 instant camera.

In May, 2017 Wiaczeslaw Smolokowski who is majority shareholder of Impossible, bought PLR IP Holdings, LLC the owners of the Polaroid brand. It was announced in Sept 2017 that Impossible will now use the Polaroid Originals branding on their products.

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


Instant Films

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PX 70 Color Shade First Flush
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PX70 Color Protection
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poor pod
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HUGE Instant Karma promo
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Polaroid SX-70 series compatible

  • PX 100 Silver Shade, First Flush, ISO 100, sepia
  • PX 100 Silver Shade, ISO 100, sepia
  • PX 100 Silver Shade Cool, ISO 100, sepia (2012.4)
  • B&W Film for SX70
  • B&W Film for SX70 2.0 (2015.04)
  • B&W Film for SX70 Black Frame
  • B&W Film for SX70 Silver Frame
  • B&W Film for SX70 Hard Color Frames (2104.10)
  • Cyanography Film for SX-70 (2014.2)
  • PX 70 Color Shade First Flush, ISO 125, color [1]
  • PX 70 Color Shade Push!, ISO 125, color
  • PX 70 Color Shade, ISO 125, color (intro 2011.6)
  • PX 70 Color Shade Cool, ISO 125, color (2012.4)
  • PX 70 Color Shade V4B Test Film, color, with opacifier (2012.8)
  • PX 70 Color Protection, ISO 125
  • Color Film for SX70
  • Color Film for SX70 Gold Frame
  • Color Film for SX70 Silver Frame
  • Color Film for SX70 Color Frame
  • Color Film for SX70 Black Frame (2014.10)
  • Color Film for SX70 Skins Edition (2014.6)
  • Color Film for SX70 Round Frame (2015.4)

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) [2]
  • PX 600 Silver Shade UV+, ISO 600, sepia [3]
  • PX 600 Silver Shade UV+ Black Frame, ISO 600, sepia [4]
  • PX 600 Silver Shade UV+ Grey Frame, ISO 600, sepia
  • PX 600 Silver Shade UV+ Gold Frame, ISO 600, sepia
  • PX 600 Silver Shade Cool, ISO 600, sepia (2012.4)
  • Cyanograph Film for 600 (2014.3)
  • Magentatype 600 (2014.4)
  • B&W Film for 600 (2013.10)
  • B&W Film for 600 Generation 2.0 Beta
  • B&W Film for 600 Black Frame
  • B&W Film for 600 Round Frame (2014.9)
  • B&W Film for 600 Generation 2.0 (2015.3)
  • 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 [5]
  • PX 680 Color Shade, Gold Frame, ISO 680, color
  • PX 680 Color Shade Cool, ISO 680, color (2012.6)
  • PX 680 Color Shade Block Party (Cool, multi colour borders) ISO 680, color (urban outfitters)
  • PX 680 Color Shade V4B Test Film, color, with opacifier (2012.7)[6]
  • PX 680 Color Protection, ISO 600
  • PX 680 Color Shade Block Party (CP, multi colour borders) ISO 600, color (urban outfitters)
  • PX 680 American Woods (Color Protection, wood border) (2012.12)
  • PX 680 Gold Edition (Color Protection), ISO 600 (2012.12)
  • Color Film for 600 (2013.10)
  • Color Film for 600 Color Frame (2013.11)
  • Ltd Edition Generation 2.0 Color 600 Film (2014.3)
  • Color Film for 600 Skins Edition (2014.4)
  • Color Film for 600 Hard Color Edition (2014.7)
  • Color Film for 600 Hibiscus Frame (2014.8)
  • Color Film for 600 Fuchsia Frame (2014.8)
  • Color Film for 600 Frangipani Frame (2014.8)
  • Color Film for 600 Black Frame (2014.10)
  • Color Film for 600 Cyan (2014.10)
  • Color Film for 600 Magenta (2014.10)
  • Color Film for 600 Gold Frame (2014.11)
  • Color Film for 600 Silver Frame (2014.11)
  • Color Film for 600 Round Frame (2015.4)

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 600 Silver Shade Cool, ISO 600, sepia
  • PZ 680 Color Shade, ISO 680, color
  • PZ 680 Color Protection, ISO 600 (2012.12)
  • Color Film for Image & Spectra
  • Color Film for Image & Spectra Black Frame (2014.10)

Film for Impossible Hardware

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Polaroid Originals Films
image by Hans Kerensky (Image rights)

I-Type, similar to 600 film cartridge but without a battery.

  • Color Film
  • B&W Film

Sheetfilm

8x10

  • PQ Silver Shade, ISO 640 [7]

Promotional

  • M.A.D Magazine, M.A.D. Vol. 1 2011, Nobuyoshi Araki. 320 photos with one PX 600 Silver Shade UV+ BlackFrame, ISO 600, sepia pack.
  • PZ 600 Silver Shade UV+ Maurizio Galimberti edition, ISO 600, sepia [8]
  • 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 [9]
  • PX 70 Color Shade by Nigo, different random border colors including black, white, green, blues purple, pink, orange, yellow and red.
  • PX 600 Silver Shade Nigo, ISO 600
  • PX 600 Silver Shade Mint, ISO 600 (bird/feather border)[10]
  • Color Film for SX70 Limited Edition Lulu Guinness

Re-purposed film

Defective or test film with unusual characteristics. They were sold at the factory or online store.

Poor Pod

Films with defective chemical pods during manufacturing. Usually sold at a reduced price. The boxes are marked with pp with a felt tip pen.

  • PX 600 Silver Shade UV+ BlackFrame, ISO 600, sepia[11] sold in a 6 pack bag.

Bottom Line

A production flaw batch of PX 680 Color Shade FF film is affected a line in the lower third of the image.

  • PX 680 Color Shade First Flush; Bottom line edition, sold in 4 packs bag

Orange Flash

An alternate chemical were used in this test batch of PX 100 Silver Shade film creating a orange / brown tone.

  • PX 100 Silver Shade; Orange Flash, sold in 6 pack bag.


Hardware

Links

References

<references>

  1. ↑ Simply Impossible Color (archived)
  2. ↑ Attack of the Killer Crystals (archived)
  3. ↑ Entering a New Dimension (archived)
  4. ↑ Celebrating One Impossible Year (archived)
  5. ↑ Color to the People (archived)
  6. ↑ PX 680 Color Shade Pioneer test film
  7. ↑ Impossible 8x10 large format photography (archived)
  8. ↑ La Dolce vita An Impossible Film Launch (archived)
  9. ↑ Milk X 4th Anniversary Edition (archived)
  10. ↑ Free as a Bird (archived)
  11. ↑ Black Frame Adventures (archived)
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