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Polaroid 665 Negative (Exp. '09) 50mm Pinhole Camera  (10-Second Exposure)   Dear All, Chris here from ONE INSTANT! In this post, we are excited to share our blogosphere with a guest contributor, specifically our friend, and excellent writer/photographer, Aidan Avery from Tuscon, AZ. He was gracious enough to do an in-depth review and write-up of our ONE INSTANT DIY camera kit. Not only does he show what amazing photography is possible with our funky little camera, but he does a good...

  GOLDEN TICKET + YUJI WATANABE / PIBE MAGAZINE Dear Peel-Apart Saviors,We are writing this month in order to share two exciting morsels of ONE INSTANT related goodness with you.First off, we have encouraging and exciting news regarding our new CHOCO film pre-sale, which was announced last time we wrote.Also, we just had to sing the praises and share the amazing work of one of our favorite ONE INSTANT photographers, Yuji Watanabe, who has done some very cool things with our funky little film lately.Please...

  After 3+ years of production, we are proud to introduce our third film type to the ONE INSTANT lineup - CHOCO!CHOCO is a legendary film with roots going back into 20x24", 8x10", and packfilm history. It's a delicious, chocolatey, brown-toned monochromatic film made using P3 negative in combination with PP400 positive and chemistry. As you can see from the experimental prototype shots here, the shadows tend towards dark cocoa and the highlights towards frothy cappuccino. It's a cross-processed Wunderkind...

Dear Packfilm & Peel-Apart Faithful,I'm writing this blog entry in order to share some exciting news... It's been a long time coming, but we are happy to finally announce that ONE INSTANT Color P7 'Type 100' Packfilm is back in stock! Our partners at the 20x24 Studio have concocted one of the best-looking batches of P7 chemistry that we've ever seen. Thanks to clever re-engineering and their continued R&D efforts, this reagent is truly a thing of beauty.And that's just the tip of the iceberg - we...

  PRO TIP # 2.2 - PEELING Welcome to part 2 of our ONE INSTANT pro-tip about pulling & peeling; two oft-overlooked procedures, but which are very important to the final quality of your print. At this stage you've already pulled the film insert out of your camera and processing is taking place. You've got about 3 minutes to psych yourself up for peeling while you wait.  [p.s. Now is a great time to clean your rollers!] There's a couple...

  Our 2nd installment of ONE INSTANT Pro Tips is going to be a two-part series, diving into topics that at first glance seem almost too trivial to be worthy of discussion, but as with many things in life... the devil is in the details! We're talking about pulling (2.1) and peeling (2.2). That is, pulling the film through the rollers to begin processing, and peeling the negative & positive apart, as well as peeling off all the sticky bits...

Dear Packfilm Saviors, For the last 9 months or so we've had a semi-secret project going on behind the scenes, but now that we've reached an important milestone we figure we can finally shout it from the rooftops... We are resurrecting black & white peel-apart packfilm! This journey is chronicled on our IMPOSSIBLE ONE INSTANT microsite, so if you're interested in digging deeper you can read all about the history there. But long story short, we did it! Or rather......

  Dear ONE INSTANT Shooters, Welcome to the first-ever installment of our new 'Pro Tips' series! Over the last couple years we've developed several methods of getting improved results with ONE INSTANT film, and instead of keeping them to ourselves we decided it was time to share them with the community. We plan to make this a regular thing, and of course we would also love to hear feedback and/or suggestions from anyone who has a bright idea to share;...

Just a quick bit of good news,   All pre-orders (save for a few USA stragglers which will be fulfilled in the coming 2 weeks) are caught up!  That means ONE INSTANT orders now ship as soon as they are placed.   Chris

Dear Packfilm Saviors, It's been a challenging spring and summer for, well... basically everyone on Earth I guess. But in spite of all the doom and gloom, the ONE INSTANT team would like to brighten things up with a bit of good news. This September we have officially completed our inaugural Kickstarter campaign, which saw over 2000 backers receiving nearly 20,000 ONE INSTANT film cartridges. This represents a giant step towards a long-term future for peel-apart instant film, and although...

Welcome!   This is the new platform for keeping up to date with all things ONE INSTANT. Upon completion of our Kickstarter project in the summer of 2020, we figured it was right & proper to have a right & proper place to share updates, talk shop, discuss complex nuances, and generally spread the news about our continued efforts to save pack-film and keep it alive in the 21st century.We hope you bookmark this here page and check back often. ...