Yesterday around sunset I exposed some of the last frames I have of Fuji FP-100c instant film. It was a very bittersweet moment for me. I’ve been a big fan of Fuji peel apart films for many years and Fuji seems more than content with letting this unique film stock just simply die off. That’s just too bad because it really is quite beautiful.
This image is a direct scan of the reclaimed negative side of the print. It always surprised me that more people didn’t know it is very easy to reclaim the negative with Fuji peel apart films. Just a dab of bleach, a cheap brush, and a lot of water and you have an instant color negative that you can easily scan and enlarge like you would with any film negative. The colors always tended to be more muted and warmer on the negative side vs. the positive print which I quite like.
The pack of film I used to expose this image was definitely showing signs of being too expired. On some of the print the emulsion just slipped right off when I peeled the film apart. I have one more pack of Fuji FP-100c in my refrigerator and I better use it soon before it gets to be so expired that it is useless.