Is there any film/paper that will produce a finished photo in a pinhole camera "instantly"?

<p>If this is the wrong forum I appologize!</p>

<p>Hi there, I'm not a photographer so please bear with me. That being said I've done a little research and I've come here to solicit the opinion of those more knowledgeable than myself.</p>

<p>My end goal, if it is possible, is to create a pinhole camera that I can bring out to the field, load with <something> as the film, and be able to have a finished photograph without going to a lab. Is this possible? Basically a giant polaroid?</p>

<p>In the research that I've done, I've come across a few things that seem like they may be viable. From what I understand this is called "in-camera shooting" in ultra large format photography, in which you replace the film with photo sensitive paper which will be the photograph itself. </p>

<p>I've read about ilfochrome, cibachrome, black and white enlargement paper. Does anyone think that these are viable options for what I'm trying to do?</p>

<p>Please excuse my ignorance, any leads at all would be very much appreciated.</p>

<p>also color enlargement paper. ideally i would like color, but perhaps i can use a variety of different types of paper so that i could hopefully have at least a few photos that can be finished in the field without a lab.</p>

<p>Polaroid discontinued their 8x10" material, whatever it was.<br>

You could read up on tintype photography. - It was a historically relevant not overly expensive instantish process. - The pros using it had camera darkroom combinations in which they processed their results.<br>

A big caveat: Pinhole photography is slow! Doing it on a historic style home made material, that required tripod usage and long exposure times from lens users in broad daylight is unlikely to speed it up, so exposure times you'll use might become really annoying. </p>

<p>There is a B&W only positive paper that forms a positive instead of a negative image upon exposure, but it still needs to be processed in the dark and run through a fixer so it doesn't fade.<br>

http://www.freestylephoto.biz/1165294-Harman-Direct-Positive-FB-1K-11x14-10-sheets-Glossy<br>

Positive color paper, such as Cibachrome or R3, doesn't exist anymore.</p>

 

First of all, pin hole photography is not instant and no analog film system ever produced a print instantly.

Today the easiest way to appear to do this is to bury a digital camera inside your pinhole camera and have it hooked up to

an ink jet printer that you also bury inside the camera.

<p>Cyanotypes might work in the field, since all you'd need to 'develop' the image would be water. Image quality won't be the best, but you should get a usable image.</p>

<p>Go to the f295 site (Google "f295"). The site is dedicated to pinhole photography and the forums are loaded with info. </p>

<p>If there was an "instant-ish" process that produced a positive in-camera existed that was economically viable , then I think Polaroid would still be in business with large format materials. They are not and instant materials for LF (4x5 only) from other sources are hard to find, unreliable and expensive.</p>

<p>If the pinhole look is necessary to your creative vision and you don't have the patience for darkroom development, perhaps a pinhole adapter for your DSLR—coupled with a laptop and portable printer— is what you need to look at.</p>

<p>I could be wrong, but I do not think that there is an analog based process that will meet your requirements.</p>

<p>Impossible does make an 8x10 instant film, but you need the right holder and processor for it. It's also $200 for 10 shots. I don't really think it would be the first choice for pinhole. <br>

The paper Mike Earussi mentioned is the easiest to use, even though it needs to be developed and fixed. That isn't tough to do if you have a dark enough room (very dark, btw).<br>

And f295 no longer really exists. The site is now just a listing of its history. The forum folded last spring or so. apug.org has a section on pinhole - keep in mind that it is a film only site and digital is not the point there.</p>

<p>No there is not, there is really no instant film around at all now that is worth buying. </p>

<p>Yes, of course there is (see link below)</p>

<p>https://us.impossible-project.com/collections/film-for-polaroid-8x10-cameras</p>

<p>It's not cheap, and anything taken w/ a pinhole camera is not going to be "instant" but it IS instant film, so you will get your image once you get it out of the camera and do whatever you need to do to it.</p>

<p>I am not sure why the link didn't show up as a link here, so you will have to paste it into your browser. I've always wanted to try this film, but at $20 for a smallish 8x10 exposure plus the cost of getting it shipped to you, I'll just pull out the old sketch pad and charcoal and have at it for free.</p>

<p>Thanks for those clarifications on the availability and cost-effectiveness of instant materials for large format photography. Wish it was a more cost-effective option.</p>

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<p>there are ways of making images that don't require developing out, but they require scanning and <br>

reversing. i have been making "retina prints" for years and it creates a negative on the paper,<br>

and depending on the atmospheric blue light it takes anywhere from 20 mins to a handful of hours.<br>

it isn't a color image ( well, sometimes it is, ... depending ).</p>