Actually a great idea. A color slide film that was (is) easy to develop at home immediately after exposure and the photographer holds the slides in his hands after just 5 minutes of development with preparation and follow-up.

No wet hands, no measuring of water and chemicals and no darkroom were necessary. A development pack was included with every film. The film and the development pack went into a Polaroid auto processor and were developed there. More on this in the video.

Unfortunately, Polaroid discontinued its portfolio of these films in the early 2000s. The Polachrome was an instant color slide film.

In addition to the three types of film mentioned here, Polaroid also produces the Polablue CN, a blue-on-white film with 8 ASA / ISO.

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The Polapan was a black and white slide film with 125 ASA / ISO, which was offered with 12 or 36 exposures.

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In 2021 I would recommend the films Polapan and Polagraph for a fun day of photography. Unfortunately, I was only able to develop one of 5 polachrome films, with all the others this failed due to the dried-up chemistry of the development pack.

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Polagraph films were high-contrast black and white films that were particularly suitable for capturing motifs such as tables and graphics - or were used artificially.

The above picture of the viewfinder was made with a Polagraph film; the other two pictures (Hasselbald and film packaging) with a Polachrome film.

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As long as there are still overlaid films - buy one!