When Polaroid released the Artistic TZ "Fade to Black" film at the end of their manufacturing days, many people hated it and thought it was a terrible idea. Their reasoning? The film was made without a fixer so the chemicals would keep on developing until the image "faded to black" after about 24 hours. The only way to stop the process was to peel open the photo and let the chemicals dry. The film soon became popular because of the beautiful colors and effects that it produced. Sadly though, they only produced a small amount of the film with leftover materials and the film is now extremely rare to find.
The most spectacular colors come and go within the first few minutes of developing so you you really need to be prepared to peel as soon as you take the shot if you want to capture those colors. Here is my favorite shot with this film, peeled after about 2-3 minutes.
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