Polaroid closing instant film factories 3636 Responses

Last post: 4 years ago | Thread started: Feb 8, 08, 5:48 p.m.

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• Duane

  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp…

  Feb 8, 08, 5:48 p.m. – Permalink

• stupidresponse

  gotta go stock up!

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 08, 5:52 p.m. – Permalink

• Duane

  Word. Just did. ;-)

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 08, 5:53 p.m. – Permalink

• ismith

  I also just got some. I love Polaroids :)

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 08, 5:55 p.m. – Permalink

• mrdobolina

  I bet a lot of old schoolers are going to be tweaked. I remember when my photographer friends used to use film and preferred it. was that just old school then too, or did/do film cameras give you something that a digital can't? Or is it all up to the photographer. or is it dudes that like vinyl like film cameras? school me.

  • old schoolers and hipsters– Meeklo1/6

    Film has a different look. Slightly less perfect sometimes, on the other hand, you can still get much more detail on high end medium format film cameras even now.– kalkal2/6

    medium format film cameras even now.– kalkal3/6

    100% old school & hipsters– sikma4/6

    film is physical, digital is... digital. Film makes things more realistic to me. And each roll gets a unique look :)– ismith5/6

    I have never been called a 'hipster' but I shoot all film..
    wtf is a hipster?– nicnichols6/6

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 08, 5:57 p.m. – Permalink

• kalkal

  The end of an era. Can't believe they cost so much though. Polaroid 600s have a great aesthetic to them but they're like £1 a pop!

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 08, 5:59 p.m. – Permalink

• Duane

  Here's a nice link to the history of the branding development of Polaroid from 1957-1977 by the designer who created it all, Paul Giambarba. I've always loved the old packaging.

  http://giam.typepad.com/the_bran…

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 08, 6:03 p.m. – Permalink

• Meeklo

  While there is a difference between digital / analog (on any medium) a lot of people "say" they like analog better because that is a way to re-assure themselves over the "noobs" that may just jumped in on the digital train.

  Hard Synth Vs VSTi
  Film Vs Digital
  Vinyl VS CD
  Cassette VS Vinyl
  Cow Meat Vs Md Donald's meat
  Xacto Knife and Rotring Vs Photoshop
  and so on..

  • +1– sikma1/3

    i defy you to find a VST instrument that can match my jupiter 6! i bet the tuning doesn't even drift, ha!– stupidresponse2/3

    And everyone knows Betamax was superior to VHS.– ximeraLabs3/3

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 08, 6:03 p.m. – Permalink

• sikma

  i'm a little surprised it was still open

  • you are not oldschool or hipster I assume?– Meeklo1/4

    Pointing finger at skima:
    Hey everyone! check out the contemporary freak! ;)– Meeklo2/4

    lol!– sikma3/4

    i'm a little from column A and little from column B– sikma4/4

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 08, 6:04 p.m. – Permalink

• mrdobolina

  cow meat

  • tofu– Point51/2

    cowfu– mrdobolina2/2

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 08, 6:08 p.m. – Permalink

• stupidresponse

  i got my polaroid 600 land camera in the early 80s. i used to love that thing, i've got a paper shopping bag stuffed full of pics at my parents house. i just dug the thing out of the closet and it's still got some film in it! takes the most horrible pics, all brown and discolored around the edges

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 08, 6:18 p.m. – Permalink

• mrdobolina

  I have naked polaroids of an ex girlfriend.

  • i have one of the ex giving me a bj, but you can't tell it's her. no blackmail potential– stupidresponse1/2

    hahahahaa.– mrdobolina2/2

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 08, 6:21 p.m. – Permalink

• AndyRoss

  Chemical photographs have an element of truth and authenticity that digital photos will never have.

  The other day I showed 30 year old slides I took in Mexico to friends who were on the trip. That actual film was in Mexico, right in front of the things I took pictures of.

  Aside from the technical challenge of archiving digital images for 30 years, 30 years on digital images will not have the same authenticity chemical images made 30 years ago do.

  • authenticity and truth can't be measured.– mrdobolina1/5

    Look, film photos by guys like Guy Bourdin, or Helmut Newton will always be more authentic that David Lachappelle.– AndyRoss2/5

    +1 dobs– sikma3/5

    but i understand what your saying andy– sikma4/5

    hot air?– ElectroLAX30005/5

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 08, 6:36 p.m. – Permalink

• Meeklo

  the same argument can be used on digital film, or any of the VS mentioned above.

  Example:
  Yeah cow meat just has a texture and flavor to it that Mc Donalds meat will never have.

  • bad example, sir.– mrdobolina

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 08, 6:41 p.m. – Permalink

• mrdobolina

  porno imax is better than snuff films

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 08, 6:45 p.m. – Permalink

• rafalski

  I didn't like film photography. I loved the images, but I felt the business model was a scam and film was a sort of an interim way to capture photos. I know, I know.. but that's how it felt. I wanted to take pictures, but paying for each shot felt like paying for razors. Did you know Gillette had bought a patent for the metallic glass razor years ago? It's a technology that allows you to produce a razor blade that doesn't get blunt for months and months of continuous use. They keep it locked in their safes, to make sure it's never used. It would kill their business. We're lucky FujiFilm or Kodak never patented digital pictures!
  When the digital photography arrived, I was sure this was what I'd waited for: digital quality and free shutter actuations. No scanning! I was sure I'd get to enjoy film photography eventually, as a rather expensive hobby.

  All this said.. I never owned a polaroid camera. Never fired a shot. Did I stock up today? Fuck yeah and it's not for resale!

  • Well.. lucky that kodak didn't. all their digital cameras are shit!– kalkal

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 08, 7:21 p.m. – Permalink

• rafalski

  Digging ebay for cameras.. Is there a model I should be looking for?

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 08, 7:58 p.m. – Permalink

• utopian

  Stock-up on Polaroid instant film, then sell at outragous prices on eBay, pure Capitalism... Make a boat load of money.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 08, 8:02 p.m. – Permalink

• Jaline

  Damn. I have to go get some film now. Too bad they are still expensive.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 08, 8:26 p.m. – Permalink

• sikma

  i remember the day when kodak announced they were going to stop producing high speed infra red film. that felt like the end of film for me.

  • i'm such a nerd– sikma

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 08, 8:29 p.m. – Permalink

• quamb

  Isn't there ALOT more to polaroids then simply being old-skool or hipster??? The colour, grain, blur, strange analogue effects you can get etc etc. Plus the fact you can manipulate the image itself as it develops before your eyes.

  Makes digital feel so sterile and soulless really.

  • hipster– Meeklo1/4

    :)
    again there is stuff you can do on digital that you can't with film– Meeklo2/4

    Photoshop.– detritus3/4

    :P– quamb4/4

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 08, 8:52 p.m. – Permalink