easyrider
Photo addict
NOT RFF but interesting. The Fujifilm Instax is bringing Polaroid style photography back.
From the Toronto Globe and Mail: "Outside of consumers, Ian Landy of Henry's cameras says some of his biggest instant film customers are penitentiaries and accounting firms using the film for ID badges, and restaurants giving out keepsakes."
Full story:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/instant-film-shakes-up-the-photo-sector/article20294330/#dashboard/follows/
From the Toronto Globe and Mail: "Outside of consumers, Ian Landy of Henry's cameras says some of his biggest instant film customers are penitentiaries and accounting firms using the film for ID badges, and restaurants giving out keepsakes."
Full story:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/instant-film-shakes-up-the-photo-sector/article20294330/#dashboard/follows/
Godfrey
somewhat colored
Nice to see instant film on the rise! There's definitely something captivating about it.
G
charjohncarter
Veteran
How about police departments? It would seems to me that a clever lawyer could rip hole in a digital (ly manipulated) image, but then maybe there are no clever lawyers.
Godfrey
somewhat colored
Forensic photography has always rested on the credentials and documentation supporting the authenticity of the photographs, not on the manipulability of the medium.
G
BTW, I've been out shooting with the Polaroid 600 Close-Up you sent my way. It works well!
robert blu
quiet photographer
Interesting and good news, instant photography is so special
robert
robert