Polaroid Quits

Oh, no. Again? How many times have they quit?

They truly are the Easter Island of the photography industry.

It still sounds like they have kept the same marketing consultant from the 1960s.
 
very bad . I still have a couple of sx70 films, one pola pan,a couple of 600 and nothing for my 340 !
very bad news. For me , and of course for the workers in the plant.
robert
 
Gabriel M.A. said:
Oh, no. Again? How many times have they quit?

They truly are the Easter Island of the photography industry.

It still sounds like they have kept the same marketing consultant from the 1960s.
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If only. I wish they kept the marketting team that made up the SX70 and SLR680 and so on. I'm sure their downfall can be blamed soley on terrible marketting / R&D over the past decade.

Anyway, i hope packs of 600 film won't be going to 100 each on ebay like SX70 does now ]:
 
This is bad news, but I don't think its implications should be taken too far, and I hope it doesn't bring on another wave of the "film is dead" crowd, tedious (and wrong) as they are. However, it will be interesting to see who, if anyone, steps up and decides to take over that production.
 
Sad though. Something magical about watching a Polaroid develop. I remember shooting Polaroids for kids in Providence years ago, they saw me shooting something and came over, asked for pictures of them. They were completely enthralled watching themselves appear from nothing.

If it wasn't so expensive I would shoot more Polaroids, but prices just got too high for me. 55 P/N was my favorite film for a long time, and I can't even begin to guess how much SX-70 and Spectra I've shot.
 
They mention digital products. What are they?

I do remember around 2004 they had a very portable printer you could use to print photos on polaroid film that would develop instantly. The film cartridges had a built in battery, so you never had to worry about power. (A bit polluting, though, I imagine). You plugged a memory card from your digital camera into it and could get prints instantly anywhere. That was a neat product, but I think it went by the wayside.

/T
 
They have a line of (not so good) digital cameras, and they parterned with a company called Zink to produce small pocketable printers for digital cameras.

Not the same at all!
 
Does Fuji still make instant films or am I mistaken?
I've never used any of Poloroid's products, but it certainly hurts to lose an option. Especially if the company was the only one making it!
For those who are familiar with the online series Afterworld, this news places serious limitations on the time period during which it takes place. In the fictional, post apocalypse series, Polaroids are the only form of photography surviving.
 
Bryce said:
Does Fuji still make instant films or am I mistaken?
I've never used any of Poloroid's products, but it certainly hurts to lose an option. Especially if the company was the only one making it!
For those who are familiar with the online series Afterworld, this news places serious limitations on the time period during which it takes place. In the fictional, post apocalypse series, Polaroids are the only form of photography surviving.
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Not anymore! :D

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This is sad all around for film users.

I just hope that Fuji or Ilford will buy the license and formula at least for the 4x5 sheet/pack.

I've always wanted to shoot that one, having seen some remarkable images from it.
 
I'm sorry to hear this indeed. Guess I'll need to go buy up some 600 film for our camera. But it's more from the standpoint of remembering what was -- and the fact that time has passed the company by.

Am I the only one, or do others think that Polaroid film was really more of a party trick than anything that produced a decent image? I'll admit my experience with Polaroids is limited to the consumer stuff, but I find the images to be not very sharp and the colors, well, only an approximation. Any one-time-use 35mm camera produces better image quality, and you only have to wait an hour or so for prints.

From a fine art standpoint, I can appreciate the attraction of Polaroids, but if I'm looking to record an event, they are not that great an option.
 
Too bad. I shot a lot of 665 film over the years. Always wanted a 600SE, but they're still pretty pricey.
 
This is sad, although I bet I can now get a cheap Polaroid camera. I'd love to get hold of a larger format type, even if I can only buy film for a few weeks! I never had chance to play with Polaroid.
 
sepiareverb said:
I remember shooting Polaroids for kids in Providence years ago, they saw me shooting something and came over, asked for pictures of them.
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Yes I remember those moments. These days I would call that gathereing "retro-chimping" :rolleyes:.
 
I just bought a couple of film pack cameras and new batteries including a nice 360 model. There is a huge number of people who use these for artistic purposes including image transfers.

It is my understanding that Fuji still makes a 100 speed color pack film.

I'm not opposed to advances in photography and I use digital cameras often, but, it's irresponsible, IMO, for a company to ignore a large group of customers who still use their products just to make a greater profit.
 
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