The end of Polaroid film

[SteveM(PA)]

I'm on the flickr SX-70 mailing list, and just heard about it...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/08/AR2008020803598.html

An image as unique as a film negative...but something so much more. The image you see is not just a record, but stands as a tangible piece of the moment itself. There is an image of me, about age 6, holding a little bag of chips, replete with the grease stains from those very chips, made as I held and furiously shook the paper square. Then everyone took it and passed it around, and it made its way into various boxes and other hands over the past 30 years. Sure it could be scanned and photoshopped and those colors could be pumped up. But the one I want to frame is the old dirty faded one that's as unique as the moment, because it was the moment.

 

[benmacphoto]

Man that is ashame, I used to use an SX-70 camera that I modified to use 779 once SX-70 was done and to expensive on ebay. But to find out that they are done with everything is a bit shocking. I still use type 54 and 55 for view camera work. Guess I should stock up a bit and sell it when its high.