Polaroid Instant Film....Dead

From the Chicago Times:

"'We're trying to reinvent Polaroid so it lives on for the next 30 to 40 years,'' Tom Beaudoin, Polaroid's president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer, said in a phone interview Friday.

Polaroid failed to embrace the digital technology that has transformed photography, instead sticking to its belief that many photographers who didn't want to wait to get pictures developed would hold onto their old Polaroid cameras.

Global sales of traditional camera film have been dropping about 25 percent to 30 percent per year, ''and I've got to believe instant film has been falling as fast if not faster,'' said Ed Lee, a digital photography analyst.

''At some point in time, it had to reach the point where it was going to be uneconomical to keep producing instant film,'' Lee said.

Polaroid instant film will be available in stores through next year, the company said -- after which, Lee said, Japan's Fujifilm will be the only major maker of instant film."


Kinda sad..in a weird way..because I liked to use them for instant shots that were not digital...but I guess no more. :(

that is sad

at benihana we take pictures of the birthday person with poloroid we even have personalized Benihana borders

Personally, I mourn the loss of the degerrotype.

Ok, not really.

sigh

I've been putting away a small horde of film since I heard about this, regardless of the fact that it has become "obsolete" Polaroid is still totally fun and usable in certain instances, I will be selling it on ebay along with my 8 track collection in 2018 if I am not dead

I have a polariod and I barely use it. I also found out from a Walmart photo shop employee that they are phasing out 35 mm as well. They are going exclusivly digital pretty soon.

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I've been putting away a small horde of film since I heard about this, regardless of the fact that it has become "obsolete" Polaroid is still totally fun and usable in certain instances, I will be selling it on ebay along with my 8 track collection in 2018 if I am not dead

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Would you like a side order of Beta Max and HD-DVD with that order? :cool:

Beta Max was the rox. Seriously.

Betamax died in part because they wouldn't allow it to be used for porn.

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Betamax died in part because they wouldn't allow it to be used for porn.

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Sony also said Blu-Ray is not for porn either..but they are "on-top"..

who wants to see hair around nipples in blu-ray resolution?

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Originally Posted by OliX

who wants to see hair around nipples in blu-ray resolution?

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I'd watch that porn.

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who wants to see hair around nipples in blu-ray resolution?

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Ms. Scar does, hehe

funny :)