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Anonymous
R.I.P. Polaroid

:(
>> sage slowpoke !Ep8pui8Vw2
Oh hi fujifilm.
>> Anonymous
Nothing will replace it. It's just gone for good. Another nail in the coffin of film photography. :(
>> Anonymous
I work at a charity shop, and today I found a box of polaroid film buried in the back of the shop, so I put it out for sale, $8.
>> Anonymous
Well, they're apparently got stock counts on their website, it's the instant film thing you can buy now since they stopped making the cameras.

Spectra film, there's only about a 180 packages left so get some soon Anon before it's gone forever.

It's funny though, last time I went to the website, they had one or two instants left and there was like only four digital cameras available and now all this.

Still sad though since a lot of people still loved them and they still play a big part when it comes to policing business, since you need to take the photos right away of a dead body... not hog it back to the station and print them out.

Sigh. I have a digital camera and I rely on it heartily, but still it pains me very much to see film die.

I bet you, 2018, ten years from now, your local CVS or Rite Aid or whatever you guys have were you live, the film counter will most likely just be a damn bank or just more shelf space for porn and celeb magazines.

Soon or later, the only way to develop will be back in the dark room again.

But true photofags do it that way.
>> Anonymous
>>133487
Here now! I'm a true photofag and find your comment highly offensive! I shall proceed to process the paperwork using telephones, typewriters and fax to have you sued for defamation of character.

Expect the delivery of legal service in the 2100's!
>> Anonymous
>>133487
actually the police dont need the pictures right away
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>133487
I hope someone comes out with a desktop C41 processor machine before it all goes away. Seems like it should be possible to make a little machine where you pour the chemicals in one end, spool the film in the other, and developed negatives come out after a half hour or so.
>> Anonymous
>>133490

http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/02/27/instant_consternation/

Well the guy in this article made it sound like it. At least for some police departments.
>> Anonymous
>>133492

yeh they have those, expensive but you can get them. About 2'x4' generally, o r the size of a large format printer

and plenty of people that I know DO develop their film in a darkroom...the only people who want to use film any more are people who do it for the artistic reasons, and they're not likely to use a wal-mart processor.

Furthermore, as long as there is a demand, there will be people who keep making the chemistry (or you can make it yourself, it's super cheap) and film. The only things we lose are niche formats, like polaroids.

Also: don't use polaroids to represent the demise of the whole film industry. The only reason anyone used polaroids was so they could see the picture immediately, and digital and mini dye-sub printers utterly smoke polaroids there. Real film won't be so quick to die off.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>133498
>Also: don't use polaroids to represent the demise of the whole film industry.
Agreed. Even 1/2.5" sensors give you a hell of a lot better quality than Polaroid 600 film. If you run the numbers, a camera and about 40 Polaroid pictures will cost you the same as a low-end digital camera that'll give you nigh infinite quantities of better pictures.

I'm sad to see Polaroid go. But I'm honestly utterly shocked it stayed around as long as it did.
>> Anonymous
>>133498

Haha. You're right, the film business isn't dead yet, I mean there's still plenty of disposable cameras I see every day. I'm just the worry wart doomsday kind of guy.

Actually, I live in Massachusetts, right next door to Peabody, so like 6 miles from my house is the Eastman Gelatine plant.

They haven't closed their doors yet, however, they did tear down two different tanks on their site which made concerned they were gonna close.

But they still seem to be going strong, heck, they finally replaced the sign out front the old Kodak logo on it and unlike Polaroid, gelatine has other uses besides film, anom nom nom.
>> Anonymous
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Does fujifilm still make its instant film stuff, I know it's not the same as polaroid.
>> Anonymous
>>133767
Yup
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
http://davidbram.blogspot.com/2008/02/can-ilford-make-polaroid.html
>Dear All,
>We have received many, many e.mails from photo enthusiasts the world over regarding the possibility of our manufacturing monochrome POLAROID product. We have no idea whether this will be possible or practical, what I can tell you is that our Chairman and Managing Director Dr. Philip Harris has written to the CEO of POLAROID with the intention of discussing the possibility, should anything develop from this contact I will let you know.
>Simon : ILFORD Photo / HARMAN technology Limited
>> Anonymous
>>134016

I love you ac. Not just in a brotherly sense, but in a powerful sexual one too.
>> Anonymous
i have a poloroid 630 that ive had since i was a small child
in 2006 they stopped making the film for it =[
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>134079
I wanna fuck you too, Anonymous. YAY GLORYHOLES!
>> Anonymous
>>134093

This could be arranged. Live the dream.
>> Anonymous
>>134093
You really live up to being a tripfag, huh?
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>134176
If there's plausible deniability about the gender of the person on the other side of the wall, I'm still straight.
>> Anonymous
>>134176

Don't be jealous. You can join in with our love-in too. There is always room for one more, baby. ;)
>> Anonymous
>>134196

Truth. That logic works fine for me. Ignorance is bliss when it comes to that sort of thing.
>> Anonymous
>>133502
Film buisness won't be dead untill Hollywood stops making their movies on film.
>> Anonymous
>>134266
Which will be never. Movies are expensive enough to make that directors and cinematographers will always have the choice between film and digital, as long as they're not some unfinanced super-indie production.
>> Anonymous
>>134280

They will move onto digital soon enough. It will happen the same as with still photography. Film is dying.
>> Anonymous
>>134288
spielberg is movie industrys filmfag, as long as hes in the business theres no way that theyll stop using film completely.