Philosophy
Polaroid instant film [and camera are back] for consumer appreciation. Actually it was never gone for the film was still made for professional purposes in 8 X 10 format. Nevertheless, relive the old days [like the revival of vinyl records] and add to the instant porn of a new generation.
Like a phoenix rising from the flames and gently fading back into view as you pointlessly flap it in the air, Polaroid has returned. And this time, with real instant film, not that awful camera/printer — the Pogo — we saw last year.
The PIC-300 has the familiar snap-and-wait action, spitting a photo from a slot in its top whereupon the internal chemical pack goes to work to develop the image. The camera itself has four exposure settings and an automatic flash built into its ugly, bulbous and toylike exterior, and runs on four AA batteries or a rechargeable li-ion (all included).
The crying shame is that the photos are smaller than the originals, although they do have that classic shape with the fat (chemical-containing) bottom-border. Similar in size to a business card, the print is 2.1 x 3.4 inches (with a 1.8 x 2.4-inch image) versus the old 3.5 x 4.25 (3 x 3.1 image size).
That isn’t a big problem if the colors and feel of the photos is right: The Polaroid print is more of an object in itself than any other kind of photo. The trouble might be the price. The camera is just $90, but the film costs $10 for a 10-exposure pack (ISO 800). A dollar a print was standard for old Polaroids, but this “fun” design camera is clearly aimed at cellphone-toting kids, who get their pictures free. Still, I’m in. I love Polaroid, and I’m sure that the cost-per-print will keep me from wasting too many frames like I do with digital.
Welcome back, Polaroid! Good to see you again, old friend.
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Philosophy
It's back...instant Polaroid photos
Polaroid instant film [and camera are back] for consumer appreciation. Actually it was never gone for the film was still made for professional purposes in 8 X 10 format. Nevertheless, relive the old days [like the revival of vinyl records] and add to the instant porn of a new generation.
"Polaroid Lives! New Camera Uses Real Instant Film"
by
Charlie Sorrel
April 29th, 2010
Wired
by
Charlie Sorrel
April 29th, 2010
Wired
Like a phoenix rising from the flames and gently fading back into view as you pointlessly flap it in the air, Polaroid has returned. And this time, with real instant film, not that awful camera/printer — the Pogo — we saw last year.
The PIC-300 has the familiar snap-and-wait action, spitting a photo from a slot in its top whereupon the internal chemical pack goes to work to develop the image. The camera itself has four exposure settings and an automatic flash built into its ugly, bulbous and toylike exterior, and runs on four AA batteries or a rechargeable li-ion (all included).
The crying shame is that the photos are smaller than the originals, although they do have that classic shape with the fat (chemical-containing) bottom-border. Similar in size to a business card, the print is 2.1 x 3.4 inches (with a 1.8 x 2.4-inch image) versus the old 3.5 x 4.25 (3 x 3.1 image size).
That isn’t a big problem if the colors and feel of the photos is right: The Polaroid print is more of an object in itself than any other kind of photo. The trouble might be the price. The camera is just $90, but the film costs $10 for a 10-exposure pack (ISO 800). A dollar a print was standard for old Polaroids, but this “fun” design camera is clearly aimed at cellphone-toting kids, who get their pictures free. Still, I’m in. I love Polaroid, and I’m sure that the cost-per-print will keep me from wasting too many frames like I do with digital.
Welcome back, Polaroid! Good to see you again, old friend.
- High-speed Photography Going The Way Of Eastman Kodak
Betty Giles with Model 112 camera. "Beloved High-Speed Film Camera Faces Extinction" by Jakob Schiller August 22nd, 2012 Wired For more than five decades, the Charles A. Hulcher Co. filled an important niche in the camera world. Their cameras, which...
- Part Of Eastman Kodak Will Close
I never thought that this would happen, but then I could see the trends: Digital photography and Kodak's film and paper selection greatly diminished over the years. It is a form of classic photography that will be missed by us old timers. "Kodak...
- Elsa Dorfman And Huge Prints
Bob Dylan was in Lowell with the Rolling Thunder Review, and Allen was staying at our house. Harvey (Silverglate) and I went to the concert. I brought my camera. Although the concert folks were very fussy about no cameras, the Dylan people let me bring...
- A Hasselbland Pin Hole Camera
A fine through the lens 2-1/4 X 2-1/4 camera. Pricey and nearly extinct now. "Beautiful Cardboard Hasselblad Almost as Well Made As Real Thing" by Charlie Sorrel March 29th, 2011 Wired Yes, you could make a pinhole camera from a shoebox. In fact,...
- Edwin Herbert Land...second Revolution In Photography
Edwin Herbert Land May 7th, 1909 to March 1st, 1991 [Click to enlarge] What's that old joke? What is the equivalent term for hemorrhoids for Eskimos...Polaroids. Okay, I'll never write for Leno. Today is the birthday of Edwin Herbert Land who...