Polaroid instant film is back ... sort of
source: http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/25/polaroid-instant-film-is-back-sort-of/
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Film for Polaroid's old-school instant cameras went out of production in 2008, but a European company has started reproducing certain types of the film again.
A company called "the IMPOSSIBLE project" started selling the instant film on its Web site today. The price is steep, though: $21 for a 8-photo pack that develops in black-and-white.
The black-and-white film works with SX 70 Polaroid cameras from the 1970s.
Color film will be released this summer, according to news reports.
The Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy blog has details on the difficulties of producing the film:
The Impossible Project acquired its namesake because of the complexity of the film, which has six distinct layers, (mask, receiving sheet, developer, negative, rail and mash), with each of those layers comprising of six to 10 components. Additionally, many of the key ingredients and chemicals were no longer available once Kaps and Bosman got working in the factory.
The Associated Press notes that Fujifilm produces other varieties of Polaroid-compatible film, but not this type.
By some accounts, Polaroid is making a bit of a comeback these days. Lada Gaga, the singer and fashion maven, is part of the company's publicity campaign. And Polaroid has come out with digital cameras that print photos on-the-spot, but they haven't taken off the way its vintage instant cameras did.
Even if you don't have an instant camera, there's still plenty of Polaroid entertainment to be had on the Internet these days. Flickr has a robust Polaroid-sharing community, with more than 14,000 members. There's a popular iPhone app that gives mobile-phone photos a Polaroid look (you even get to shake your camera to "develop" the prints).
And, of course, there's always that OutKast video.
http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/25/polaroid-instant-film-is-back-sort-of/
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theaveragelebowski
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How many commercials with douches in neon 80's shades singing along to a skinny coke whore wrapped in tin foil will it take to sell toxic laden film that goes for 2.50 a click? I don't know but I'm buying a shit ton of it the day it comes out and taking it out to Williamsburg that night and will be the center of attention in a urine soaked bar to clean me up some hot ass hipster babe with killer bangs.
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Einsam_Data_Old:
You mean for cleaning up all the beautiful babies that have their asses smeared flat in tight jeans with restricted leg movement buried deep in disprorportionality sized boots? Don't I know it!! ..Actually, I'm not that hip at all as to what you were referring to. I had to look it up. You might be right, but It's all about that Polaroid flash and the distinct spitting film/motorized sound that follows - Even better is how my New York friends have photo uploads to look like polaroids. I'm poking fun here, of course. I think the graininess you can add looks kind cool and If I saw someone with one of those old school gems out at the bar, I'd be all about getting my little square to take home for the night. I'd even probably let one of those D- bag chicks play me some glockenspiel after an odd walk home too.
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Einsam_Data_Old:
thankyouthankyouthankyou for that link. I've been laughing all afternoon
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smurph25
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Probably explains why Lady Gaga used a Polaroid camera in her music video, "Telephone"
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