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post #16 of 27
2/11/08 at 4:50am
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Originally Posted by tiecollector View Post
Can't be any more than the amount they waste on film. You can get a digital camera that takes polaroid quality pics for 100 bucks. I think a pack of polaroid film was 10-20 bucks.

The setup to use these cameras in a lab costs thousands of dollars, several times more than the polaroid setup. It's not as simple and point and shoot.
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post #17 of 27
2/11/08 at 12:58pm
One of the cool things about the Alpa 12 was that you could get a Polaroid back for it...





Jon.
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post #18 of 27
2/12/08 at 2:56pm
There actually are Polaroid backs for most large format cameras.
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post #19 of 27
2/12/08 at 3:06pm
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There actually are Polaroid backs for most large format cameras.

Really? Huh, I never knew that.

Although the Alpa is really characterized as a medium format, since it only accepts one large format back.

Jon.
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post #20 of 27
2/12/08 at 4:30pm
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Most medium format cameras as well as large formats have Polaroid backs.
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post #21 of 27
2/12/08 at 5:49pm
There is a largest Polaroid cam in the world located somewhere in NYC. They do 1x1 shots of models for AD campaigns as well as other advertisement related instant shots. Camera takes up half of the room, I heard. Never took time to check it out myself. So Polaroid is dead only in mass market sense.
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post #22 of 27
2/12/08 at 10:03pm
I'm far more saddened by the demise of Kodachrome.
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post #23 of 27
2/25/08 at 1:34pm
Polaroid film delivers a very high quality facsimile of reality. Not being digital, and being instantaneous, it is a true depiction of the moment. I know it can be scanned and manipulated, but if you get out a magnifying glass and check out a peel away print you'll find an astounding level of resolution. It is a medium format, instantaneous, contact print. The style forum talks so much about the demise of quality. The end of P film should be mourned as any other end of the beautiful in art. Most aren't concerned that high end autos are now stamped out, computer designed, look alikes because most don't appreciate the the qualities that make the hand built, pencil designed, alumininum bodied autos great. Polaroid film is like that. To me , the demise of Polaroid film represents one more nail in the coffin of individuality and another banner and cheer for the conformist and the conventional.
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post #24 of 27
2/27/08 at 6:38am
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Polaroid film delivers a very high quality facsimile of reality.
Not being digital, and being instantaneous, it is a true depiction of the moment.
I know it can be scanned and manipulated, but if you get out a magnifying glass and check out a peel away print you'll find an astounding level of resolution. It is a medium format, instantaneous, contact print.

The style forum talks so much about the demise of quality.
The end of P film should be mourned as any other end of the beautiful in art.

Most aren't concerned that high end autos are now stamped out, computer designed, look alikes because most don't appreciate the the qualities that make the hand built, pencil designed, alumininum bodied autos great.
Polaroid film is like that.

To me , the demise of Polaroid film represents one more nail in the coffin of individuality and another banner and cheer for the conformist and the conventional.

I quite agree with you, Mark.
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post #25 of 27
3/29/08 at 10:38pm
This topic is a little old, but I am quite sad.

However, I stopped by Goodwill today and picked up a camera for three dollars. Unfortunately the film I picked up was something like $15 for only 10 shots and since I've been reclusive lately, I've nothing to take pictures of and haven't taken any up yet.

But just wondering, are they stop making the film too? I heard Fuji was still doing the instant style cameras but I'm not %100.
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post #26 of 27
3/31/08 at 12:02pm
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I quite agree with you, Mark.

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post #27 of 27
4/2/08 at 1:54am
Maybe they should try and get Sinbad to do another endorsement.
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