Polaroid film is coming back!!

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I'll buy it if it can compete on a price point with the Fuji instant film and I hope they make it in B&W too.
 
Kev M said:
I'll buy it if it can compete on a price point with the Fuji instant film and I hope they make it in B&W too.
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It said in the article that the B&W film should be available in early 2010. ;)
 
clicktor said:
It's dead and should stay that way. Well, it will still that way.
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and a fouth Why? I'd buy it, it a great fun film to use, photography doesn't have to serious with high quality images.
 
clicktor said:
It's dead and should stay that way. Well, it will still that way.
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A fifth WHY? I much prefer shooting in film and using a Polaroid back on my Hasselblad to check the exposure. Shooting with film makes photographers think a lot more about the composition of the image and take more time and thought. A quality which has been lost by many using digital.
 
I would dearly love to shoot film for my work...so much calmer, somehow...

Sadly, it's just not possible...
Maybe one day I'll buy a 'proper' Nikon film scanner for my personal work, but at £2k for the one I want, it'll have to wait...possibly forever...
 
clicktor said:
It's dead and should stay that way. Well, it will still that way.
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And another 'WHY?'

mastertrinity said:
lol it sounds like weve gone back 50 years ago and the future is film. next thing we know nikon will have a remake of the f5 and digital will be extinct lol
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They did. And digital photography as you know it now probably will be extinct in 50 years time!
 
Room for another why? :lol:

I used polaroid commercially and always hated it. If the pola came out looking just how I wanted I knew I was in trouble as it never looks the same as slide.

It's great stuff though and I love the look of it in it's own right. Long live the polaroid. :D
 
time to get my saddle out i guess
 
£14 for 8 and they'll struggle in my opinion when I can get 10 fuji for £12 but it might depend on what size polaroid we're talking about.
 
mrcrow said:
time to get my saddle out i guess
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I'm a little confused about that. I'd like to think there is something I'm being too thick to get there as all can see at the mo is one of those moronic comments that just points to closed minded ignorance.
 
dazzajl said:
I'm a little confused about that. I'd like to think there is something I'm being too thick to get there as all can see at the mo is one of those moronic comments that just points to closed minded ignorance.
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its a moronic comment referring to using a horse instead of a car :clap:

do you think you would really use polaroid film process to do photography?

only a moron wouldnt
 
do you think you would really use polaroid film process to do photography?
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Ummmm, yeah.

If that was the look I wanted or as a proof shot for another film that requires processing after the event.

I sometimes use the modern connivance of microwave cooking but I still use a hob, a regular oven or even a barbecue if that's the better tool for the job.

There have been all sorts of ways invented to ease the job of cooking over the last couple of centuries but none of them will make a good naan bread.
 
dazzajl said:
Ummmm, yeah.

If that was the look I wanted or as a proof shot for another film that requires processing after the event.

I sometimes use the modern connivance of microwave cooking but I still use a hob, a regular oven or even a barbecue if that's the better tool for the job.

There have been all sorts of ways invented to ease the job of cooking over the last couple of centuries but none of them will make a good naan bread.
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or tajine

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do you light the oven with two sticks...:naughty:

we bought a slow cooker but found the hassle of preparation too much for us
so we reverted to the hob again for our food

i dont use polaroid nor have..nor will..

but you were honest and i can see you buying some soon
 
no, but I want a stable supply of the film to come out rather than the trickles of stuff at various prices on ebay
 
ryank said:
no, but I want a stable supply of the film to come out rather than the trickles of stuff at various prices on ebay
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thats sounds sensible
can you store it...i have never used it..like film..freeze it etc

i really didnt think there would be any use for it nowadays...digicams give a result on the back
what do you use it for:)
 
I might possibly be interested in the Polapan and to an even lesser extent Polachrome should they ever manage to produce a stable version, although only if its sensibly priced.
 
To be honest its like anything - 'The beauty being in the eye of the beholder'
I use digital as its what the business demands these days (mainly due to time) but personal preference will always be film. Polaroid always had a magic to it like people being able to see their image straight away. I know that might not seem very impressive these days but back in the 70's it was something very special and cutting edge. Also people used to take polaroids of their wives etc..:lol: but thats another story as it saved the embarrassment of going to collect the photos from the chemist!
I did a collage recently for my final major project at college and it was made up of colour polaroids taken with my Hasselblad pieced together. Done in a David Hockney kind of style. To be honest it was something that could not have been achieved using digital and it suited the theme.
 
mrcrow said:
thats sounds sensible
can you store it...i have never used it..like film..freeze it etc
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Yes, you can refrigerate it but not freeze it as wrecks the pods.

I did fancy doing a Project 365 using integral Polaroid film but it'd be too expensive :'( They will feature heavily in my new photoblog though, probably alternating between that, Instax Mini and Medium Format.
 
Deano said:
To be honest its like anything - 'The beauty being in the eye of the beholder'
I use digital as its what the business demands these days (mainly due to time) but personal preference will always be film. Polaroid always had a magic to it like people being able to see their image straight away. I know that might not seem very impressive these days but back in the 70's it was something very special and cutting edge. Also people used to take polaroids of their wives etc..:lol: but thats another story as it saved the embarrassment of going to collect the photos from the chemist!
I did a collage recently for my final major project at college and it was made up of colour polaroids taken with my Hasselblad pieced together. Done in a David Hockney kind of style. To be honest it was something that could not have been achieved using digital and it suited the theme.
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*student alert*

Not just this, but you can stick em on your wall and allsorts!
 
Deano said:
I did a collage recently for my final major project at college and it was made up of colour polaroids taken with my Hasselblad pieced together. Done in a David Hockney kind of style. To be honest it was something that could not have been achieved using digital and it suited the theme.
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I'd like to see that...:D


On another note, I hate these threads, but the subject title suits the general consensus.
 
Why should it remain dead? Sorry I don't have time to list all the reasons! ;)
Show me a market for it....there is none.
 
clicktor said:
Why should it remain dead? Sorry I don't have time to list all the reasons! ;)
Show me a market for it....there is none.
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I don't think the market has time to convince you otherwise.
 
The great thing about Polaroids are that you could develop photographs with little or no equipment. Polaroids provided great benefit to scientists, biologists, aids workers etc etc where they need cameras but without processing equipment / computers etc. I hope it stays around.
 
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