Re: NETHERLANDS REVIVAL OF POLAROID

[Romeo <jamesromeo@mac.com>]

Fujif has a camera low price camera now and film
 how is the film ? Is it like the SX
James


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On Jul 3, 2009, at 11:04 AM, Loris Medici <mail@loris.medici.name>  
wrote:

> Yep, there's nothing interesting to me in the Polaroid line except  
> SX-70...
> The rest (with the exception of peel-apart large format film, most
> significantly the consumer-type instant film) is obsolete in the  
> digital
> age...
>
> I won't be excited until I see they have revived SX-70 film.
>
> Regards,
> Loris.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Bryant [mailto:donsbryant@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 5:47 PM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
> Subject: RE: NETHERLANDS REVIVAL OF POLAROID
>
> Gregg and Bob,
>
> I'm familiar with the project, the group and the website. IMO -  
> Polaroid
> ain't gonna come back. But on the slim chance that it does the best  
> one can
> expect are the integral films used in cameras like the 600. Also I  
> don't see
> how they are going to attract investors. Perhaps ask everyone on the  
> web to
> send them $5.
>
> I would really be pleased if they could recreate SX-70 film and PN-55.
> Realistically though, the demand for these products has diminished  
> and they
> will be very expensive if they are ever revived.
>
> I'd just settle for the film inside the PN 55 packet. Screw the rest  
> of it.
>
> Don Bryant