Sunday
Jan182009
Polaroid announcements
Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 2:53PM
A little off-topic for this blog, but newsworthy.
For those of you who shoot Polaroid, some interesting news.
First of all, there's a group on the web that claims to have purchased
some of the integral film production equipment from Polaroid. They
hope to bring back integral film (600 and maybe even Spectra?).
http://www.the-impossible-project.com/beta/
The other bit of news is that Polaroid is going to be launching a new
digital camera with a built in printer. Not quite like an old integral
polaroid, but the possibilities are interesting.
It's a 5mp camera with an LCD screen so that photos can be previewed
before printing. It's a thermal printer, so no ink cartridges will be
necessary, and the paper packs will be significantly cheaper than the
old integral films.
Polaroid Press Release
For those of you who shoot Polaroid, some interesting news.
First of all, there's a group on the web that claims to have purchased
some of the integral film production equipment from Polaroid. They
hope to bring back integral film (600 and maybe even Spectra?).
http://www.the-impossible-project.com/beta/
The other bit of news is that Polaroid is going to be launching a new
digital camera with a built in printer. Not quite like an old integral
polaroid, but the possibilities are interesting.
It's a 5mp camera with an LCD screen so that photos can be previewed
before printing. It's a thermal printer, so no ink cartridges will be
necessary, and the paper packs will be significantly cheaper than the
old integral films.
Polaroid Press Release