On Feb 15, 7:43=A0am, Audie Murphy's Ghost <takebackamer...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
> In article <2008021500155675249-adunc79617@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Michael
>
>
>
>
>
> <adunc79...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > On 2008-02-12 18:58:32 -0500, Alric Knebel <al...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>
> > > WQ wrote:
>
> > >> On Feb 12, 5:21 pm, Taylor <tayl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > >>> R.I.P.
> > >>> Filed under: R.I.P.
>
> >
>>>http://img.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/polaroid__oPt.j=
pg
>
> > >>> This is a sad day.
>
> > >>> An essential part of our childhood is going into extinction.
>
> > >>> Polaroid has announced that they will stop making Polaroid instant
> > >>> cameras and film.
>
> > >>> For reals!
>
> > >>> Instead, the company is going to focus on making digital cameras
and=
> > >>> manufacturing TVs.
>
> > >>> Buy your Polaroids and film on eBay. They're gonna be a thing of
the=
> > >>> past real soon!
>
> > >>> Such a bummer.
>
> > >> --- I don't get it. =A0The digital camera now is what Polaroid used
t=
o
> > >> be, only better. =A0Where's the loss?
>
> > > That's what I was thinking. =A0And these home printing processes are
> > > getting better all the time. =A0I saw a photo printed the other day,
a=
nd
> > > I couldn't tell that it was done at home. =A0And think of the
creative=
> > > freedom you have with photoshop, how you can fix the errors.
>
> > I just went through a box of old photos. The slides are perfect at 20+
> > years. The Kodacolors are pretty good at 20+ years. The Polaroids are
> > uniformly and universally awful, faded and almost invisible. Polaroid
> > can RIP and good riddance. I think the old old black and whites that
> > had to be "coated" have lasted, but that's about it.
>
> My experience: Slides perfect at 35 years. =A0Kodacolor prints also
> perfect at 35 years. =A0Polaroid color prints at 41 years look like
Civil
> War daguerreotypes left out in the sun since Appomattox. =A0Coated
> Polaroid b&w prints okay; I recall the lack of contrast in them was
> there when the prints were developed. =A0These shots were taken with the
> Model 100.
>
> Am I remembering correctly that Polaroid b&w film ca. 1968 was ASA
> 3000? =A0Can that be right?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Yes, absolutely correct from type 42 onward, the polaroid 110B having
a pinhole in the lens cover to make use of this astounding speed.
David
|
