On 2008-02-12 18:58:32 -0500, Alric Knebel <alric@[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.jpg
>>>
>>> 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. The digital camera now is what Polaroid used to
>> be, only better. Where's the loss?
>>
>
> That's what I was thinking. And these home printing processes are
> getting better all the time. I saw a photo printed the other day, and
> I couldn't tell that it was done at home. And 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.
--
Michael
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