On 2008-02-15 08:43:49 -0500, Audie Murphy's Ghost
<takebackamerica@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
> In article <2008021500155675249-adunc79617@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Michael
> <adunc79617@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> My experience: Slides perfect at 35 years. Kodacolor prints also
> perfect at 35 years. Polaroid color prints at 41 years look like Civil
> War daguerreotypes left out in the sun since Appomattox. Coated
> Polaroid b&w prints okay; I recall the lack of contrast in them was
> there when the prints were developed. These shots were taken with the
> Model 100.
>
> Am I remembering correctly that Polaroid b&w film ca. 1968 was ASA
> 3000? Can that be right?
Yes that is right. Polaroid 3000 used a special flash called a
"winklight" to expose it indoors. Grain was no issue for the large
formatl contact print.
--
Michael
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