We are fucked: Polaroid stops making film, for real

Posted 8 February, 2008 in Product News

It looks like the sky really as fallen: Polaroid are getting out of the film business.

This article on Boston.com says:

The Norwood and Waltham plants make large-format films used by professional photographers and artists. Polaroid also makes professional-grade films in Mexico, and its consumer film packs come from a factory in the Netherlands. All these plants are slated for closure this year. Polaroid chief operating officer Tom Beaudoin said the company is interested in licensing its technology to an outside firm that could manufacture film for faithful Polaroid customers. If that doesn’t happen, Polaroid users would have to find an alternative photo technology, as the company plans to make only enough film to last into next year.

Fuji makes nice pack/peel-apart films (that I actually like better than Polaroid’s). But where does that leave us for Spectra and 600? Fucked!

Oh, did I mention? FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!

Comments

Chris
February 8, 2008 at 8:11 pm

I think that Polaroid still makes 600 in Europe. Are they shutting that factory down too?

mica
February 9, 2008 at 4:08 pm

I can’t even tell you how much this makes me want to cry. Although maybe the unsaleable folks will step up … they’re already selling the SX-70 blend, so maybe they can do something.

The whole thing just really, really sucks.

Therese
February 9, 2008 at 8:56 pm

Yeah…bummer, huh??

Let’s keep our fingers crossed that someone else will pick up the ball on this.

Nicolai Morrisson
February 10, 2008 at 11:44 am

AFAIK SX-70 Blend is just Polaroid-made 600 that Unsaleable puts an ND filter on.

The magnitude of just how much this sucks still hasn’t sunk in yet. Polaroids are pretty much all I like to shoot these days.

Help us, Fuji-wan Kenobi… you’re my only hope.

pez
February 11, 2008 at 12:17 am

Time to buy a Fuji Instax?

Rowena
February 12, 2008 at 7:37 pm

As a long time user of Polaroid film, both snapshot and medium format I’m gutted by this news. I’ve tried shifting over to Fuji but it’s just to… well, perfect - it behaves impecably, like a well-behaved but stuffy houseguest unlike its woozy hedonistic cousin who turns up late and drinks all the beer. RIP polaroid.

Jen Montgomery
February 13, 2008 at 12:02 pm

That sucks. Makes me sad.

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Mary
April 29, 2008 at 3:53 pm

Any news on where and how much to pay for SX-70 film? Ebay, of course, but anywhere else????

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