Here’s a table of projected availability of films from Polaroid. Given that people are stockpiling like crazy and that a lot of retailers won’t be re-stocking (e.g. Costco), I think this is probably very optimistic, but there it is. It also lists the latest expiration dates you’ll find for each type.

I just modified a friend’s Polaroid Automatic 100 Land camera to take normal AAA batteries. I followed the battery conversion instructions from option-8′s excellent Converting Vintage Polaroids, and it went really smoothly. I did end up having to shave a few mm off of the two plastic supports that held up the original battery holder [...]

CBS Sunday Morning segment   Video Killed The Polaroid Star: cute arty short

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 [...]

Two more Polaroid films are on the chopping block… this times it’s the super-contrasty Type 51 and the sepia Type 56, both 4×5. The pages linked above say: NOTICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS: Please be advised that Polaroid will be discontinuing the manufacture of its T51 [/T56] film within the next several months. We realize that [...]

665 – An Exhibition of Polaroid Photographs by skorj. The show runs 3–15 March, 2008 at nagune in Shinjuku’s Goldengai, JP. Time and location details at the gallery site here (JP).

Dealing with Polaroid peel-apart film in the field is a bit of a pain, because once you peel it, you need to think of something to do with the print, and protect it from dust, bugs, and dirt, whilst it dries. Some of them are pretty fast, but some, like 669, seem to take ages. [...]

Following the story of one of Polaroid’s coating plants closing reported by South Coast Today, several message boards have been alight with rumours that Type 55 positive/negative sheet film is discontinued. Bill Schwab (who BTW makes fantastic pictures) actually bothered to call Polaroid, and said: Just got off the phone with Polaroid (easy) where I [...]

Polaroid Week Fall 2007 is in full swing over on Flickr, and the pictures are looking good! Here are some highlights so far (posted with the kind permission of the photographers):   Untitled, Cate   Belly, Jinnie   Ferry Terminal, Laura A. Watt   Untitled, Tony Sokolowski   Untitled, gardengal   Rivulet, Roamin   Polaroid [...]

Chris Keeney talks to pinhole/Holga/Polaroid experimental photographer Therese Brown as part of his excellent ongoing series of interviews with fine art photographers. You can see Brown’s work at her Web site, ThisIsWhatISee.com as well as on Flickr. This one’s a must-read, so do it at ChrisKeeney.com.