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 this is disappointing news for our loyal T51 users and we would like to emphasize that, although the circumstances made it inevitable, it was not an easy decision. We are very sorry for the inconvenience. We continue to manufacture and sell T52, T53, T54, T55, T57, T72 and T79 film.
Ugh. Stop the carnage!
I figure Type 59 is a goner too. They haven’t had it for sale on their site for a while, but they haven’t added a discontinuation notice on it yet.