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Hope for Polaroid 20×24 & 8×10 film?

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This article in Amateur Photographer says:

Polaroid is in fresh talks over the survival of its professional instant sheet film following its failure to reach agreement with UK firm Ilford Photo.

Polaroid bosses have confirmed that they are in discussions with a ‘third party’ over the continued production of 20x24in large format professional b&w sheet film.

In a meeting with Amateur Photographer, Polaroid’s European vice-president Paul Telford also revealed that there is a ‘strong possibility’ that production of 8x10in format sheet film will be taken up by an, as yet, unnamed manufacturer…

J and C Photo close up shop

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Black and white photography supplier J and C Photo report in their updates page that they are going out of business:

Dear Customers,

Over the last few months while we have diligently tried to move and reorganize our operation’s in order to overcome major stumbling blocks which have come our way, we now find ourselves in an untenable position. While we thought we had overcome the major obstacles, recent events have now changed things once again. Threats of frivolous law suits, the expense involved in defending against them and suppliers unilaterally deciding to nullify contracts and do business with competitors have made it impossible to come back as planned. We therefore regrettably have decided it’s better to exit than continue to fight a battle that cannot be won.

We will not be re-opening our retail operation and wish all of our former customers the best.

We will continue to work the ULF and T-Max deals on a custom basis.

All T-Max orders already placed are still valid.

We would like to publicly thank Ilford and Kodak for their continued support during these difficult times.

JandC Photo

This is sad indeed.