Here's a short read, but I found it interesting: Polaroid recently announced that they are ending production of instant film. Though it does stink for those very few that have some rather special use for such film, it's really no surprise, given the rise of digital photography.
I know that many technologies have fallen by the wayside during my lifetime. Hell, some have even been invented, used, outdated, then discarded in my lifetime. (3.5" diskettes, anyone?) But I'm kind of hard pressed to think of many technologies this iconic that have vanished since I've been old enough to remember. I mean, no one calls it "instant film," of course -- they're "Polaroids." On some level, this is like an end to Kleenex, or Band-Aids, or Jell-O, or some such.
Maybe I'm not making much sense here. It just struck me as momentous, in a very odd way.
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In related news, Kraft has announced they'll be ending their Jell-O line and replacing it with Vein-O, and combination of sugar and fruit flavor that you inject directly into your bloodstream. No more waiting for it to solidify in the fridge!
the Polaroid camera did seem like a type of magic didn't it?
on a related topic, the death of the pay phone, I just got my first cell phone about a week ago. so I'm no longer "that one guy who doesn't have a cell phone yet."
the mole
Polaroid was the first mainstream manufacturer to embrace the ambling though potentially superior Foveon X3 chip, but I had no interest in owning a Polaroid digital camera. The brand just says, clunky and overpriced. In fact, their X3 camera was exactly that.
Yeah, I think it's kind of funny. In the transition to digital photography, two of the worst possible cameras you can go and buy now are Polaroid or Kodak.
Now that's ironic.
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