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!@#$%! · 02.08.2008, 11:02 PM

Polaroid Technology Fades Out

By Frank Ahrens
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, February 9, 2008; Page D01

When Polaroid users pulled a picture out of their cameras, an image would slowly appear before their eyes. Now, like the process in reverse, the image of the Polaroid instant camera -- dimming for years -- has finally gone black.

Polaroid, based in Waltham, Mass., is shutting down factories in the United States and abroad as the company abandons the technology that made the instant photo possible, the Boston Globe reported yesterday. The company will cease production of its film by next year.

The artsy, instantly gratifying Polaroid images, reeking of processing chemicals, have finally been done in by endless Flickr Web pages full of digital images, flawlessly produced by cameras that do not require film, emulsion or anything bigger than a shirt pocket to carry them around.

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fuck. i liked those. so shitty, they were good.

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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,476	Polaroid Technology Fades Out By Frank Ahrens Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, February 9, 2008; Page D01 When Polaroid users pulled a picture out of their cameras, an image would slowly appear before their eyes. Now, like the process in reverse, the image of the Polaroid instant camera -- dimming for years -- has finally gone black. Polaroid, based in Waltham, Mass., is shutting down factories in the United States and abroad as the company abandons the technology that made the instant photo possible, the Boston Globe reported yesterday. The company will cease production of its film by next year. The artsy, instantly gratifying Polaroid images, reeking of processing chemicals, have finally been done in by endless Flickr Web pages full of digital images, flawlessly produced by cameras that do not require film, emulsion or anything bigger than a shirt pocket to carry them around. full article ------ fuck. i liked those. so shitty, they were good.
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