http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 20th 2009 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 20th 2009 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 20th 2009 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 20th 2009 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/
I agree. Also the "bad" photographs that get instantly deleted and lost in the ether are what gave photography a soul. Now all pictures look exactly the same, predictable and perfect. ]]>Aug 20th 2009 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/
I don't think film had a monopoly on badness. ]]>Aug 20th 2009 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 20th 2009 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/
Plus they were really handy for business use. Often times businesses would insist on polaroids because it's pretty hard to doctor them.]]>Aug 20th 2009 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/
I'm talking about photographs taken by the average person, not a professional. (the ones who generally use a Polaroid....)

You inadvertently brought up an interesting issue with digital photography. With brainless quick editing the average person can "play" professional photographer, the end result being photo albums filled with carbon copy smiles and poses without character. ]]>Aug 20th 2009 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/
Where? In line at McDonald's to get an Egg McMuffin?]]>Aug 20th 2009 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 21st 2009 2:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Sep 3rd 2009 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/]]>Aug 20th 2009 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/
What's coming to an end is Polaroid. Which was always considered crap for image quality, but people used it for its instant-ness. Now that's no longer necessary, so people stopped using it. I don't really get the nostalgia.

Hipsters have now picked up on Polaroid because they'll pick up on anything that makes them remember when they were kids 10 years ago, regardless of how much better things are now. But that doesn't mean those of us who actually lived with and used Polaroid cameras feel much of anything about losing them.

35mm film is something different, because film resolution is very high, many film cameras were/are of very high quality and there are still many great photos to be made on 35mm film. But Polaroids were just a curiosity, and while it's interesting that this stock was found and is now being sold, there's nothing much that's "sad" about it. Not to this child of the 1970's, anyway.

Are we gonna lament the demise of the 8-track tape next?]]>Aug 20th 2009 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 20th 2009 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 20th 2009 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 20th 2009 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 20th 2009 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 20th 2009 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/
michael
(Who passes by the old 'roid building every work day during my jogging loop on the Charles...)
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I thought 779 was the pull apart film though, not the instant stuff pictured. That'd actually be better cause the Fuji instant films are still around. And the camera would last longer then the 10 shots.]]>Aug 20th 2009 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/
Shame, really. I loved the novelty.]]>Aug 20th 2009 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 20th 2009 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 20th 2009 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 20th 2009 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/
What a great way to get the trendy to drop a few hundred bucks on a package of instant-hipster-cred (limited edition, of course, to make it Even More Hip) that was probably originally sourced from some dusty warehouse for ten bucks a package. Free advertising from Engadget, even...]]>Aug 20th 2009 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 20th 2009 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 20th 2009 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 20th 2009 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 20th 2009 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 20th 2009 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/
PRICE: $189.00 for the camera and $24.00 for the packs of film.

Is it *really* worth it for an obsolete camera?]]>Aug 20th 2009 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 20th 2009 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 20th 2009 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 20th 2009 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 20th 2009 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/
http://www.the-impossible-project.com/index.php

pretty cool stuff.]]>Aug 20th 2009 11:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 20th 2009 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/
Was it like they said, sales were dwindling OR was it to do with the value of the factory for real estate?

As for asking questions about why re-make instant film on the impossible project, surely the answer to that is obvious.



]]>Aug 21st 2009 2:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/
I loved polaroid, and now all i have is 4 packs of film i got off amazon that i'm saving for my grandson...]]>Aug 20th 2009 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/a major component of the impossible project is to not only make it less damaging to the environment, but also to make the film more economical to produce.
I'm not saying it's the best business plan, but as a fan of polaroid film/cameras and also being a professional photographer, I can't help but be excited.
Some see it as being a hipster fad but there are lots of photographers who love Polaroid.
Some people are into collecting coins, I'm into older cameras.]]>Aug 20th 2009 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 20th 2009 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 21st 2009 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/]]>Aug 21st 2009 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 21st 2009 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/last-polaroid-cameras-and-film-to-be-sold-at-urban-outfitters-to/Aug 21st 2009 8:59PM