Another film bites the dust...
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:07 am
I doubt that this affects many people on pBase, but it's an interesting passing in the history of photography. 40 years from now when the grandkids see a movie from the '70's or 80's with a Polaroid camera in it, I wonder how many people will be able to explain what it was.
Anyway, for those who haven't heard...
http://www.smh.com.au/news/biztech/pola ... 10681.html
Anyway, for those who haven't heard...
http://www.smh.com.au/news/biztech/pola ... 10681.html
(Extract only) Polaroid is dropping the technology it pioneered long before digital photography rendered instant film obsolete to all but a few nostalgia buffs.
Polaroid is closing factories in Massachusetts, Mexico and the Netherlands and cutting 450 jobs as the brand synonymous with instant images focuses on ventures such as a portable printer for images from cell phones and Polaroid-branded digital cameras, televisions and DVD players.
This year's closures will leave Polaroid with 150 employees at its Concord headquarters and a site in the nearby Boston suburb of Waltham, down from peak global employment of nearly 21,000 in 1978.
The company stopped making instant cameras over the past two years.
{Snip}
He said the company plans to make enough film to last customers until next year.