The Polaroid Era to End

The announcement this week by Polaroid that it will shortly no longer manufacture film for its long standing instant picture line of cameras is truly disappointing, but ultimately inevitable. I have owned a Polaroid camera for over a quarter-century, having gotten it as a gift. The film itself was always rather expensive, so I did not utilize my camera extensively. Hopefully the plan to find another manufacturer to continue manufacturing the film will be successful, because even though we are in the newly dawned era of digital photography, there is yet to be an alternative as exciting, attractive, and satisfying as having a snapshot in your hand moments after taking a photograph and not having to link up to a printer or even having to have a printer near.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/manufacturing/2008-02-14-polaroid-film-users_N.htm

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