Polaroid Cease Making Instant Film To Concentrate On Digital Imaging Solutions

Having only yesterday fallen into somewhat of a digression concerning
the fate of the HD-DVD format, in which we made references to the long
defunct Betamax format, we couldn't not post concerning the passing of
another iconic technology whose days are well and truly over as Polaroid
announce that they are ceasing production of the film utilised by their
instant cameras.

If you are of a 'certain age' you'll no doubt recall with especially
fond memories the first ever time you first saw one of Polaroid's bulky
instamatic cameras in action as well as the somewhat ceremonious
'holding of photo to chest to warm it up' pose that, depending on who
owned the camera, oven proved quite enlightening (we won't give her name
here, but safe to say that I've never seen an instamatic photo develop
quite as quickly as was the case in her ample bosom - hence the
delectable space between them hitherto being referred to as the 'dark
room').

I'm holding on to that fond memory for just a minute
Polaroid Mini Printer

The ceasing of film production by Polaroid will result in the closing of
factories in the US, Netherlands and Mexico though, with Polaroid having
ceased manufacture of their instamatic camera range around a year ago
the writing has been on the wall for some time.

If you still own one of Polaroid's instamatics the good news is that
apparently they apparently have enough stocks of the film left to
continue supply up until 2009 and are presently in talks with another
company with view to films being provided by a third party beyond that date.