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I dont keep up with technology..but I aint dead either..

I havent even seen one of these cameras for ages..so it aint likely I will miss it..

I dont know how to use it..but we have a digital camera..and that cell phone my wife bought me takes pictures..

I think that these days it is much easier to keep and send photos online...and just store them on a computer..

I know as kids..this type of technology was the closest thing we had to magic...like Walt Disney..almost..

..but it is time to move on..cherish the memories..without the mess..

I will however miss the smell of those pictures..I still believe that sniffing those Polaroids is what led me to standing in line for two days..naked at WoodStock...

I still have a Polaroid camera packed away somewhere. I haven’t used it in years. It’s just another sign that age is creeping up on me! You know your getting older when
1. People you work with that are two years younger than you call you MAAM or put MISS. in front of your name.
2. You walk into a restaurant, and they give you the senior citizen discount without you asking for it.
3.  The music you listened to as a teenager is now used for a Time Life paid advertisement.
Where has the time gone! Thank you.

I have never seen a Polaroid picture that looked real good, but the convenience of instant photography had a viable place in its day. On the other hand digital photographs can look extremely good if done properly and on higher resolution settings. I suppose the ultra expensive digital cameras aren’t like the cheaper ones that lag in exposure time so what you see in the viewfinder isn’t what you get when the recording is made. That is where the age-old film camera comes into play for those actions shots like sporting events and fast moving children. Even so, I can’t help wondering if the 35-millimeter camera’s days are numbered too.

I still have a few of their instant cameras. They were good for their day. It was big actually… the thought of having instant processing with no need to go to get it developed. I am sure though that FUJI will pickup the slack and the demand will still be there for them. They already produce film for I would say about 70% of poloroid cameras already. Though with this the cost of film will probably go up. The one thing though that is truly troubling is that Poloroid was the main manufacturer of Black and White Film.  You can capture the moment clearer with this film than with color for a more dramatic effect.

I think I might invest now in a digital camera.

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Alright, alright, alright, Ok now ladies, [YEAH!]
And we gon’ break this back down in just a few seconds
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I just recently got a digital camera.  I like it, but I still like the disposable 35mm cameras I used before.  And, I miss the magic of the Polaroid!  I haven’t used one of those in more than a decade.

I miss breaking out the ol’ photo album..instead of dragging someone to your computer to see a picture..or having to print it off..

It really bugs me when someone hands me a cell phone or a digital camera and tells me to look at their pictures of whatever...the screens are getting smaller and smaller and my eyes aint getting any better as time rolls on..

Polaroid pictures had such an antique look to them..usually shots of the old days...I always liked looking at those..

More often than not...there was “family time” involved in those old shots taken with the Polaroid..dont see too much of that these days..suppose that’s what I miss the most..

It hasn’t been too long since I used Polaroid.. when I was in photography school I was lucky enough to have a few classes in large format photography. You know the big under the hood type cameras, no bells, no whistles, no auto focus, just a large sheet of ground glass and a manual focus lens. I was also lucky enough to get my hands on a large amount of Polaroid type Y55 film. This black and white film produces, in a matter of minutes, both a negative and a positive. It was truly one of the coolest things I have ever used in the world of photography. The negatives are a huge 4x5 inches and produce the most amazing organic black and white prints. It was hard to use, it tore very easily, a feather could scratch it, and if the exposure was off, even a tiny bit, there was no image. But when everything was right it was beautiful.
Now I use two digital cameras everyday, they have all the bells and whistles, even if they are a bit on the old side. But there is nothing organic about them. I miss film, I miss the real dark room, and I too miss the family photo album.
I worry about digital photography and the ease in which people can now make photographs. I know far too many people who just store their photos on their computer and never make DVD back-ups, let alone prints. Then computers crash and years of family history is lost. This happened to my sister, gratefully I am a photographer and save all of my photos in three places, and I make prints. So we have some baby photos of my niece and nephew. It worries me that the children of today will have no photos to show their grandchildren of tomorrow. It is odd in a way, in this age of digital photography, where everyone thinks they are a photographer far less photos are being printed than just 10 years ago.
I too will miss Polaroid, and I am really happy to have that Polaroid print of my sister and I on a Florida beach when I was seven.

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