Yim says he found someone selling tons of them... He's gonna get a few more, asking if i want any... Yes i said, wanted to get 1 for yan...
During the batam trip, yan presented a polaroid to me instead...
Yim got for her instead... lol...
The Supercolor, 670AF
Polaroid cams have stopped production for 2 years now..
Luckily "Polaroid instant film will be available in stores through next year, the company said - after which, Mr Lee said, Japan's Fujifilm will be the only major maker of instant film." - February 9, 2008 Saturday, The Straits Times
Hope they'll produce instat film 600, else my new toy will be useless...
Here some highlights of the article...
BOSTON - 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.
Polaroid got its start making polarised sunglasses in the 1930s, and introduced its first instant camera in 1948. Film packs contained the chemicals for developing images inside the camera, and photos emerged from the camera in less than a minute.
Polaroid's overall revenue from instant cameras, film and other products peaked in 1991 at nearly US$3 billion (S$4.3 billion). The company went into bankruptcy in 2001 and was bought four years later for US$426 million by Minnetonka, Minneapolis-based consumer products company Petters Group Worldwide.
Meanwhile, Polaroid is seeking a partner to acquire licensing rights for its instant film, in hopes that another firm will continue making the film to supply Polaroid enthusiasts.
As it seeks to gain a foothold in digital photography this year, Polaroid plans to sell an 8-ounce photo printer slightly bigger than a deck of cards that requires no ink and prints business card-sized pictures. It uses thermal printing technology from Zink Imaging, founded by private investors who bought technologies from Polaroid as it was coming out of bankruptcy.
Polaroid also has its brand name on foreign-made TVs, DVD players, digital photo frames, cameras and MP3 music players. Those products generated nearly US$1 billion in revenue last year for Polaroid's parent firm, Mr Beaudoin said. --
