Bye-Bye Polaroid Instant
It looks like Polaroid instant film is going bye-bye says the News.com posting Saying goodbye to Polaroid instant film.
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The whole process had a satisfying, ritualized nature to it. You composed the photo, clicked the shutter and heard that distinctive whirr. The seemingly blank film shot out. You’d fight to see who got to grab it, shake it (for no real reason–it just seemed like it needed to be shaken like a mercury thermometer), and watch as the image teasingly developed before your eyes. The film was expensive; about a dollar a shot if I remember correctly. You’d have to carefully parcel out the ten shots in a pack to make it last through a whole party.
So long it’s been good to know you.
…John
