Got the link from Ubique over in the Lensbaby thread, actually. If you look closely you'll note the white area actually has the subliminal Polaroid "texture" implanted in it, so if you were gonna use this as a quick border for challenges you'd need to select that area and blow it out or you'd be guilty of importing an alien texture :-)
My earliest photography experiences, other than being in my brother's darkroom printing, were with polaroid. I also miss that stuff. Having instant feedback when shooting made it quite a bit faster to learn about composition, aperture, shutter speeds, and ASA. It was also interesting to be limited to one focal length. I still have some of the shots that I took in the mid 60's through 1975, when I got my first SLR. I probably still have a camera or two around, but haven't shot a Polaroid shot since probably about 1978, and that was for testing lighting set up shots with a shadow box while doing adv photography with my brother at his studio.
I may take a trip down memory lane with the new film if it becomes available at a price and format that suits me.
Poloriod? : )
There is an ongoing film side challenge, unless you mean shoot digital, and try to get the polaroid effect. It would make an interesting basic or minimal challenge that way.
I don't think enough DPCers have access to polaroid equipment and film at this time to do it for real.
Poloriod? : )
There is an ongoing film side challenge, unless you mean shoot digital, and try to get the polaroid effect. It would make an interesting basic or minimal challenge that way.
I don't think enough DPCers have access to polaroid equipment and film at this time to do it for real.
Someplace* I've seen either a site or software through which you can post-process a photo to look like a Polaroid picture, complete with borders ... sorry I can't find the link right now.
Didn't Kodak sue Polaroid and won the right to exclusively produce instant film? Polaroids are not allowed to be produced, unless Kodak has been paid beforehand. Kodak invented instant film and Polaroid never paid any royalties for producing what was a copy of Kodak instant film back in the day.
I remember because people were asking for a Polaroid and we'd offer the Kodaks but they were ugly and people would leave the store without an instant camera.
Didn't Kodak sue Polaroid and won the right to exclusively produce instant film? Polaroids are not allowed to be produced, unless Kodak has been paid beforehand. Kodak invented instant film and Polaroid never paid any royalties for producing what was a copy of Kodak instant film back in the day.
I remember because people were asking for a Polaroid and we'd offer the Kodaks but they were ugly and people would leave the store without an instant camera.
You have that backwards. Edwin Land invented the process, Kodak (the 600-lb gorilla of film photography) tried to muscle in, and Polaroid sued THEM and won, forcing Kodak to abandon their line of instant cameras.
On April 26, 1976, one of the largest patent suits involving photography was filed in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts. Polaroid Corporation, the assignee of numerous patents relating to instant photography, brought an action against Kodak Corporation for infringement of 12 Polaroid patents relating to instant photography. On October 11, 1985, after five years of vigorous pretrial activity and 75 days of trial, seven Polaroid patents were found to be valid and infringed. Kodak was out of the instant picture market leaving customers with useless cameras and no film. Kodak offered camera owners various compensation for their loss.
