Roy.Jackson55@aol.com
You stupid, fix it!
Hi just saw on NBC World News that Polorid is no longer going to produce film for it's instamatic camara. How will this effect future long distant ride's like the Iron Butt or the Minuteman 1000?
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Would not a digital camera serve the same purpose? And the digital camera is much smaller and lighter. Time and technology move on. Well, digital camera technology at least.
Well obviously everyone has a laptop with photoshop installed.
It's interesting to see the different reactions to this news from Polariod here vs some of the forums specifically devoted to photography (such as the Photo.net Large Format and Medium Format forums). Over there, some folks are truely in denial about this....mostly because they shoot Polaroid Type 55 4x5 film for "arts sake" and not just for practical reasons. I have shot some Polaroid Type 55 (a fine grain BW "film" that creates both an instant print and a BW negative at the same time) and enjoy doing so now and then, but it doesn't surprise me in the least that Polaroid is getting out of the business. Of course, like others, I'm stocking up before the existing supply is gone....but it can't be frozen and has a relatively short shelf life, even stored in the refrigerator, so in a year or two....that's probably the end of it.
If you're interested to see some creative photography done on Polaroid Type 55, there is a group on Flickr devoted to just this film.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/polaroid55/
Gary Benson
Eagle River, Alaska
How about a rubber stamp stored at a location like a geo cache? The rider carries a passport like document and stamps the passport. OK the stamp goes missing. Then
A gasoline receipt which have a time and date and location stamped on receipt. Choose a couple of those open 24 hours a day gas stations for verification. Riders are going to stop and get gas and seek relief and a cup of coffee or another can of Red Bull.
And I thought those prices were high ...
Gas receipts are often used. But many bonus locations - a lighthouse down a long winding road on a rocky coastline for example, simply are not amenable to getting a receipt as proof of being there. But the rally masters I know are smart enough to know how to work this out. I have a hunch that $5/gal. fuel will change rallies as much as the end of polaroid film does.
Gas receipts are often used. But many bonus locations - a lighthouse down a long winding road on a rocky coastline for example, simply are not amenable to getting a receipt as proof of being there. But the rally masters I know are smart enough to know how to work this out. I have a hunch that $5/gal. fuel will change rallies as much as the end of polaroid film does.
Good News
It turns out that the making of Polaroid film is going to be licensed. So the film will still be made and it will still carry the Polaroid name but it will be made under license. I don't know where but I would guess - off shore.
Good News
It turns out that the making of Polaroid film is going to be licensed. So the film will still be made and it will still carry the Polaroid name but it will be made under license. I don't know where but I would guess - off shore.