Kind of the end of an era, I say. The Boston Globe ran a story last week that Polaroid will be getting out of the film business.
Yes, that Polaroid.
Not to date myself (as I so often do), but I remember my father coming home with a Land Camera (named after Polaroid founder, Edwin Land) and spending careful moments lining up shots and yelling at us to stop wiggling so he could get a picture.
The film was really expensive as I recall, thus the yelling.
Which also explains why I was only allowed to handle the camera when everyone was out of the house and not expected back for hours.
I don't know, but there's still something charming about Polaroids, even if they are hopelessly out of date and take pictures only half as good as an iPhone.
But heck, even when video supplanted 8mm and Super 8 film as the family documentation media of choice, watching it later was never as good as watching those old homey, home movies.
Is it just me or does anyone else lament the passing of an era?
(Thanks to Rebecca for the pass along!)
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