Polaroid is dead, long live polaroid!

Big Swinger 3000 - Polaroid of a polaroid
Originally uploaded by nick young photo

I was just looking at this old photo a Polaroid of a " Big Swinger 3000", shot with Type 55 pos/neg film, (A Polaroid of a Polaroid! ) and lamenting the death of Polaroid film...

So, I decided to take a look at the Polaroid corp, website and was flabbergasted to see the new 'digital instant' camera they just unveiled.

"But digital is instant" ,you say, "How can this be different?"

It is a digital point and shoot camera with a built in printer! Seriously! This thing can print a 2x3 inch print on the spot, directly from the camera! Bizarre, but ingenious!

http://www.polaroid.com/CES/PressReleaseDetail.jsp?prod_code=090108

http://www.polaroid.com/en/products/polaroid-pogo/polaroid-pogo-instant-digital-camera

Obviously this has no Pro application and is just a fun party camera, but what a great idea! The photos are described as "sticky back", so basically stickers. What is particularly interesting is the paper which is ZINK Paper™, the prints use no ink, but develop with heat sensitive crystals... amazing.

I still have 6 sheets of Polaroid Type 55 left, they are like gold these days. I will have to save them for a very special project. My 73 year old Mother is visiting in March, perhaps I''ll burn them all on portraits of her and her granddaughter.