Do you miss the old polaroids?

I do indeed remember them. As a matter of fact, I owned a couple of models. They were cutting edge as you say. I also remember that stupid little tube that used to come with each package of film...the one where you had to wipe this fluid across each print in order to preserve it. Most of the time, you wound up with streaks, and not all of the print would get covered. A lot of the time, if you had any of that stuff left over, you'd go to use it on a new set of prints, and the stuff would be all dried up. However, were you aware that Kodak also had their own version? Yes! My father worked as a film processor for Kodak for 35 years. One day, he said that the company was having this big presentation, and that family members were invited to come. When we arrived, we were shown this new kind of instant camera. What made the difference between the two, was the WAY in which each camera developed their prints. Polaroid developed prints from the front to the back, while Kodak prints did just the opposite. The advantage of developing from back to front was ingenious, since prints could NOT be scratched, as they could with a Polaroid. It was called Satin-lux, as I recall, and was its selling point. Naturally, I owned a Kodak instant camera as well....and truthfully...it was a better camera by far. Unfortunately, Kodak took it off the market due to patent rights, and was sued by Polaroid for that reason. It was too bad, because I really liked the Kodak over the Polaroid, but definitely taking these kind of pictures WAS a great deal of fun. I kind of miss it, and hope that they come back into fashion once again. It would be great! cdrxo

I do miss those. They were so much fun. I still have a camera like that, but they no longer make the film that goes with the camera. I loved that camera and I must agree that it is fun watching the film develop before your eyes. I used to have so much fun with that camera. Ah, well.

I thought they had quit making the film for those cameras. I see them often in the second hand stores along with a lot of 35 mm cameras, all of which at one time were expensive equipment, but now sell for a few dollars. 35 mm film will also one day join Polaroid on the technology scrap heap. Yes they were fun, but expensive, but then so is most photography. Now you can carry a portable photo printer if you want "instant" prints. They work quite well I am told. I am not sure about the costs. I usually do not print anything myself anyway, but if I wanted an instant print, I would go with the digital camera and a portable printer, same effect with new technology.

i like very much that camera, but i never buy one to make fotos. I think i used one in shcool project some years ago. I hope thay can revitalized that cameras to the present days. The image still so bright and with good contrast.