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Polaroid Workshopby @PolaWalk
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Agenda1. Introduction2. History of Polaroid & Overview
Film and Cameras3. Hands-On: Polaroid-Cameras &
Film4. Buying Tips5. Hands-On: Lifting
Introduction
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PolaWalk
Vienna | Graz | WarsawPolaroid Photo Tours
Shop
Instant-Safari
Wedding | Birthday | EventServices
Your turn!
cc: Photographing Travis - https://www.flickr.com/photos/94599716@N06
Experience with Polaroid?cc: r. egeriis - https://www.flickr.com/photos/31108532@N07
Interest in Photography?cc: Zorah Olivia - https://www.flickr.com/photos/37566893@N04
History of Instant-Photography
1937cc: The Logo Smith - https://www.flickr.com/photos/49734147@N00
Edwin H.
Land
Edwin H. Land• Harvard drop-out (studied
Chemics)• 535 Patents• 1957: Honorable degree from
Harvard
Polarizer
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cc: NightFall404 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/50232366@N06
cc: Thomas Hawk - https://www.flickr.com/photos/51035555243@N01
cc: Marcus Vegas - https://www.flickr.com/photos/60168589@N00
WWIIcc: mag3737 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/50318388@N00
1943 - Idea for the Instant-Camaera"Daddy, why can't I see the picture right away?"
cc: Bjørnli Foto - https://www.flickr.com/photos/21503093@N03
Videocc: Live to Create Photography - https://www.flickr.com/photos/91752758@N07
The First Polaroid Camera• Presentation: 1947• In Stores: 1948• Rollfilm: 1948 - 1993
Peel-Apart Filmcc: OwlLens - https://www.flickr.com/photos/61857484@N02
Peel-Apart Film• 1963: Land 100 Camera• Type 100: Produced by Fuji
until 2016
Large Format• 8x10 - Impossible Project• 4x5 - New 55• 20x24 - Supersense
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Picture-Time!Peel-Apart Film
Integral Filmcc: Attila con la cámara - https://www.flickr.com/photos/77967821@N00
Integral Film• 1972: SX-70 Camera• Land's dream: One-Step
Photography• If you think of Polaroid you
probably think of this format
1976 - 1986
Infringement-Lawsuit• 1976-1986• 5 patents infringed• Kodak had to stop selling
instant products & recall of all cameras and film
• Fine: 925 Million USDcc: michael_d_beckwith - https://www.flickr.com/photos/118118485@N05
1978Polavision
1982Land steps down
Art & Science | Art & TechnologyLand & Jobs
1986Spectra
2001 Bankruptcy - New Owner - 2008 BankruptcyThe End
PLR IP HoldingsPolaroid Today
2008Impossible
Founder Impossible | Ex-Polaroid Merchant & Marketing at LomographyFlorian "Doc" Kaps
Juli 2010Silver Shade
Film Production
2013The Instant Lab
2016I-1 - Impossible Camera
Picture-Time!Instant Lab - Create the Polaroid for the Lifting
Picture-Time!Polaroid 600
Photo-Tips
Overexposure
Shield from Light
Sky
Low Temperatures
High Temperatures
Blur
Getting the Exposure right
Colors
Flash
Go Closer!
Fuji InstaxClick to add more text here
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Lomography
Picture-Time!Fuji Instax
Film• Impossible (8): from 20 EUR• I-1 (8): 18 EUR• Instax Mini (20): 19 EUR• Instax Wide (20): 20 EUR• FP-100C (10): 20 EUR
Camera• PolaWalk Polaroid-Package: 119€• Instax 210 (Wide): 99€• Lomo Mini: from 99€• Lomo Wide: from 199 €• I-1: 299€• Instant Lab: 149€• SX-70: 299€• I-1: 299€• SX-70: 299€
Buying Tips - Polaroid 600• Empty film pack• Close-up lens or Autofocus• eBay or Craig's List• Flash
Buying Tips - SX-70• Empty film cassette filled with old
Polaroids (motor, ejection cycle)• Mirror• Exposure• Bellows• Tip: Buy a tested and working
cam
Film & PhotosStorage
Creative Ideas
cc: Andrew Bartram (WarboysSnapper) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/29964558@N03
Lifting