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    with polaroid dead...the large format is also dead?

    hello people! i am a lover of large format photography i have read that the polaroid is dead! this step sign a slow dead of large format photography???


    thanks

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    Re: with polaroid dead...the large format is also dead?

    No, there is still film for large format; Kodak, Ilford, Efke, and Foma are all cutting film to custom and ULF sizes; there is still instant film from Fuji in 4x5" and medium format pack sizes, which can be used for proofing and transfers.

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    Re: with polaroid dead...the large format is also dead?

    I haven't used any Polaroids, and since they seem to be dieing out I guess it's best that I didn't. I've got no less reason to keep shooting :-)
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    Re: with polaroid dead...the large format is also dead?

    the still film in 8x10 format is more difficult to find?

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    Re: with polaroid dead...the large format is also dead?

    Quote Originally Posted by danzyc View Post
    the still film in 8x10 format is more difficult to find?
    Nope. It's actually becoming in some ways easier to find. LF film is seeing a small increase in demand, and companies like Kodak, Ilford, and Fuji are continuing to supply that demand.

    LF isn't dead and it isn't dying.

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    Re: with polaroid dead...the large format is also dead?

    Nobody works with large format because it's easy. It has always been more difficult to find film, enlargers, places to process etc... than working with 35mm or MF. I have been learning to make albumen paper precisely because I like the challenge. I'm sure if they stopped making film many of us would learn to use wet plates. So, when they stopped making Polaroids I never thought I might have to give up LF. I thought what are the alternatives.

    Bruce is right. - "LF isn't dead and it isn't dying."

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    Re: with polaroid dead...the large format is also dead?

    LF id dead -- long live LF!

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    Re: with polaroid dead...the large format is also dead?

    Quote Originally Posted by danzyc View Post
    hello people! i am a lover of large format photography i have read that the polaroid is dead! this step sign a slow dead of large format photography???


    thanks
    You are wrong.

    There are still quite a few emulsions as well as formats available for Large Format photographers.

    Have fun.

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    Re: with polaroid dead...the large format is also dead?

    Every time the production of some photo related product ends this type of post appears. They don't stop to consider the new emulsions, cameras etc. that have come to market in recent years.

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    Re: with polaroid dead...the large format is also dead?

    The demise of Polaroid has more to do with the changing LF market and the company. LF isn't dying, but professional LF *film* use has dropped by a huge amount. Pro's used most of the expensive Polaroid materials because the costs got passed on to clients. Pros are still using LF, but more likely with a digital back these days.

    The current owners of Polaroid are cashing in the valuable Boston area real estate occupied by the Polaroid factory. They have no long term business model, other than to liquidate the assets and license the brand until it's worthless.

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