Polaroid at PhotoPlus 2017

[melek]

One of the busier vendors at PhotoPlus Expo 2017 was the new Polaroid.

There was a tremendous amount of activity at its booth, and there were a lot of the cameras on display - from the OneStep to the SX70, plus different kinds of film.

Young people were working the booth, but they didn't know the history of Polaroid. One of them was in a conversation with an older gentleman who was asking if Polaroid was going to bring back the peel-apart Type 55 film packs. The Polaroid rep insisted that Polaroid had never produced such a product.

Oh, to be young!

[Captain Slack]

Did you get to handle one of the One Step 2's?

[melek]

No, I didn't. I ended up chasing down the guy for a conversation about Type 55 film.

Truth be told, I didn't like that camera the first time around.

[PFMcFarland]

I started losing interest in Polaroid when I couldn't get anymore roll film packs, and had to mothball my 110B. But when I got my first 4x5 camera, that got me interested again for a while. This latest crop of nostalgia film is intriguing, but I've yet to cut loose the funds to buy any.

PF

[LarryD]

It will be an "Instant" success. The new reformulated films are improving in leaps and bounds.

[Julio1fer]

I might look for an SX-70 again if this instant film revival gets serious.