# That Dutch Guy Who Wants To Revives Polaroid Film? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 9, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dutch-guy-who-wants-to-revives-polaroid-film/531863 "2010-03-09T16:08:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dutch-guy-who-wants-to-revives-polaroid-film/531863/21 "2010-03-10T05:49:53Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > I have a Calumet 4x5 view camera, and one of those Polaroid backs. Great fun. I hope these films do make a comeback. I still have some Polaroid film in the fridge, and have been dreading the day it runs out. Yeah, I have a Crown Graphic and the 545 back. I wanna shoot 4x5, I wanna shoot handheld, and I want to see the result right away. I miss Type 55, that’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dutch-guy-who-wants-to-revives-polaroid-film/531863/22 "2010-03-10T07:02:39Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > You know, digital cameras just don’t capture that naughty look when taking pornographic pictures. Nothing beats a Polaroid for that sleaze factor! I’m sure that was _exactly_ Dr. Lands intention. I read a [biography of Edwin Land](http://www.amazon.com/Insisting-Impossible-Life-Edwin-Land/dp/0738201901/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268204419&sr=8-1), and the invention of instant photography really was an astonishing technical achievement. It required creating a protective layer that could be transparent to allow the image layer to be exposed to light, opaque while the film was developing then transparent again when finished. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dutch-guy-who-wants-to-revives-polaroid-film/531863/23 "2010-03-10T15:39:11Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > I always thought (and I used to try to persuade a friend who worked for Kodak about this until he finally made me shut up) that a Polaroid-style camera or portable mini-printer camera attachment would be the most superest invention ever for creating real postcards while traveling. > > You just buy a pack of blank white cardstock of post-office-approved weight and size, and stick a card into your portable mini-printer that isn’t much bigger than a paperback book (don’t ask me how they managed the technology for that, I’m more of an ideas person when it comes to electronics), press a button, and bim, out comes a pretty postcard that you yourself took, that you can actually stamp and put in the mail so your mom or friends can have a real postcard in the real mailbox. > > It would probably be best to have the printer attachment hooked up to a digital camera rather than an old-style film camera, so you can look through multiple shots before picking the one that you really want to print on your piece of cardstock. Oddly enough - Polaroid makes such a device. It also connects to your cell phone via Bluetooth, so you can print cell phone pictures, too. ---
**Author:** ![JuliaSqueezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@JuliaSqueezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JuliaSqueezer)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dutch-guy-who-wants-to-revives-polaroid-film/531863/24 "2010-03-10T17:41:20Z")
[Polaroid already makes a standalone printer and a camera that print digital photos using an inkless printing system called ZiNK. ZiNK was developed at Polaroid then spun out into a separate company who license the technology back to Polaroid and a few other companies. [/QUOTE] It’s called a Polaroid Pogo. I love mine. It’s like a regular small digital camera. You can save images on your PC like a digital camera. After you take your photos, you select the one(s) you like, hit “print” and the print comes out the side of the camera. Unlike the old Polaroid film, it’s dry ink. The prints are small, though, about 2" x 4" with a peel-off backing so you can stick them on something else if you wish. The Zink paper is fairly cheap, too: 10 photos to a pack, and 8 packs go for about $20. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dutch-guy-who-wants-to-revives-polaroid-film/531863.md?page=1)