Looks like I’m two weeks late writing about this, but Polaroid is exiting the film business.
I am now feeling like more of an old man than ever. One day I will drop the name “Polaroid” in a conversation with some kid, and the kid will look at me with incomprehension that way I’d look at my grandfather if he mentioned a “Victrola.”
Polaroid is trying to get into personal photo printing, but I think this is a doomed business. The article quotes Ron Glaz, director of digital imaging program at IDC Corp:
Glaz added that sales of home photo printers have slowed in recent years. He said today's consumers prefer to look at photos on their computer screens, and are more likely to say, "E-mail that to me, rather than give me a hard copy."
Glaz is right. When I first discovered digital photography, it seemed like it wasn’t a “real” photo unless there was a hardcopy. But now, I just enjoy looking at the photos on the computer screen, and it has been about three years since I last printed a photo on paper.
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