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!

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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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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?"

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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

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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

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Lifting