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Polaroid themselves stopped making the cameras and film. "Polaroid Originals" is a Dutch company that bought Polaroid's instant camera brand and IP. They were p

Polaroid themselves stopped making the cameras and film. "Polaroid Originals" is a Dutch company that bought Polaroid's instant camera brand and IP. They were previously trying to re-create Polaroid instant film on their own, I think (or they'd bought one of Polaroid's film factories, or something?) Anyhow, I think they're the ones producing film now, refurbishing old Polaroid cameras, and also selling their own model.

NietTim 8y ago
You are correct, they bought the old factory and reopenend it. Article in Dutch: https://tweakers.net/nieuws/129619/polaroid-heropent-fabriek-in-enschede-en-toont-onestep-2-camera.html https://tweakers.net/nieuws/129619/polaroid-heropent-fabriek... Google Translate link: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=nl&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Ftweakers.net%2Fnieuws%2F129619%2Fpolaroid-heropent-fabriek-in-enschede-en-toont-onestep-2-camera.html&edit-text=&act=url https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=nl&tl=en&js=y&prev...
Jaruzel 8y ago
Polaroid Originals were originally called 'The Impossible Project' and was a kickstarter campaign based around recreating the original Polaroid Instant film. It ended up being so successful, that they managed to acquire the brand name and IP of Polaroids Instant Camera technology. I'd link to a source, but it seems that https://www.impossible-project.com https://www.impossible-project.com now just redirects to Polaroid Originals.
- toomanybeersies 8y ago
  They didn't buy the IP for the chemistry for the original Polaroid film though, as Polaroid sold that to Fuji. That's why there's only 8 instead of 10 photos in a pack, because their chemistry required thicker photos, and the photos take about 30 minutes to self-develop, rather than 30 seconds of original Polaroids or Fuji Instax.
  - khedoros1 8y ago
    That makes sense. Fujifilm was the other brand of instant camera+film that I saw when taking a quick look around.

NietTim 8y ago

You are correct, they bought the old factory and reopenend it. Article in Dutch: https://tweakers.net/nieuws/129619/polaroid-heropent-fabriek-in-enschede-en-toont-onestep-2-camera.html https://tweakers.net/nieuws/129619/polaroid-heropent-fabriek... Google Translate link: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=nl&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Ftweakers.net%2Fnieuws%2F129619%2Fpolaroid-heropent-fabriek-in-enschede-en-toont-onestep-2-camera.html&edit-text=&act=url https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=nl&tl=en&js=y&prev...

Jaruzel 8y ago

Polaroid Originals were originally called 'The Impossible Project' and was a kickstarter campaign based around recreating the original Polaroid Instant film. It ended up being so successful, that they managed to acquire the brand name and IP of Polaroids Instant Camera technology. I'd link to a source, but it seems that https://www.impossible-project.com https://www.impossible-project.com now just redirects to Polaroid Originals.

toomanybeersies 8y ago
They didn't buy the IP for the chemistry for the original Polaroid film though, as Polaroid sold that to Fuji. That's why there's only 8 instead of 10 photos in a pack, because their chemistry required thicker photos, and the photos take about 30 minutes to self-develop, rather than 30 seconds of original Polaroids or Fuji Instax.
- khedoros1 8y ago
  That makes sense. Fujifilm was the other brand of instant camera+film that I saw when taking a quick look around.