Topic: THE POLAROID LAND CAMERA (Read 10840 times)

bk · « **on:** August 12, 2014, 12:27:34 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes spoke of Polaroids, and now it is time for you to post until the Polaroid cows come home.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** August 12, 2014, 12:28:31 AM »

And the word of the day is: INVEIGLE!

Ben · « **Reply #2 on:** August 12, 2014, 12:42:01 AM »

Morning all.

That is all.

George · « **Reply #3 on:** August 12, 2014, 01:07:49 AM »

Topic of the Day: for a while, I did own a Polaroid camera, but I don't know if it was a "Land" or "600" or what. I found some pictures that I took at work about 20 years ago, and they were falling apart. The adhesive holding the border to the picture must've broken down and the parts have started separating from each other. The images are still fine, so that's a small consolation. I just put them back in the box where I found them. We'll see what they look like the next time I dig them out.

Michael · « **Reply #4 on:** August 12, 2014, 03:39:57 AM »

good morning to all

Michael · « **Reply #5 on:** August 12, 2014, 03:40:47 AM »

tod

i am sure i owned one but couldn't tell you what kind.

Michael · « **Reply #6 on:** August 12, 2014, 03:45:43 AM »

There are some stores in Florida (and perhaps elsewhere) called Polaroid Fotobar where you can get photos printed like the images of the past and actually buy cameras and film.

This one is in the mall two miles from my house.

singdaw · « **Reply #7 on:** August 12, 2014, 04:17:08 AM »

I never owned a Polaroid camera. I remember seeing one growing up, and yes - thinking it was magic. That probably would have been in the early 1970's.

singdaw · « **Reply #8 on:** August 12, 2014, 04:48:50 AM »

A lovely, simple performance of "Bring Him Home" by Ramin Karimloo, if you can stand to hear the song yet one more time:
http://goo.gl/mK1Rdo

Druxy · « **Reply #9 on:** August 12, 2014, 05:18:15 AM »

TOD:

I had a Polaroid camera back in the 1960s-70s. I don't think they took the most durable photos.

In fact, there's a picture of me (sans beard) with client Rip Taylor in my 2nd memoir that was shot on my Polaroid. Not the best, but the only one I had with Rip.

singdaw · « **Reply #10 on:** August 12, 2014, 05:24:28 AM »

elmore3003 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 12, 2014, 05:29:30 AM »

Good morning, all! I, too, had a horrible night of sleep, but I am ready to run down to my pharmacy for my monthly meds, fllowing which I will stop at the market for a few necessary items.

My therapy ended last Friday, August 8, so on August 4, I asked my doctor for a renewal. I'm still waiting. It's irritating because the HMO referral dept does not continue from the last period's expiration date, say Aug. 9; no, it begins on whatever day the doctor submits the referral. As a consequence, I'll be lucky for three weeks of therapy in the month I'm given. It's too screwed up, and since I don't have the referral yet in the post, I need to call them this morning, confirm it's in place, abd ask them to fax it to the therapists. Total bullshit.

So, that's my day. Last night, i read the critical notes for the new critical edition of Kiss Me Kate, which has some wonderful scholarship but has one section on a cut number that reveals little knowledge on some of Porter's musical interests or earlier shows. Still, I look forward to the publication of the full score this autumn, I believe.

Kerry · « **Reply #12 on:** August 12, 2014, 05:36:49 AM »

Good Morning on a Tuesday. I'm hoping it will be productive.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #13 on:** August 12, 2014, 05:42:34 AM »

Today is the 75th anniversary of the premiere of the MGM film The Wizard of Oz.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #14 on:** August 12, 2014, 05:52:46 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on August 12, 2014, 05:42:34 AM

Today is the 75th anniversary of the premiere of the MGM film The Wizard of Oz.

In Oconomowoc, Wisconsin!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #15 on:** August 12, 2014, 05:53:52 AM »

Good morning, all.

Decent sleep, irritating morning. Just little stuff. Guess it's time to finish rising and shining and get on with something.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #16 on:** August 12, 2014, 06:03:27 AM »

I have this medical deferment from jury duty in September, but i can find nothing on the cockamamie summons - and there are phone numbers, web pages, and a lot of other crap - about what to do with a letter from one's doctor. The web page tells me to go to my country for further information. And there is nothing helpful there. I am very frustrated.

Ginny · « **Reply #17 on:** August 12, 2014, 06:13:25 AM »

Tuesday morning greetings! It's gloomy here in SW Ohio, perfect for sleeping in but I was wide awake at 7:30. Ah, well, things to do...

ChasSmith · « **Reply #18 on:** August 12, 2014, 06:20:04 AM »

TOD:

Never had my own Polaroid camera, and I don't think anyone in our family did, either, even though we had a few avid picture takers. We did know one or two people who had one, and the whole thing seemed exotic and fantastical, and the pictures themselves always had a "different" quality to them from what we were used to with our Brownies and Instamatics. This would have been in the days before the SX-70, which as I recall it, simplified and sped up the camera workings, bringing more automation to the process.

So, in the 1970s, the company I was working for had an SX-70, and I borrowed it a couple of times to take a "pack" of pictures, but the only thing I really liked about it was the automation and, of course, the instant prints. I thought it made everything a little too reddish and never delivered a sharp focus...but that could have just been me and whatever I was taking at the time. I wonder if I even have one or two of those pictures now.

In the early 1980s some friends had the short-lived Kodak "Instant Camera" and I thought I liked the general look of their pictures better than the SX-70 ones. I considered getting one, but the lawsuit happened and Kodak was out of that business faster than a gazelle doing something or other. Long story short, I never got my SX-70, and I never got my Kodak!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #19 on:** August 12, 2014, 06:28:00 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on August 12, 2014, 05:29:30 AM

Last night, i read the critical notes for the new critical edition of Kiss Me Kate, which has some wonderful scholarship but has one section on a cut number that reveals little knowledge on some of Porter's musical interests or earlier shows. Still, I look forward to the publication of the full score this autumn, I believe.

That's great news!

As was the news of the restored performing edition of Oklahoma! posted about on castrecl the other day. The R&H site has a detailed description of the orchestration research that had my mouth watering. And that's not a pretty sight.

Ginny · « **Reply #20 on:** August 12, 2014, 06:32:00 AM »

TOD - I was director of the Middletown Campus library when expecting Rob and casually mentioned during coffee break that we'd like a Polaroid camera to photograph our new baby. My staff took me to lunch at the Golden Lamb and gave us the funds to purchase the camera - a Polaroid Sun 660. We first used it at the second wedding of Richard's older brother on July 13, 1985, and then many times after Rob was born on September 7. I sent a lot of Polaroids with thank-you notes for newborn gifts. Some of the photos have held up well and others have deteriorated.

Ginny · « **Reply #21 on:** August 12, 2014, 06:42:08 AM »

Here is one of the first Polaroid photos we took with our new camera. Can you tell why John and Jayne cut their wedding cake earlier than planned?

ChasSmith · « **Reply #22 on:** August 12, 2014, 06:45:18 AM »

Ha! That cake had just arrived from Pisa, right?

Ginny · « **Reply #23 on:** August 12, 2014, 06:46:54 AM »

LOL, something like that, DR ChasSmith! It was SO hot that day and I was SO pregnant and the reception venue was not air-conditioned

elmore3003 · « **Reply #24 on:** August 12, 2014, 07:33:42 AM »

Oy! The humidity is terrible. I've been to pharmacy and two markets, since the first market - as usual, so why do I go there? - did not have what I was looking for. I've been on two buses, a No 7 and a 104, that had no AC, and I am drenched in sweat. I am not stepping out again today.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #25 on:** August 12, 2014, 07:45:39 AM »

Jury duty and therapy vibes for DR ELMORE!!

DR GINNY - I also like the dot matrix banner in the back....I made MANY of those myself!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #26 on:** August 12, 2014, 07:48:18 AM »

We had relatives who had Polaroid cameras....which did seem like magic, although as DR CHAS SMITH said, I was never too impressed with the quality of the photo.

My cousin had one of the Polaroid Swinger cameras that took small black/white photos.

Many years ago, I finally bought one. I liked it because it spit out the photo and you didn't have to mess with finishing chemicals or brushes. I don't remember the last photo I took.

My camera:

Jrand74 · « **Reply #27 on:** August 12, 2014, 07:50:50 AM »

We had a great rehearsal last night - I didn't use my book at all! Still lots of comedy to find, but I made a good start.

And then on the way home, the terrible news was on the radio. Shocking....but perhaps not unexpected. Robin Williams was an original in the best and worst sense of the word....sometimes he was annoying to me....but then he would do something that made me pay attention or think....

I liked him best in his serious roles.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #28 on:** August 12, 2014, 07:51:59 AM »

I used a digital camera to take a picture of a Polaroid camera.....technology meets technology.

Elan · « **Reply #29 on:** August 12, 2014, 08:01:06 AM »

Morning, all!

Still very much saddened by the loss of Robin Williams; simply the most incredibly nimbly-thinking comic I've ever witnessed. His "Meltdowner's Nightmare" improvisation on one of his early albums just blew me away.

TOD: we were never much of a photography family, so we never had a Polaroid camera that I can recall. In overnight camp, the parents gave me a disposable camera, and I have a couple of great grainy shots of the sunset and friends whom I wish I stayed in touch with... :/

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