POLAROID SPECTRA FILM SERIES

My Polaroid Image 2, known as Spectra 2 in the U.S. You pay for this with clunky camera design and ridiculous expensive films. An instant camera shows the result nearly as fast, but already as a real print. See the PO announcement here.One of the many advantages of digital photography: you can control immediately if your picture is good or not.

And as fans of analog photography have been recently enjoying a slight resurgence in the quantity and variety of film available to buy, with the past couple of years seeing the revival of numerous films, the loss of Spectra film is indeed a harsh blow. The loss of Polaroid Originals Spectra film is indeed somewhat tragic, especially considering that some of the Polaroid Spectra cameras produced throughout the 1980s and 1990s remain to this day some of the best and most capable Polaroid instant cameras ever made. If you are one of the lucky few with a fully working Spectra camera, you can still purchase the final batch on sale now for the next few months.” We look forward to working with our community to test new products and to keep analog instant photography thriving well into the future. So today, with a heavy heart, we are announcing the end of production for Spectra film.Īs we share in the sadness with our community, we continue to focus on the future of analog instant photography through enhancing our core range, and through continued work on our film chemistry. Jamming and frequent breakdowns are now affecting the majority of these cameras, and unfortunately, this is not something we can influence with our film.Īfter extensive testing, we have concluded that we cannot support these cameras any longer. With three decades behind them, these wide format cameras are now coming to the end of their useful lives. “Since 1986, Spectra has played an important part in Polaroid’s film offering and in the world of analog instant photography. The announcement is accompanied by a message from Polaroid Originals CEO Oskar Smolokowski in which he thanks the community of instant film shooters and offers condolences for our loss. This fault is completely random and depends on many variables with each pack of film and the configuration of the camera circuitry. We also carried out multiple battery tests with different voltages and currents from different suppliers.

We optimized the dimensions and deflection angle of the ejecting film, reduced the pod weight, and lowered the mask friction through different coatings. “Our manufacturing team led an intensive, 6-month testing and improvement plan on Spectra cameras and our film. In the statement issued by Polaroid Originals today, Polaroid Originals’ Head of Global Manufacturing, Andrew Billen, explains the problem and the brand’s efforts to solve it. The seemingly random faults were so common that Polaroid Originals temporary halted production of Spectra film in a six-month effort to discern the root of the problem and develop a solution. Unfortunately, a solution could not be devised. The news of the discontinuation comes following numerous reports from Spectra camera users over the pasts twelve months that new Polaroid Originals’ Spectra film failed to eject properly from their classic Spectra cameras.

POLAROID SPECTRA FILM SERIES

Polaroid Originals today announced that production of all Spectra Series film for classic Polaroid Spectra cameras has been officially discontinued.

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