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msgeek wrote:That distinctive whirr of the Esper unit spitting out an SX-70 hard copy photo...it will be history in 2009.
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msgeek wrote:Wait...no you can't in November, 2019...or November, 2009, for that matter. Polaroid has given up on instant photography. That distinctive whirr of the Esper unit spitting out an SX-70 hard copy photo...it will be history in 2009. That is, unless another company buys the technology from what is left of Polaroid.
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deleted wrote:Printers won't be obsolete in 2019.
msgeek wrote:deleted wrote:Printers won't be obsolete in 2019.
Yes, but Polaroid cameras certainly will be. And the Esper in Blade Runner used a Polaroid camera's guts to spit out the "hard copy." Which was clearly an SX-70 photo, probably taken by someone in the prop department.
msgeek wrote:unless another company buys the technology from what is left of Polaroid.
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