[LargeFormat] FW: Polaroid Type 55 Discontinued!
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largeformat@f32.net
Sun Jan 6 06:02:01 2002
Tim Atherton wrote:
"Not sure how true this is - but wouldn't surprise me.
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> From: bboard@greenspun.com [mailto:bboard@greenspun.com]
> Sent: January 5, 2002 12:55 PM
> To: tim@KairosPhoto.com
> Subject: Polaroid Type 55 Discontinued!
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> I just received a letter from my distributor announcing that
> Polaroid is discontinuing Type 55 P/N 4x5 film."
It's grim news if it's true. I confess it's the only B&W film I ever use in
5x4.
I don't actually *own* a 5x4 DDS, just a Polaroid back for T55 and a Fuji
Quickload back for Fuji colour films. I tried NeoPan 80 in Quickload once
and liked it, I suppose I'll have to try it again if this is true.
--
David Morton
dmorton@journalist.co.uk
"The more opinions you have, the less you see." -- Wim Wenders.