Polaroid in the NY times today

sineadw

Was in Gunns earlier - I KNEW there was something else I wanted to buy!

Anyway - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/technology/26polaroid.html

Tallon

Awesome, I love my polaroid camera, i don't use it enough though

DaireQuinlan

sineadw wrote: »

Was in Gunns earlier - I KNEW there was something else I wanted to buy!

Anyway - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/technology/26polaroid.html

Yeah, the impossible project. I've been watching it with some interest ever since I decided that re-filling my SX-70 at €30 a pop had gotten too expensive. There are pros and cons though ...

Its part run by or financed by Harmon (Ilford) which is a good thing. Rumour has it that one of the first integral (600) films will be B&W, based off some Ilford tech.

OTOH, its associated with polanoid/unsaleable which are either partly/wholly owned by, or are run by the dreaded Lomographic society, so anything they DO produce will most likely be prohibitively expensive and smothered in ludicrous hipster marketing garbage.

AnimalRights

Last time I was in Gunn's Kathy said that they now had a website, I cannot find it!

DaireQuinlan

AnimalRights wrote: »

Last time I was in Gunn's Kathy said that they now had a website, I cannot find it!

hmmm ... brief bit of URL inventing comes up with this:

http://www.johngunn.ie/

Its just a big GIF though, no actual content. Maybe they're updating it.

-edit-
oh lord ... don't look at the source if you want to keep your sanity intact. Someone is doing up a page in MS Word and trying to export it as a site. On IE it's text, on Firefox it renders the entire thing as a big GIF... :eek::eek:

sineadw

:eek: I looked at the source - I couldn't help it. Dear god... And its built in tables too...

Funnily, I was chatting to Fiona today - I priced a Stofen box in Conns and it was 30 there, 21 in Gunns - and she was saying people only ever tell them when they're going right - not when they're going wrong. I think this might be case in point? I'm on my way in tomorrow to collect something - I wonder if I should mention it?

The gif looks like a test site template maybe? I cannot figure out why its displaying so differently cross browser on the same url? Is that an issue firefox has with word documents? Must be I guess...

coylemj

It's pretty grim looking in Firefox right enough, a very poor rendition of a GIF file and the 'Find Us' link doesn't work. It does in IE where the page looks much better, although the 'Find Us' link refers to a map 'download', all it does is bring you to Google Maps.

sineadw

Seems to be a work in progress - none of the top links are working.. I wonder are they advertising it? AR?

I almost feel like offering to fix it..

DaireQuinlan

Yeah maybe its just a work in progress. Though, I gotta say here, I've been in the industry about 15 years and I've never seen anyone actually putting a site together in Word ... It doesn't really speak volumes about the professionalism of whoever it is they're getting to do it. OTOH maybe they're just getting some friend or someone they know to put it up as a favor or something.

Tallon

Thats a joke of a wesite. Really is, for such a big company

DaireQuinlan

Tallon wrote: »

Thats a joke of a wesite. Really is, for such a big company

They're a small family run shop. I can't think of anything more of an antithesis of a big company than Gunns :rolleyes:

duffarama

Tallon wrote: »

Thats a joke of a wesite. Really is, for such a big company

Are you talking about Gunns? It's a family business, hardly a big company...

*snap*

Tallon

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

They're a small family run shop. I can't think of anything more of an antithesis of a big company than Gunns :rolleyes:

Really? I thought they were big, who the hell am I thinking of? Conns?

sineadw

According to the source the author is Sandra Gunn Oh and I HATE Conns site - it's really ugly.

DaireQuinlan

sineadw wrote: »

According to the source the author is Sandra Gunn Oh and I HATE Conns site - it's really ugly.

probably best not to criticise so

sineadw

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

probably best not to criticise so

You might be right

thebaz

do Gunns sell Polaroid film, need it for a Polaroid One ?
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sineadw

Yep they do. I got 600 off them a while back...

AnimalRights

I would tell them sinead, I know sfa about anything like that so it's all on your shoulders!

mehfesto2

Was in there for the first time the other day after all the recomendations I got from on here. Was well impressed.

Lovely, lovely people - they genuinely seem interested in what your after and they don't try and hock you something expensive you don't need.

Simplicius

I know nothing about Polaroids, vaguely remember them as a kid.... BUT I want one. I'd love to have one for checking set-ups when using strobes.

so a few questions

did they have a hot shoe?
recommend a model?
how much is film roughly?
Is it available in Black & White film too?

On the subjects of Gunns Camera Shop ....... It's family run and the only shop worth visiting for honest advice and choice. Browse elsewhere then go to Gunns.

sineadw

Simplicius wrote: »

did they have a hot shoe?
recommend a model?
how much is film roughly?
Is it available in Black & White film too?

Not that I know of - built in, pop-up flash
Don't look at me!
Expensive. ****e expensive. Cheapest I've seen is 15 quid for ten sheets.
Think so, yes?

TBH its not something I'd be using to check set ups, or anything like. That's what crappy digitals are for. Its waaaaaaaaay too expensive for that.

I it though..

carasaf

Simplicius wrote: »

I know nothing about Polaroids, vaguely remember them as a kid.... BUT I want one. I'd love to have one for checking set-ups when using strobes.

so a few questions

did they have a hot shoe?
recommend a model?
how much is film roughly?
Is it available in Black & White film too?

On the subjects of Gunns Camera Shop ....... It's family run and the only shop worth visiting for honest advice and choice. Browse elsewhere then go to Gunns.

built in flash
my favourite is the 680, but it's difficult. the 600 is the easiest to get now, and i've found them pretty durable
€20 for 10 sheet of 600 and upwards
not easily, and not 600

you'd probably be better with fuji instant but apparently due to bad marketing sales of instax are poor and it may not be around much longer

melekalikimaka

i think your thinking of mf polaroid backs

Fajitas!

Er... No?