![]() ![]() And Andre told him about his secret experiments and the slight chance to re-invent a new analog instant film if they only could save the factory. ![]() He told him about the incredible re-discovery of analog instant film all over the world and the incredible potential of the next generation of analog customers. There he met Andre, 6 the production manager of this amazing plant, and suddenly everything changed. Within the year 2008, the very last factory in Enschede, NL would close its doors forever.įor almost one year, Florian Kaps tried to fight this frightening decision, but the best he could get was an invitation for the closing event on June 14th, 2008. ![]() Then the SHOCK: Polaroid informed the world about the end of the production of their instant films. (honestly not a too big challenge, as basically they were the only one)ĭuring this time they had the pleasure to discover that they were NOT the only maniacs who passionately love analog & instant, but that there was an exponentially increasing number of people of all ages who re-discovered the magic of analog instant photography in a more and more digital world. Only a few months later, Webmeister proudly launched their first online shop, 3 and in the following years they became the worlds biggest online retailer, specialized in Polaroid film. Together with his long-time business partner in crime, the famous Webmeister aka Andreas Eduard Hoeller, he founded the UNVERKAEUFLICH Trading Company (unfortunately destroying the notaries table with aggressive developer paste from old Polaroid film when they instantly documented the founding ceremony) in spring 2005. You could hardly find any supply, there was no real communication and it seemed clear that the days of Polaroids were counted.įor Florian an unacceptable situation that simply had to be changed. Surprisingly the world, including the Polaroid management itself, seemed to have totally lost faith in the relevance of instant film. Immediately, he was addicted to the mysterious magic of this incredible material and started to dive deeper. The impossible journey origins in the year 2003 with the very first instant self portrait Florian Kaps took with an old Polaroid Camera from the flea market 1. In order to understand this product`s true nature, please allow us to serve you a condensed short version of how it all started: The manual focus defaults to infinity on this Polaroid instant film camera.The story of the POLAROID ORIGINALS FILM is almost as unbelievable as it is impossible. The viewfinder in this instant film camera is displayed as a bright red light for easy autofocus distance readouts. It is also wrapped with a gripping material on the sides for added security when handling the camera. The style of the body of the Polaroid Spectra camera allows for it to fold down into a compact style for easy storage. The red light is the ready light and the green is the flash indicator light.The switch controls on the back of the Polaroid instant film camera include a timer option, autofocus on or off, flash on or off, exposure compensation, and the choice of the focus readout reading in feet or meters. Indicator lights on the control area of this Polaroid instant film camera allow the user to know when it is ready and when the flash is charged. This instant film camera uses type 1200 Polaroid film. The Polaroid Spectra camera offers an easy to use and read switch control panel with an option to turn the sound off. ![]()
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