Polaroid 600 Film Still On Sale

Polaroid 600 film is still on sale at The Impossible Store. You won't find it cheaper anywhere else right now. Check post below this one for links to Amazon and Ebay store listings.

Hurry while supply lasts! This limited sale ends Monday, March 15th, at Noon.

The film they are selling is Polaroid 600 Giambarba. A description taken from The Impossible website:

•Ultimate stock of today's most popular and meanwhile hard-to-get Polaroid film. High-speed, high definition and fantastic quality. Limited edition designed by Paul Giambarba.

Cheers! And Have A Great Weekend! Take Lots of Pictures!

The Impossible Shop "Sells Out" Overnight?

So, I posted last night about a live countdown for Polaroid 600 film going on sale today. It was around midnight last night when I posted and it was set to go on sale today around seven in the morning.

Well, their website is listing that the 600 film is already sold out.

But whoever tweets for Impossible under the handle @ImpossibleUSA is responding to frantic 600 devotees by saying that there is still lots of film available. Hmmm....

These tweets are from about 40 minutes ago (~10 am central time)

• my inventory list shows lots of film left - I'm looking into it. will let you know asap :) 43 minutes ago via web

• I just tried adding 600 film to my cart and didn't have a problem, can you try again and let me know what happens?

 So, I'm trying to figure this one out, and I will keep this blog posted as necessary.

And The Sale Begins! Live Countdown at the Impossible Shop

It finally happens! After weeks of stalling, The Impossible Project (formerly PolaPremium) has opened up the doors for their 600 film in stock.

There is a live countdown on their shops website right now!

Cheers!

*though I still need to get my Spirit 600 fixed. Shutter button why won't you shutter!

**you can follow The Impossible Project on Twitter @ImpossibleUSA

And It's Official! Updated Today: PolaPremium Becomes Impossible!

PolaPremium Becomes Impossible!

 "As the last quantities of carefully stored original Polaroid films are currently melting like snow in the sun, it is about time to introduce a new chapter of analog Instant Photography. To begin with, please make yourself comfortable at our new Impossible shop and update your bookmarks. In the meantime, we are preparing everything for the Impossible."

-from http://www.the-impossible-project.com

New Upgrades to PolaPremium

PolaPremium and The Impossible Project seemed to have officially merged today. The websites, which were once entirely separate sites, have gone through some upgrades and now are almost one in the same. In fact, when you Google "The Impossible Project" and go to their website they now have a link that takes you to the Impossible Store, which in essence was PolaPremium. When you Google "PolaPremium" it takes you directly to the same site as well, The Impossible Store, which you can find here: The Impossible Store.

But they still haven't restocked their 600 film! I only have 7 photos left!

Though according to them, their warehouses are restocked:

Our US warehouse is now FULLY restocked and the Impossible shop totals will be updated later today. Thanks for your patience! #polaroid about 13 hours ago (via Twitter)

And @ImpossibleUSA is still taking questions. When I asked if they were restocking the 600 soon, which has been out of stock for a while now, they promptly replied,

@thegratefulone we have 5,000 packs in our warehouse :) just waiting for the website to be updated later today. about 14 hours ago

So we're all patiently waiting for our 600 film. Can't complain though; this company and the project is a fantastic endeavour.

Update on Polapremium

Still haven't restocked their 600 film yet.

According to their twitter account, @ImpossibleUSA, the film got held up at customs but should be in stock soon.

#toogoodtobetrue?

http://www.polapremium.com/shop/film/600

New Polaroid Camera and The Impossible Project

So, a few days ago I found a really cool looking, vintage Polaroid camera, pictured here, on craigslist. I called the woman, she was very nice, she mentioned the camera had been in her closet for twenty years. I drove there, tried it, it worked, paid her, and left.

I get home and go online to find where to buy more film for the camera. It is a Spirit 600 Polaroid Camera, circa 1983, I believe. Much to my chagrin, within minutes of tearing open the film package that came with it and snapping off a couple photos, I find out that Polaroid discontinued production of all classic Polaroid film, including shutting down the factories where the film was made. This happened in 2008.

Apparently, because of this, there was a mad rush on Polaroid film, and when I went to Amazon to search for film, prices ranged from forty dollars to one hundred dollars, and that was for one pack of ten shots.
I look down at my two "test" shots that were still developing in front of me. Five dollars for a picture of my brother on the couch. Five dollars for a picture of our backyard from the sun room. Hmph.

So, like everyone, I went online to rant and vent. On twitter, I complained:

just read that Polaroid stopped making 600 film. so for 1 pack of film, that has 10 shots in it, amazon charges $39.99 (at the lowest) 5:50 PM Feb 15th
4 dollars a photo! 5:52 PM Feb 15th
make every picture count 5:56 PM Feb 15th

One hour later, someone noticed my complaints, and responded:

@ImpossibleUSA to @thegratefulone: we sell 600 film for $21/pack on our retail site (polapremium.com) it'll be fully restocked by the end of the week. 6:56 PM Feb 15th
ImpossibleUSA to @thegratefulone: p.s. we're also making NEW 600 film. B&W will be out in the spring and color in the summer :) 6:57 PM Feb 15th

How awesome. A group called The Impossible Project and a company called PolaPremium had bought almost all of the remaining Polaroid film and were not only selling it much cheaper than people on Amazon and Ebay, but were also in the process of making new film. Amazing.
So, this is all leading up to a point. I am going to start dedicating part of this blog, The Perpetual Log, to infinite awesomeness of Polaroid pictures. Since they still right now cost around four to five dollars a photo, I am backing them up digitally, and will post them as they happen. Probably one a week.

Here are the first two.

Here are a the links to the sites described above:

• http://www.polapremium.com
• http://www.the-impossible-project.com/2009
• http://twitter.com/ImpossibleUSA

Cheers!