The Death of Polaroid: a Not-so-Instant Development

Despite dominating the instant photography market it had created for more than five decades, in 2001 the Polaroid Corporation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and within a few years ceased to exist. Polaroid’s final decades were marked by a slow decline, with the company releasing a line of increasingly cheap products in a desperate attempt to raise its profit margins. In this video, we look at four of the last cameras the once mighty company ever released. History of Polaroid Series: Part I:    • Polaroid Cameras Part 1: The Dawn of Insta...   Part II:    • Polaroid Cameras Part 2: The Colour Era   Part III:    • Polaroid Cameras Part 3: Integral Film and...   0:00 Introduction 2:21 Captiva/Vision SLR 6:39 PopShots 9:11 JoyCam 10:48 iZone 12:59 Outro SOURCES: http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Polaroid_... http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/... http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/... https://www.polaroid-passion.com/manu... http://www.landlist.ch/landlist/landd... https://www.manualslib.com/manual/544... http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/... http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Polaroid_... http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Polaroid_... http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Polaroid_...