[rollei_list] Re: Press Cameras
- From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 08:15:20 -0400
Hi Kirk -
Neither the film nor the camera. There are other 20x24s in use as well
aside from the one you mention... I know of another one in NYC. But I
believe Elsa did buy Polaroid's remaining stock, whether or not there
is another source warehousing the film...
Eric Goldstein
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On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 1:33 AM, Kirk Thompson <thompsonkirk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Still OT, but:
>
> Ms Dorfman doesn't have a monopoly on the film. Tracy Storer, custodian of
> the 20x24 Polaroid on the West Coast, says there's a refrigerated warehouse
> in CT with a substantial supply of 20x24 Polaroid.
>
> And Tracy is using the blueprints to hand-make/machine two more 20x24
> cameras and their integral stands, so we all still give 'em a try!
>
> Mary Ellen Mark recently used one to make the publicity stills for the Coen
> Bros' remake of 'True Grit.'
>
> Kirk
>
>> From: egoldste@xxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 22:07:09 -0400
>
>> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Press Cameras
>> To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>>
>> Charlie -
>>
>> As an ex-Cambridge and Polaroid shooter, you might be interested in
>> knowing that Elsa Dorfman still uses a Polaroid 20 x 24 monster for
>> her famous portraits... I believe she bought all of Polaroids
>> remaining stock of the film...
>>
>> 25+ years ago I had the chance to take an insider's tour of a special
>> room at Polaroid in Cambridge... one with a motorized view camera
>> built into the wall. I do not remember how large the format was but we
>> are talking many feet by many feet with motorized/robotic film
>> handling and camera controls. I believe this set up was used for then
>> state of the art miniaturization of electronic components, and the
>> scale of it was humbling. I remember the lens was a custom one-off
>> from Zeiss which cost over six figures in 1980s dollars.
>>
>> Eric Goldstein
>>
>
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