The Polaroid is Back -- in Digital

[The Straight Story]

The Polaroid is Back -- in Digital

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- It's digital, but it seems retro.

Polaroid will unveil a digital camera that produces prints right on the spot. The camera will be demonstrated Thursday at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

The pictures produced by the camera are being called "instant" prints, but they take nearly a minute to appear, just like the old Polaroid film prints.

Essentially, the $200 PoGo is a camera that contains a built-in color printer. It produces 2-by-3 inch photos by selectively heating spots on specially treated paper. It has nothing to do with the old chemical Polaroid process and it won't be necessary to shake them. That never really helped anyway.


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[mainegreen]

1. There are a lot of people who work outdoors who will be glad to hear this.

Some professions really did use those polariods a lot.

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Cool!

[tridim]

3. Sounds expensive.

Special paper, special ink cartridges, special price.

My camera's LCD screen works just fine for field viewing.