Dat New Polaroid Film Delayed Yo

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Sleezy Trees

I bring this up because I fucks with them.

An undisclosed production problem has thrown a wrench into an Austrian company’s plans to roll out new instant film for traditional Polaroid cameras.

The Impossible Project, which bought production equipment and leased a former Polaroid instant film factory in Amsterdam, planned to start selling its own new instant film by the beginning of this year. Polaroid stopped producing instant film in 2008.

Impossible Project spokeswoman Marlene Kelnreiter said the unexpected problem involved a component that’s vital for production. She declined to elaborate, citing the proprietary nature of the work, but said the problem wasn’t insurmountable.

It did prompt the Impossible Project to delay a planned Feb. 22 media event in New York until March 22, when it will give an update on the status of its work.

“Bringing back instant film is an intricate process,” Kelnreiter said in a statement. “In order to carry instant film production into the 21st century, Impossible had to find new solutions for replacing and upgrading problematic or unavailable components.”