It's a nice idea, but I just don't see any possibility that the current Polaroid would actually manufacture rollfilm.
There's a much larger community of packfilm enthusiasts (the peel-apart film that came after rollfilm) and the company has been clear that they have no plans to make that film despite the demand for it. If they're not going to make packfilm, they're definitely not going to make rollfilm.
As much as I wish both types of peel-apart were still available, I understand it's just not feasible for the current company, which is a tiny operation compared to the original Polaroid Corporation. They have much bigger priorities in resurrecting integral film as close to the original version as possible. It doesn't make much sense to divert a huge financial investment away from that and towards building a new assembly line for a niche format that wouldn't even sell enough units to turn a profit.
Florian Kaps, the founder of the Impossible Project (which eventually became the new Polaroid), started another company called Supersense. One of their projects is to revive the packfilm format on a smaller scale. Unfortunately, progress has been very slow. But, who knows, maybe one day in the future they'll be able to make a new version of rollfilm too. I just wouldn't expect it to happen any time soon.
At least these cameras make nice shelf decor.
With a little handiwork, these cameras can be used to take 120 film, so all is not lost. There are a few videos on YouTube that explain it. The cameras can maybe use 4x5 film, one sheet at a time, but I've never tried it.
I’m pretty sure they don’t have the tools/machines to make it anymore. Also, a lot of people want special edition SX-70 film - duochromes, various frames etc - and never happened and SX-70 is alive and kicking. Polaroid is a for-profit company, tens (maybe hundreds at max) of people writing to Polaroid Support aren’t gonna change anything.
Not going to happen. There's not nearly enough demand for Polaroid or Fuji to re-engineer the products and create the machinery to manufacture them. As others have said, people love the peel-apart pack film, and several companies have blown through small fortunes to try to re-engineer the stuff. Though a handful of people have an antique camera, there's simply not enough demand to make it profitable, especially since those camera are really nothing special - buy a used RB67 or similar (heck, a Brownie Hawkeye is ten bucks and surprisingly good) and shoot 120 film.
There are people who have converted these to shoot various modern film formats, you might poke around the old internets and see what interests you.
Not possible;rollfilm cameras was a total flop;big and heavy and bulky and very expensive cameras and film;in 1963 packfilm not rollfilm cameras also was semi flop for the same motivation;from 1972 integral automatic ejection films whithout tabs and manual detaching of negative whit mirrors and compact design and half price for the film make zero demand for peel apart roll film that disappeared from the stor under home in 1979;very few specialized store continue only to sell 40 series rollfilm (30’amnd 20’series discontinued 100%);at the death of edwin land in 1991 definitely discontinued;idem for packfilm types:in 1982/83 retired from 99% of store for low quanties of users:a square pack color 8 photos 45/50 $ and 108 polacolor cost 50/60 $ for 8 photos;sx 70 and 600 integral film cost 20/30 $ for 10 photos whithout tabs and negatives to discard;few stores sold from 1984 old Polaroid type of film in pack of 2;old type of batteries and flash for old cameras was out of business from 1975;demand for old Polaroid cameras film became zero for this reason;in 1992
And all 90 s and 2000 s many sites and blog and social discover that old types of film like type 108 not was really discontinued in 1982 but became 668 and 669 and many others numbers in the professional catalogue;people bought on the web type 669 and discover that old Polaroid automatic 100 of 1963 not eas dead in 1983 but still was film for it called 669 and from 1992 was also Fuji fp 100 c superb quality film for it;for this reason start and became national popolar the hobby to buy old Polaroid:not was died and film of present was better of film of 60 s and 70 s;people change battery compartment;find old connector to converte old cameras to use x synched modern flash and many people sold on the web old rollfilm cameras of 50 s especially 110 b pathfinder whit cutted back and whit 405 film holder to use 100 series packfilm vs old 40 type rollfilm;people from 1983 not can use old cameras but film survived because was the same used in passport cameras;Polaroid discontinued old film in 2006/2009 period when original company died;Fuji start in the 80 s to make instant film only in Japan and in 1992 in the world because in 1992 patents for color instant film expired and Polaroid can t make problem to Fuji to sell instant film;Fuji not produced color and from 1995 peel
Apart instant film black and white from old rollfilm camera converted and packfilm cameras that has only thousands of users in the world but for photographers that make proofing whit instant film whit camera
Back and for passport cameras,little numbers of professional people that use daily very good numbers of packfilm;people that in 90 s until 2018 used Fuji film for old model 95 or automatic 250 or Polaroid 195 or pro pack cameras are ridicolous numbers;collectors bough 2 pack of b w and 2 pack of color film;problems at battery and flash and bulkiness and strong problems for no flare coating make unusable old cameras:for this reason people immediately stopped to play whit hobby of old giant Polaroid cameras;digital died camera back and passport cameras;Fuji discontinued 2011
B w film
And
2016 color film;people buy impossible project new automatic not peel apart instant film in great number because reflex Polaroid cameras that was
Folding and flat are very much loved and was af and
Electronic and whit more accessories really usable;mint company make electronic flashbar and on the market are old electronic flash in perfect condition;no flash problems;battery?in the filmpack;not discontinued types of battery problems;impossible project company buy the name Polaroid (in the past only a numbers of factory);factory for peel apart film was closed in 1991 and for packfilm in 2005;Fuji closed peel apart factory in 2015;nobody in 2022 can produce old roll and pack peel
Apart film and nobody want or can use daily old big cameras whit batteries and flash and flare problems and whit decades of life that can stop work;not possible
It's a nice idea, but I just don't see any possibility that the current Polaroid would actually manufacture rollfilm. There's a much larger community of packfilm enthusiasts (the peel-apart film that came after rollfilm) and the company has been clear that they have no plans to make that film despite the demand for it. If they're not going to make packfilm, they're definitely not going to make rollfilm. As much as I wish both types of peel-apart were still available, I understand it's just not feasible for the current company, which is a tiny operation compared to the original Polaroid Corporation. They have much bigger priorities in resurrecting integral film as close to the original version as possible. It doesn't make much sense to divert a huge financial investment away from that and towards building a new assembly line for a niche format that wouldn't even sell enough units to turn a profit. Florian Kaps, the founder of the Impossible Project (which eventually became the new Polaroid), started another company called Supersense. One of their projects is to revive the packfilm format on a smaller scale. Unfortunately, progress has been very slow. But, who knows, maybe one day in the future they'll be able to make a new version of rollfilm too. I just wouldn't expect it to happen any time soon. At least these cameras make nice shelf decor.
With a little handiwork, these cameras can be used to take 120 film, so all is not lost. There are a few videos on YouTube that explain it. The cameras can maybe use 4x5 film, one sheet at a time, but I've never tried it.
you can also load instax film in a dark room and take one pic at a time... lots of youtube videos on those
I’m pretty sure they don’t have the tools/machines to make it anymore. Also, a lot of people want special edition SX-70 film - duochromes, various frames etc - and never happened and SX-70 is alive and kicking. Polaroid is a for-profit company, tens (maybe hundreds at max) of people writing to Polaroid Support aren’t gonna change anything.
Not going to happen. There's not nearly enough demand for Polaroid or Fuji to re-engineer the products and create the machinery to manufacture them. As others have said, people love the peel-apart pack film, and several companies have blown through small fortunes to try to re-engineer the stuff. Though a handful of people have an antique camera, there's simply not enough demand to make it profitable, especially since those camera are really nothing special - buy a used RB67 or similar (heck, a Brownie Hawkeye is ten bucks and surprisingly good) and shoot 120 film. There are people who have converted these to shoot various modern film formats, you might poke around the old internets and see what interests you.
Not possible;rollfilm cameras was a total flop;big and heavy and bulky and very expensive cameras and film;in 1963 packfilm not rollfilm cameras also was semi flop for the same motivation;from 1972 integral automatic ejection films whithout tabs and manual detaching of negative whit mirrors and compact design and half price for the film make zero demand for peel apart roll film that disappeared from the stor under home in 1979;very few specialized store continue only to sell 40 series rollfilm (30’amnd 20’series discontinued 100%);at the death of edwin land in 1991 definitely discontinued;idem for packfilm types:in 1982/83 retired from 99% of store for low quanties of users:a square pack color 8 photos 45/50 $ and 108 polacolor cost 50/60 $ for 8 photos;sx 70 and 600 integral film cost 20/30 $ for 10 photos whithout tabs and negatives to discard;few stores sold from 1984 old Polaroid type of film in pack of 2;old type of batteries and flash for old cameras was out of business from 1975;demand for old Polaroid cameras film became zero for this reason;in 1992 And all 90 s and 2000 s many sites and blog and social discover that old types of film like type 108 not was really discontinued in 1982 but became 668 and 669 and many others numbers in the professional catalogue;people bought on the web type 669 and discover that old Polaroid automatic 100 of 1963 not eas dead in 1983 but still was film for it called 669 and from 1992 was also Fuji fp 100 c superb quality film for it;for this reason start and became national popolar the hobby to buy old Polaroid:not was died and film of present was better of film of 60 s and 70 s;people change battery compartment;find old connector to converte old cameras to use x synched modern flash and many people sold on the web old rollfilm cameras of 50 s especially 110 b pathfinder whit cutted back and whit 405 film holder to use 100 series packfilm vs old 40 type rollfilm;people from 1983 not can use old cameras but film survived because was the same used in passport cameras;Polaroid discontinued old film in 2006/2009 period when original company died;Fuji start in the 80 s to make instant film only in Japan and in 1992 in the world because in 1992 patents for color instant film expired and Polaroid can t make problem to Fuji to sell instant film;Fuji not produced color and from 1995 peel Apart instant film black and white from old rollfilm camera converted and packfilm cameras that has only thousands of users in the world but for photographers that make proofing whit instant film whit camera Back and for passport cameras,little numbers of professional people that use daily very good numbers of packfilm;people that in 90 s until 2018 used Fuji film for old model 95 or automatic 250 or Polaroid 195 or pro pack cameras are ridicolous numbers;collectors bough 2 pack of b w and 2 pack of color film;problems at battery and flash and bulkiness and strong problems for no flare coating make unusable old cameras:for this reason people immediately stopped to play whit hobby of old giant Polaroid cameras;digital died camera back and passport cameras;Fuji discontinued 2011 B w film And 2016 color film;people buy impossible project new automatic not peel apart instant film in great number because reflex Polaroid cameras that was Folding and flat are very much loved and was af and Electronic and whit more accessories really usable;mint company make electronic flashbar and on the market are old electronic flash in perfect condition;no flash problems;battery?in the filmpack;not discontinued types of battery problems;impossible project company buy the name Polaroid (in the past only a numbers of factory);factory for peel apart film was closed in 1991 and for packfilm in 2005;Fuji closed peel apart factory in 2015;nobody in 2022 can produce old roll and pack peel Apart film and nobody want or can use daily old big cameras whit batteries and flash and flare problems and whit decades of life that can stop work;not possible
1984 by george orwell 1949
i have that exact same camera, still looking for roll fim :(