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Pbpix · 03-25-2008, 02:04 AM

Hi All:
Peter Balazsy here again.
Have any of you received the Polaroid petition thing in Email yet? I did the other day.

Today... I received an E-mail today from Steve Pfaff the president of Daylab concerning the Polaroid film and who if anyone would have a desire to take it over:
I'll pass this on to you all for gen update info.
Here's the context of his letter to me:

"Peter,
Like any company, I do not think Fuji is prepared to do anything new
unless it is financially viable for them. They can do nothing for intregral
films such as 600 and Sx-70 since they currently manufacture their own
intregral film that is not compatible with Polaroid.

With peel apart film it is another story. Fuji currently makes 3x4 and 4x5
pack films that can be used in place of Polaroid. There is a small rumor
that they might make 4x5 sheet film, 8x10 sheet film and 20x24 sheet film.
These rumors are just rumors from third parties, but it might be possible.
This would not be a big investment on the part of Fuji, but it would be
based on Fuji film, not Polaroid.

Fuji could create a more artistic film similar to 669. They would have to
change the ISO and the backing. Again, they will only do this if the
numbers are there. I do not think Fuji has to license anything since it
would only be a change to their existing product.

When I have suggested this to Fuji their response is how big is the
market? It would be very persuasive if we could somehow have as many users
as possible project how much 669 they will purchase per year. If this
turns out to be as big a number as I think it is, it could make the
difference in convincing Fuji.

Give it some thought on how we could come up with these projections.

Best Regards,

Steve"

03-25-2008, 02:04 AM	#44 (permalink)
Pbpix Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 11	Hi All: Peter Balazsy here again. Have any of you received the Polaroid petition thing in Email yet? I did the other day. Today... I received an E-mail today from Steve Pfaff the president of Daylab concerning the Polaroid film and who if anyone would have a desire to take it over: I'll pass this on to you all for gen update info. Here's the context of his letter to me: "Peter, Like any company, I do not think Fuji is prepared to do anything new unless it is financially viable for them. They can do nothing for intregral films such as 600 and Sx-70 since they currently manufacture their own intregral film that is not compatible with Polaroid. With peel apart film it is another story. Fuji currently makes 3x4 and 4x5 pack films that can be used in place of Polaroid. There is a small rumor that they might make 4x5 sheet film, 8x10 sheet film and 20x24 sheet film. These rumors are just rumors from third parties, but it might be possible. This would not be a big investment on the part of Fuji, but it would be based on Fuji film, not Polaroid. Fuji could create a more artistic film similar to 669. They would have to change the ISO and the backing. Again, they will only do this if the numbers are there. I do not think Fuji has to license anything since it would only be a change to their existing product. When I have suggested this to Fuji their response is how big is the market? It would be very persuasive if we could somehow have as many users as possible project how much 669 they will purchase per year. If this turns out to be as big a number as I think it is, it could make the difference in convincing Fuji. Give it some thought on how we could come up with these projections. Best Regards, Steve"