It's official: Polaroid will stop manufacturing instant film at end of year

As announced back in February, Polaroid will stop producing instant film by the end of the year. According to a "Notification of Polaroid Instant Film Availability," on the Polaroid.com site,"Due to marketplace conditions, Polaroid has discontinued almost all of its instant analog hardware products [read, cameras]. Polaroid has also made the difficult decision to cease manufacturing of instant film products in 2008." If you can beat the rest of the hording Polaroid fans madly buying up film on eBay, you may still be able to purchase standard Polaroid 600 film through Q1 2009, for example, but as with all film there's a shelf life to all that stashed instant film. According to Polaroid, the latest date of expiration for its instant film will be in September 2009. But don't cry yet. You can still get the Polaroid experience from Fujifilm's line of instant cameras and film.