Thursday, May 31, 2007

Technology Blog---Polaroid Camera Anyone?

So, does anyone remember what a Polaroid camera is or does anyone even have one? What about a camera that actually takes film. Well, I do!
But, children, specifically five-year olds have no idea what these antiquated items are. Recently, I was at my son's school for a special event and one of the parents showed up with a Polaroid camera. The camera was to be used so the children could go home with a photo that day. The children were amazed by this camera. When the little photo came out of the camera, every child was upset because their photo "was ruined". They didn't understand it takes a few moments for the photo to develop. They probably don't even know what "develop" means. All they saw was a cloudy white photo.
In addition, does anyone still has a camera that takes film, have you had a child ask to see the photo, seconds after you shot it? This happened with my in-laws when they were taking photos recently and my son asked to see the photo immediately after it was taken. When he was told it was not "that kind of camera", he didn't get it. He only knew digital cameras with a LCD screen.
Cameras with film, what are those? Anyone remember saying "I am waiting to finish a roll". Not anymore. My current memory card on my camera has over 300 photos on it. I don't even know when I would finish the roll on this camera (if it had one).
I wonder what the next generation of camera will be? What will my son remember as commonplace and what will be "new" to him.

1 comment:

Amy said...

I know what you mean when you say children don't understand that the picture from a "film" camera doesn't show up immediately. My son prefers me to take pictures with my digital, rather than his father taking pictures with "that old fashion" kind.