Polaroid Film to Be Discontinued

Stephen Shankland, on his Underexposed blog on C-Net News, reports that Polaroid film is being discontinued. 

While this might not seem much of a loss at first -- after all, what is digital if not instant photography? -- there were many creative uses to which Polaroid film could be put.  One such use was image transfer in which Polaroid negatives, not fully developed, are placed face down on watercolor paper so that the dyes in the negative can transfer to the paper to create a painterly image.  Another was SX-70 manipulation in which the non-hardened emulsion on this type of film is rubbed and scratched with steel blades and other tools to create an interesting image. 

Once again, there's a loss for photographers who seek to explore alternative film processes.