2008 founder florian kaps headquarters enschede nl area served worldwide key people oskar smolokowski ceo products instant film and hardware website www.the impossible project.com polaroid sx 70 camera the impossible project is a company that manufactures instant photographic materials . contents 1 history 2 film 2.1 polaroid sx 70 2.2 polaroid 600 2.3 polaroid image spectra 2.4 impossible hardware 2.5 8x10 film 2.6 future and other formats 3 hardware 3.1 instant lab 3.2 instant lab 2.0 3.3 impossible i type 4 references 5 external links history edit the impossible project was founded in 2008 after polaroid announced in february 2008 that it would stop producing film for polaroid cameras . 1 the founders are dr. florian kaps andr bosman and marwan saba . in june 2008 kaps and bosman met at the polaroid factory s closing event and decided to found a company to produce materials for polaroid cameras . in october 2008 impossible bought the production machinery from polaroid for 3.1 million dollars 2 and leased a building called building noord which was formerly part of the polaroid plant in enschede netherlands . the company has offices in vienna berlin new york and tokyo . it leased the polaroid production plant and developed new instant film products for use in some existing polaroid cameras beginning mass production and sales in 2010 . 3 they generated usd270 000 in profit on usd4 million in revenue 2 and sold 500 000 units . 4 in january 2012 the company announced that it and polaroid would launch a range of collectible products called the polaroid classic range that originate from different periods of polaroid s history . between six and ten products will be released each year . in july 2013 florian kaps announced his retirement from the project 5 and creed o hanlon took over the role as ceo . in december 2014 the impossible project announced that oskar smolokowski would be their new ceo and creed o hanlon would become the executive chairman of impossible s management board . 6 impossible has licensed its name to stores in germany spain and london . film edit polaroid sx 70 edit discontinued current film name type iso exp release discontinued characteristics px 100 silver shade first flush sepia 100 8 february 2010 first flush first supplied to artists 7 then to regular customers 8 px 100 silver shade sepia 100 8 second generation film px 100 silver shade cool 9 sepia 100 8 september 2012 10 px 70 color shade first flush color 125 8 px 70 color shade push 11 color 125 8 px 70 color shade 12 color 125 8 june 2011 px 70 color shade cool 13 color 125 8 april 2012 px 70 color shade v4b test film color 125 8 august 2012 14 august 2012 introduction of an opacifier px 70 color protection 15 color 125 8 color film for sx70 gold frame color 100 8 n a color film for sx70 silver frame color 100 8 n a color film for sx70 color frame color 100 8 n a cyanotype for sx70 color 100 8 n a cyan color b & w 2.0 film for sx70 b & w 100 8 april 2015 n a b & w 2.0 film for sx70 black frame b & w 100 8 n a black frame color film for sx70 color 160 8 october 2013 n a color film for sx70 black frame color 160 8 n a black frame polaroid 600 edit discontinued current film name type iso exp release discontinued characteristics px 600 silver shade first flush sepia 600 8 february 2010 first flush first supplied to artists 7 then to regular costumers 16 px 600 silver shade v05 sepia 600 8 may 2010 px 600 silver shade v06 sepia 600 8 june 2010 px 600 silver shade uv 17 sepia 600 8 june 2010 px 600 silver shade uv black frame 18 sepia 600 8 june 2010 px 600 silver shade uv grey frame 19 sepia 600 8 june 2010 px 600 silver shade uv gold frame 20 sepia 600 8 june 2010 px 600 silver shade cool 21 sepia 600 8 june 2010 px 680 color shade beta color 680 8 px 680 color shade beta 2 color 680 8 px 680 color shade first flush color 680 8 px 680 color shade gold frame color 680 8 px 680 color shade cool color 680 8 june 2012 px 680 color shade gold frame color 680 8 px 680 color shade block party color 680 8 urban outfitters exclusive px 680 color shade v4b test film color 600 8 july 2012 july 2012 px 680 color protection color 600 8 px 680 color protection american woods color 600 8 wood border px 680 color protection gold edition 22 color 600 8 december 2012 gold frame ltd edition generation 2.0 color 600 film color 600 8 n a cyanotype film for 600 color 600 8 january 2015 n a b & w 2.0 film for 600 23 b & w 600 8 march 2015 n a b & w 2.0 film for 600 black frame 24 b & w 600 8 march 2015 n a black frame b & w 2.0 film for 600 hard color frames 25 b & w 600 8 n a hard color frames b & w 2.0 film for 600 round frame 26 b & w 600 8 october 2014 n a round frame skateistan b & w 2.0 film for 600 27 b & w 600 8 n a geometric afghan design frame third man records edition black & yellow film for 600 28 b & y 600 8 n a black frame black and yellow film color film for 600 29 color 600 8 n a color film for 600 black frame 30 color 600 8 n a black frame color film for 600 color frames 31 color 600 8 n a color frames color film for 600 round frame 32 color 600 8 n a round frame color film for 600 gold frame 33 color 600 8 n a gold frame color film for 600 silver frame 34 color 600 8 n a silver frame polaroid image spectra edit discontinued current film name type iso exp release discontinued characteristics pz 600 silver shade sepia 600 8 pz 600 silver shade uv sepia 600 8 pz 600 uv black frame sepia 600 8 pz 600 silver shade cool sepia 600 8 pz 680 color shade color 680 8 pz 680 color protection color 600 8 december 2012 color film color 600 8 october 2013 n a color film black frame color 600 8 n a black frame b & w 2.0 film b & w 600 8 may 2015 n a b & w 2.0 film black frame b & w 600 8 2015 n a black frame impossible hardware edit discontinued current film name type iso exp release discontinued characteristics b & w film 35 b & w 600 8 october 2013 january 2015 type 600 film without battery color film 36 color 600 8 october 2013 january 2015 type 600 film without battery 8x10 film edit discontinued current film name type iso exp release discontinued characteristics pq silver shade 37 b & w 640 10 august 2012 38 late 2013 pq silver shade b & w 640 10 late 2013 39 late 2013 40 second generation b & w 8x10 film 41 b & w 640 10 july 2014 42 third generation 43 b & w 2.0 film for 8x10 44 b & w 640 10 n a color film for 8x10 45 color 640 10 n a future and other formats edit the impossible project has stated that they can not produce 4x5 type 100 or type 80 films polaroid 500 film 46 47 and i zone film even if they wanted as they do not have the production machinery . these were disassembled along with the factories that used to produce the film when polaroid filed for chapter 11 . 48 they have said that after fuji discontinued fp3000b and fp100b they had periodic discussions with them and others in the industry about popular formats that are at risk . they have approached fuji on this regarding purchasing their machinery and have yet to receive a solid response . 49 they have stated their preference to focus on doing a limited number of things very well so their focus is integral rather than peel away although they offer a 8x10 peel away solution . hardware edit instant lab edit in october 2013 the company began sale of the instant lab a new camera like device that could expose digital images from an iphone onto analog instant film . it supports the iphone 4 4s 5 5c and 5s as well as the ipod touch . the device was produced after a successful crowd funding campaign on kickstarter . it also introduced a new battery less film cartridge design for use with the instant lab which unlike vintage polaroid cameras is internally powered . 50 the cartridge itself is a 600 type cartridge stripped of the battery so that it can use 600 type film . customers will have the opportunity to exchange their current instant lab cradle for a new one that supports many phone sizes in one . 51 52 instant lab 2.0 edit in september 2014 the impossible project announced at photokina that they would release a second generation device . the biggest if only change appears to be that it now supports more than iphone 4 through 5s as ipod touch 4 and 5 . iphone 6 and iphone 6 plus will be supported along with ipad with retina display the samsung galaxy s iii through s5 and galaxy note ii and 3 . 53 impossible i type edit in 2016 impossible started manufacturing its own instant camera the impossible i type . 54 55 references edit sean o hagan 5 april 2010 . the polaroid revival . the guardian . guardian news and media limited . retrieved 8 december 2011 . a b finding a place for polaroid in the digital age . bloombergview . bloomberg l.p. retrieved 2016 01 11 . sarah gilbert . picture this the impossible project that kept polaroid film alive . dailyfinance . retrieved 2016 01 01 . https static.the impossible project.com resources press releases 2010 12 13.pdf olivier laurent 4 january 2012 . polaroid and impossible to release stream of collector s items . british journal of photography . incisive media investments limited . archived from the original on january 8 2012 . retrieved 6 january 2012 . a new chairman a new ceo for impossible . impossible blog . retrieved 2016 01 11 . a b taken on the very first film materials leaving the factory of the impossible proclaiming a future of analog instant photography . . march 2010 . archived from the original on june 26 2013 . date first available at amazon.jp april 23 2010 . april 2010 . px100 silver shade cool product page . 2011 . date first available at amazon.com june 11 2012 . june 2012 . px70 color shade push product page . 2011 . px70 color shade push product page . 2011 . px70 color shade cool product page . 2011 . review project px 70 v4b opacification test film . august 2012 . px70 color protection product page . 2011 . date first available at amazon.com august 26 2011 . august 2011 . px 600 silver shade uv product page . 2011 . px 600 silver shade uv black frame product page . 2011 . px 600 silver shade uv grey frame product page . 2011 . px 600 silver shade uv gold frame product page . 2011 . px 600 silver shade cool product page . 2011 . px 680 color protection gold edition product page . december 2012 . b & w 2.0