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The new Polaroid I-2 instant camera

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Re: The new Polaroid I-2 instant camera

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Post by no1groyp »

dtagames wrote: post #99
vr46 wrote: post #30

My 600SE has been largely out for action for years, with only a trickle of film available. Results were predictable when Polaroid and Fuji peel-apart film were available. The modern Polaroid film is anything but predictable or even vaguely good, especially for the astronomical prices. Zink gives about the same qualities. Fuji Instax in all its forms won this battle and there’s a cottage industry of Instax-holding bac…

As a lifetime Polaroid fan, I would disagree. I think this product signals that results of their death were greatly exaggerated. In the US, at least, Polaroid cameras and film are widely available, even at convenience and drugstores, not to mention online. This new camera is a tool for artists, which harkens back to the way Edwin Land originally conceived and marketed the product.

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Re: The new Polaroid I-2 instant camera

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Post by mrweasel »

can16358p wrote: post #49

600€ for an obsolete-era machine that sells imperfection as a "feature" (probably because they don't have anything else to sell, as even their website's sample photos are mediocre quality) that many will probably use once or twice and get bored and jump back to their iPhone/DSLR/mirrorless anyway? No thanks.

The price is to much, €600 is just crazy, but something like €100 - €120 for the Fuji Instax is a pretty good value for money. My five year old and her friends love being able to snap a few photos and her friend can have one to take home. Similarly we use them for vacation photos that she can bring to the kindergarten, when they talk about what they did during the summer.

And for adults that want to take a few risqué photos they are great as they are easier to keep track of than their digital cousins.

Re: The new Polaroid I-2 instant camera

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Post by stinkydougie »

jnovek wrote: post #72
vr46 wrote: post #30

My 600SE has been largely out for action for years, with only a trickle of film available. Results were predictable when Polaroid and Fuji peel-apart film were available. The modern Polaroid film is anything but predictable or even vaguely good, especially for the astronomical prices. Zink gives about the same qualities. Fuji Instax in all its forms won this battle and there’s a cottage industry of Instax-holding bac…

Is there another option out there or are you referring to the lomography back? I shot pack film for many years and switched to Instax Wide when that ran out, but I miss using a camera with manual focus.

it's not a modded back, but the NONS SL660 might be of interest.

Re: The new Polaroid I-2 instant camera

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Post by stavros »

moritz wrote: post #63
vr46 wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think manual focus SLRs (If that's what you mean) are going anywhere now, there's widespread popularity for film photography and the "better" cameras (mechanical or reliable) are fetching silly money. And plenty of unreliable, hard-to-repair cameras are also fetching silly money. BUT - the value prop has totally changed. Running costs are very high, for processing and scanning or printing, and where digital h…

There’s people for whom “slow, and every shot is expensive” is a feature [1] but I agree – especially the loss of (color) film diversity has been hard to swallow and made everything considerably less fun. I still enjoy it, but I don’t know what I’ll do once my stash of deep frozen film runs out. With Fuji most probably having left the game, there won’t be competition for a cheap, basic color film – which IMHO is the…

I don't understand it, but I have half a mind to mod CHDK to only let you take 72 photos a day.

Re: The new Polaroid I-2 instant camera

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Post by moritz »

nimajneb wrote: post #109
donatzsky wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Pixii digital rangefinder might be for you then (except for the poor battery life). https://pixii.fr/ https://www.macfilos.com/2023/04/17/new-kid-on-the-block-the...

I saw the Pixii for the first time today actually. It's unfortunately way above my budget. The other commenter explained a high end bare bones camera. I've always a much lower tier camera without a screen on the back. Like just take less than $1000 and remove all that extra stuff. Just give me ISO, shutter, aperture (if not on lense), shutter button, and AF selector, on the body. And make it compact, maybe even like…

Fuji X100 almost checks all the boxes (imho that’s why it’s sold out all the time). Would they dare to make one without a screen? Guess it’s unlikely, unfortunately.

Re: The new Polaroid I-2 instant camera

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Post by 0_____0 »

iNerdier wrote: post #61
0_____0 wrote: post #9

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They have a 'regular' one that's $120. Maybe this is the Teenage Engineering model.

The I-1, the model previous to this was designed by teenage engineering. They know what they’re doing.

Oh no kidding? That's super cool, I didn't know that. And agreed!--

Re: The new Polaroid I-2 instant camera

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Post by jbarham »

nunodonato wrote: post #54
EGreg wrote: post #51

I recently bought Instax by Fujitsu for $70. It’s great for parties! But also $1 per photo basically

the price per photo is what deters me from buying one. You will end up thinking twice (or thrice) before snapping an instant photo, because.. "is this really worth $1?". Having that said, I've seen you can buy these in bulk and the price goes down.

Fujifilm also sells Instax printers (https://instax.com/printer/) that you can print to using smartphone apps. Note that the printers use the same film cartridges as the Instax instant cameras.

Re: The new Polaroid I-2 instant camera

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Post by rekabis »

It’s good that these kinds of instant-photo cameras are still available. They are essential not only in forensics investigations, but also any other field where photographic inimitability is required; where the photo itself cannot be intercepted or altered or faked prior to its final physical copy, and where that physical copy can be trusted to be an accurate representation.

Re: The new Polaroid I-2 instant camera

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Post by deepGem »

nimajneb wrote: post #109
donatzsky wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Pixii digital rangefinder might be for you then (except for the poor battery life). https://pixii.fr/ https://www.macfilos.com/2023/04/17/new-kid-on-the-block-the...

I saw the Pixii for the first time today actually. It's unfortunately way above my budget. The other commenter explained a high end bare bones camera. I've always a much lower tier camera without a screen on the back. Like just take less than $1000 and remove all that extra stuff. Just give me ISO, shutter, aperture (if not on lense), shutter button, and AF selector, on the body. And make it compact, maybe even like…

Agreed not shelling out 3K for a camera, it's not the Vision Pro. My sweet spot price for a camera like this is $500. A fabulous 35-200mm zoom, a great sensor and all manual. The only other aspect I wonder about is in camera image stabilization. How can that be achieved without sacrificing battery life.
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