I don't really get how this gets made. Instant cameras do not cost $500+
Products like this cost what people will pay for them.
That's true for any product.
The new Polaroid I-2 instant camera
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#22700 euros, oh my goodness! I would honestly expect it to be able to capture digital versions of the images too for that money.
Interestingly it’s $599 USD or 699 EUR, wonder why it’s more expensive in Europe.
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#23700 euros, oh my goodness! I would honestly expect it to be able to capture digital versions of the images too for that money.
Conversely, a digital camera that at a 700 Euro pricepoint also captures images on film?
By the way, everybody have a digital instant camera in their pocket. It can also share them on the internet and send them to friends. It has unlimited poses and it can print to film if one really wants to. It can cost way more than 700 euros or less than 100.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
IMHO it's a feature that instant photography users are not interested at all.
It's like someone asking for a gasoline version of Tesla.
Everything old is new again, nostalgic for those old enough and exciting and hip for the (cool) kids who never knew Polaroid before digital.
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#25I understand the unlikelihood of this, but to really capitalize on the film craze they need to produce a higher “resolution” instant film. Old peel away film was fantastically high quality particularly when paired with a genuine glass lens (most current instant film cameras have a plastic lens). Improving the lens can only go so far without improving the film stock.
You can 3d print a modified instax wide back for some medium format cameras. Hasselblad has always had an instant film back with some minor modifications. The photos look amazing.
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#26700 euros, oh my goodness! I would honestly expect it to be able to capture digital versions of the images too for that money.
Interestingly it’s $599 USD or 699 EUR, wonder why it’s more expensive in Europe.
This often happens.
Sometimes it is because all taxes are included in the non-US price. Other times it is just profiteering.
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#27I have a hard time seeing this going anywhere. Features of lens sharpness and manual controls seem at odds with the intent of spontaneity and the lack of medium quality, so much of your effort is thrown away once you print. In none of their samples for aperture/shutter/auto did I even see the typical differences between the modes such as bokeh or motion softness due to let us say limited sensor size and print quality. Or their samples were just poor as showcases.
In that case, addons to polaroidize your smartphone (printer for smartphone) seems like a much better idea since you already carry a large set of controls to influence an output in your favorite apps, and already designed with the outset of limited optics (e.g. fake bokeh), and indeed that product already exists. You’ll also have digital copies to reproduce the Polaroids at will (multiple friends/family etc)
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#28Super cool. I want to pick one of these up one day, but first I need to get around to buying a full frame digital camera…
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#29this is clearly targeted at the segment that wants something nicer than the dwindling stock of refurb SX70s, but is too cheap for Mint's SLR670. so the only thing that surprises me is it's not an SLR. just about the only thing this could possibly beat an SX70 on is the autofocus if it's good, maybe shutter speed but they seem cagey about it, and maybe durability. the foldable sx70 is just too nice. who wants to carry…
I really hope that in my lifetime, and hopefully very soon, manual SLRs make a comeback. If not a come back then started manufacturing of the old greats again. I loved the photography but not the disposable digital photography. No, I was never an expert photographer and I don’t even want to be one. I just loved taking photos and the whole process of it and the fact that you couldn’t just take any number of photos you want.
I also looked and take photos and then again looked at those photos. These people just take photos and never and never look at those photos usually again.
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#30My 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 backs being 3D-printed to retro-fit older cameras like the 600SE or anything with a Graflok connection.
That said, if the outcome of modern Polaroids is exactly what you’re after and an SX70 is not your cup of tea, here’s your new toy.