It's easy to see the need to make something for the selfie crowd, hence the decision to introduce the Polaroid Mint, a 2-in-1 photo printing camera, during the recent IFA in Berlin and earlier at the CE Week in New York.
But really, we hope Polaroid would give up the ZINK stuff and make more of what they became famous for: instant film. . thephoblographer.com
Do you remember Minolta? Well, the brand is back and making a resurgence into the photography world with its take on instant cameras. Don’t worry if you haven’t heard of the Minolta Instapix 2-in-1 camera because you are not alone.
Instant film is fun in so many different ways. You can shoot a photo of someone and give them the print. You can capture fun memories with it at parties. And you can just plain out have fun while shooting with it.
Unfortunately for many of us analog shooters, there is still a stigma against all of us who shoot film. Because we like old school things and we like the actual connection with our subject while not worrying about all the digital things, we are often also associated with vegans.
Canon has announced its first two instant cameras, the IVY CLIQ+ and CLIQ. Both cameras can both save digital photos as well as print them out on ZINK photo paper. Instant cameras are big business these days, with Fujifilm’s instant camera line outselling its digital cameras by over 3x, and now Canon wants a piece […]
The company C+A Global has announced a new line of Kodak instant cameras and printers called Smile. The new products are designed to help the masses shoot and share Zink instant photos. The Kodak Smile Classic Instant Print digital camera (shown above) features a Polaroid-style design consisting of a pop-up viewfinder and automatic single strobe […]
Beware: instant cameras that produce Zink photos may not be a good option for preserving memories long term. Polaroid, or should I say what’s left of Polaroid, continues to push instant photography, including cameras that produce Zink direct thermal prints.