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 […]
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.
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.
Canon has just announced IVY, a new compact photo printer that lets you create tiny prints on the go without any cables involved in the process. The IVY itself measures just 4. 7×3. 2×0. 7 inches (11.
The Polaroid Pop isn't from the company Polaroid Originals--and that's absolutely showing in every single way. By all means, this is a digital camera that is designed to simulate the Polaroid and Instant film experience without using anything nearly close to the original film.
When you think about instant film cameras, folks often say Polaroids, Instax, etc. But the truth is that not a whole lot of people truthfully know the difference between all the various options from manufacturers.
It took a while for me to wrap my head around the Polaroid Snap Touch--and it's not because I'm not accepting to what they're doing. It's more because of the fact that they're finding a way to appeal to the Snapchat generation in the form of a camera.
At CES 2017, Polaroid is building on the success of their zInk products and giving the masses something just a tad larger. the Polaroid Pop is going to be printing out 3. 5 x 4. 25 images using the 20MP CMOS sensor at the heart the camera and then printing the photos.
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 […]
Kodak today launched a new stylish ‘point-and-shoot’ instant print camera, the Kodak Printomatic. It prints high-quality, full-color photos straight from the camera, something which Kodak says makes it the “ideal all-in-one solution for capturing and sharing vibrant prints instantly.
Polaroid hasn’t given up on instant photography yet. Following up on the release of the Polaroid Snap last year, the Polaroid Snap Touch “instant digital” camera combines the features of both a digital and instant camera into a fun, affordable package.