The Polaroid



Polaroid instant camera was the first instant camera in the world, and the SX-70 series was the most famous and classic series of all the instant cameras. I am a Polaroid lover, and almost of my collections are the SX-70 series cameras. The first SX-70 camera was sold in Florida in late 1972, so most of the SX-70 cameras are nearly 40 years old, but all of the cameras I have are still in perfect working condition. The SX-70 cameras are well all well designed, it can be collapsed into a box shape when not in use. The chemical materials inside the instant film makes every Polaroid photo has a special tone. This tone makes every photo become very special to other photos from different format of films, and this tone makes not only me but also lots of other people fall in love with Polaroid. In the SX-70 family, except the original model, there is a model with sonar autofocus system, which permitted returning to the plain focusing screen. In the late 1990s, Polaroid introduced the best instant camera ever, the SLR 690. It has the some design as the original SX-70, but with a sonar autofocus system and built-in flash. And this is one of the most expensive one in my collections. Unfortunately, in late 2008, Polaroid stopped producing the instant film, made all the Polaroid cameras became "useless", and it also made all the Polaroid cameras became remarkable pieces in the camera history. They are no longer cameras, they are artwork now.

From late 2009, "the impossible project" started selling their own made Polaroid instant film, but due to the small amount of productions, the price is way too high. Fuji makes their only format of instant cameras and films as well, but they are the original ones, and the Fuji cameras are not as nice as Polaroid.

In summer 2008, Polaroid released an instant photo printer, PoGo. With the new technology, this small printer can print photos directly from a cellphone or a digital camera. But the photos have lost the special tone from the Polaroid instant film.