Instant Cameras

Hands On with the Prototype Mint InstantKon RF70 Instax Wide Rangefinder Camera
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MiNT Camera has quickly established itself as a unique player in the instant camera market. While Fujifilm has long been happy to sell vast quantities of instant point-and-shoot cameras, and Polaroid Originals (formerly Impossible Project)…

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The Rolleiflex Instant Kamera Kickstarter Launches Today – Full Details and Editorial Commentary
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A new Rolleiflex Instant Kamera project is launching today on Kickstarter. This twin lens reflex camera isn’t a medium format TLR, as you might expect given the brand’s lineage. Instead, it exposes Fujifilm’s Instax Mini…

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Lomography’s Lomo’Instant Square is A Strong Choice for Instant Film Shooters
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Back in 2017, Lomography raised more than half a million dollars via Kickstarter to fund the production of their latest instant camera, the Lomo’Instant Square. Lomo promised the camera would be the first and only…

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We Review the Polaroid Originals OneStep 2 Instant Camera
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The OneStep 2, the new instant camera from recently formed Polaroid Originals, has arrived. We wrote about the importance of this back when the big announcement dropped, but if you’re still unsure of what we’re…

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Polaroid Spectra Pro / Minolta Instant Pro – The Most Creative Polaroid Cameras Around
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In 1990, Minolta and Polaroid both released an improved version of the Spectra camera called the Instant Pro and Spectra Pro, respectively. These cameras were essentially the same as one another (though the licensed-from-Polaroid Minolta…

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Lomo’Instant Wide Instant Camera Review
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Few things in this world are as fun as an instant camera. Just try holding back a smile while watching a camera spit out a white piece of paper on which an image magically materializes.…

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Fujifilm’s Instax Square SQ10 Solves the Problem of the Instant Camera
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When I first heard that a new Instax camera was coming from Fujifilm, I was skeptical. Another instant camera pumping out tiny, expensive prints, I thought. Great. But I was wrong. Fujifilm’s Instax Square SQ10 is an…

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Polaroid SX-70 Instant Film Camera Review – The Pinnacle of Polaroid
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“You worked at Polaroid?” I asked the question with restrained interest and a hint of weariness. Living where I live, it’s not unusual to run into old people who spent the prime of their lives…

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5 Polaroid Cameras Worth Owning, Shooting, and Collecting
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Polaroid cameras are a dime a dozen, and utterly fantastic. But some are more fantastic than others. While I love the ubiquitous 600-series machines for their ease of use and their ability to pull me right…

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Leica Sofort – Instant Camera Review
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It’s the end of 2016, a year of global controversies, and today we’re here to examine what might be the most divisive object in the history of mankind. It’s Leica’s newest film camera, the Sofort,…

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Remember the ’90s – Camera Edition
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We love old things, and when it comes to cameras you can’t beat the classics. Cameras of the past were simpler to operate, more fun to shoot, and just plain looked better. Given the choice,…

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Leica Store Boston Opening Weekend, Sneak Peak at Leica’s Sofort Instax Camera, and My First Instameet
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I walk east down Boylston Street as the early morning sun continues its slow ascent ahead of me. Knife-edged shadows cut into the gleaming, white marble of the buildings that loom on each side, creating a powerful…

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Mint InstantFlex TL70 – Instant Camera Review
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I spent this past weekend shooting an instant camera like no other. Mint’s InstantFlex TL70 is a twin lens reflex in the vein of Rollei and other TLRs of the distant past. Its vintage-inspired twin lenses…

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Polaroid Snap – Camera Review
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Polaroid is back with a brand-new instant film camera. Good stuff! But wait, what year is it? Did we slip backwards through a wormhole? Did the space-time continuum rip itself to shreds? Does anyone have…

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