We were devastated when the Polaroid was discontinued a few years ago, but new camera`s like Fuji`s Instax Mini fed our love for instant photographs with the white border to write on that we love so much. Now there are multiple cameras, apps and tech to choose from that mimic the same feeling Polaroid photos used to give us. Here`s a roundup of our favorites.
Polaboy: "Art by day, light by night." Imagine your favorite image enlarged to 88 x 107 cm in a wooden frame with a backlit LED light. That is exactly what Polaboy is. The best part about it being digital is the fact that you can change the image when you want. We`d love to have one of these at home. They are made in Germany so it may be a little difficult to get your hands on one.
Polaroid SX-70: The SX-70 is the first folding SLR and the first to take integral instant film. It folds when you pack it up and pops up when you`re ready to shoot photos. It works with Impossible Project film and expired Polaroid film.
Fuji Instax Wide Instant Camera: We are completely in love with our Fuji Instax Mini, so we were delighted to find the bigger version of that camera. It packs everything we love about the Instax Mini - easy to find film, little photos and the joy of instant prints but on a larger scale.
Instant Photo Frame Pins: Even if you don`t want to invest in an instant photo camera just yet, you can enjoy the look with these photo frame pins. Insert your photos into these little pins and you can literally show off your work wherever you go. We think these would look very cute on a tote bag.
Roidizer: There are plenty of smartphone apps that turn your camera into Polaroid inspired looking pictures. Our favorite happens to be Roidizer, we find it the most user friendly and there are plenty of other fun filters the app is equipped with besides the Polaroid filter.
(Images: 1. Photojojo, 2. Photojojo, 3. Photojojo, 4. Polaboy)
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I'm happy that Fuji is making a wider format... I thought the minis were silly. But why can't they just make the same format that Polaroid had? The square was perfect. I still have about 15 packs of Polaroid film hanging out in my veggie crisper, so maybe by the time I use those up there will be a format closer to the original. Also- does anyone have experience with the Fuji Instax? I liked the not so perfect developing of the Polaroid... does the Fuji format have that or are they all crisp?
@skylarkmelodyThe Poladroid app is completely new to me, and although they have since stopped updating, I'm going to try it out. I'm sure the novelty will wear off, but it will still be fun for a while :) Thanks for that!
I have the Fujifilm Instax Mini 25 and the Instax 210 camera shown above. I absolutely love it! The Instax 210 is ridiculously enormous and quite comical when compared to the tiny pocket size digital cameras I also own.Basically it's as big as a shoe box! The film will end up costing you more than what you paid for in the cameras so every picture has to count. But honestly, these two cameras are my favorites. It's nostalgic, it's instant gratification, a definite conversation starter, a lot of fun, and most of all awesome.
Yay, timely post! I've been thinking of getting a Fuji Instax Mini for a few weeks and I'm still trying to convince myself it's not 'just-a-gadget'. How does it compare to the Fuji Wide in terms of size of the camera and the photos? And is the Mini actually usable or are the photos too small to do anything with them?
Thanks for including my Snapshot Pins in this awesome collection!
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The Instax Mini 25 film are half the width of the Instax 210 film. I thought it would be too small to do anything with it but I love it and so does everyone who sees it. Think of it as a "portrait" photo that's how I use it. I take a picture of all my friends and they love the fact they walk away with a picture of us together. It's wallet size, and at first I thought "that's just too small" but honestly it's perfect. I put all my other pics I obtain of school pictures in my wallet why not these. The Instax 210 film, to me is normal size, slightly wider than the original Polaroid picture but impressively sharp. So I use this when I want a landscape view or wide angle view. You can buy them at Amazon or B&H Photo for the same price but I think Amazon has free shipping. I don't like the Instax mini 7 for the fact you have to manually pull out the lens to turn it on.To me that's just one more thing to break but that's personal opinion, it uses the same film as my Instax Mini 25. All in all the Instax cameras are my favorite!
Harharink - thanks for the info, that's super useful!