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Some years ago one of my kids wanted one of the new Polaroids. We bought one as present.
First one was faulty, never worked. Returned and was replaced with one which worked but the photo quality was really bad. It was worse than Polaroids from the 80s. It got used for about 2 film cartridges and then that was that.
Not sure if they've got better in the last few years but could not recommend on my experience.
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Apparently the newer stuff is loads better than it was when it first came out. The original impossible project stuff was so shit and we paid for the development of it while they fucked about.
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Can recommend the Fuji Instax (I’d go for SQ models personally)
The current Polaroid isn’t the same company as it used to be (they just bought the IP when it went bust), and the film is shit. Super dark, everything looks like it’s been soaked in tea.
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Ditto above comment re instax. I like it, and they even just do an instax printer which can link to a phone (or possibly Bluetooth camera?) which I find gives a satisfying “take a photo and print” bit with the benefits of a digital camera. It’s about the size of a large power bank, so pretty small overall
I find the film a little soft in the images it prints, and instax cameras definitely prefer bright lights (sunny summer days look great, grey winter days less so) but good fun and likely able to be picked up cheap on eBay as it seems tk be a common “buy for a wedding, never use again then sell” type camera
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Anyone got experience with the spread of Polaroids from retros to their newer stuff?
Going to take a traditional film camera to the Canaries this week but thinking for future touring, a polaroid might be more 'practical' in the sense of at least being able to get your shot processed whilst you're out.
Weight is less of an issue, but ideally something robust and packable