Can the Polaroid Flip Make Instant Photos Awesome Again?

10 thoughts on “Can the Polaroid Flip Make Instant Photos Awesome Again?”

1. I just bought this camera primarily for the sonar auto focus. My only complaint is that the viewfinder tube is a little bit too short. It was not mentioned in this video but the flip can connect to the Polaroid app well it may not the light painting feature that the Plus camera models have had you still have access to manual control when using the app. In the app there's one mode where you can actually select your preferred focusing distance if you think the camera is not going to hit what you want.

2. It's always a good thing when a new camera is brought to market, even if it's not everything we want. It means there is real interest in the film and they will hopefully keep producing and improving on it. The film doesn't really develop before your eyes (unless you like staring at things for 5-15 minutes at a time, losing the magic of "instant" photography. And although the colour is getting better, it's still a long way from Time Zero SX-70 film.

   The thing that would make Polaroid instant photography awesome again is film that developed in under a minute, with vibrant colours.

   The film has always been expensive: I believe the price for a pack of film in 1973 was around $4.00, which in today's dollars after inflation is around $28, which is what a pack of film costs today.

3. Thanks. Are the photos really that washed out?

4. Ha ha. I hope I am Polaroid worthy. I did a huge Polaroid collage project using the SX70 back in the late 80s. It was expensive then too. But I loved working with them. It was “instant” gratification in the pre-digital times. I have to say this is tempting in a weird way. Are all the photos kinda washed out? They never used to be.

5. I really wanna see Kodachrome come back…any chance?

6. Unfortunately these photos aren't crappy enough to fully express my funky soul and unique sense of style. Need even less contrast, saturation and sharpness.

7. Why is it so hard for Polaroid to make a fully manual camera. I think there's a market for photographers that are more experienced that would highly appreciate having total control over their images and being able to get repeatable results.
   Right now, to get professional polaroid results, I either need to use a 4×5 instant back or a highly modified polaroid back that attaches to a medium format and uses 3D printed parts

8. Thanks Fuji….for making this market cool

9. Thanks for the samples. They have amazingly, in a new age 70 years later, reproduced the awfulness of the original.

10. I'd never buy it, but glad there's still room for something fun and a bit frivolous like this in photography.

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