Polaroid Pop

The Polaroid Pop isn't from the company Polaroid Originals--and that's absolutely showing in every single way. By all means, this is a digital camera that is designed to simulate the Polaroid and Instant film experience without using anything nearly close to the original film. The new zINK paper is designed to be more square in format to seem a bit more like what the Impossible Project tried to years to keep alive and that Polaroid Originals now manufactures. So at a recent event here in NYC, I had the chance to play with the Polaroid Pop.  I've tried some of the company's other cameras and I simply cannot get behind the idea of zINK. The Polaroid Pop is really no exception.

Anyone who lived through the 80’s knows that Polaroid cameras were unavoidable. The instant camera is as much of a part of retro culture as VHS tapes and hair metal. At the time of its release, the Polaroid instant print camera was a technological revelation. Before the ubiquitous takeover of mobile technology, Polaroid was the only camera brand that provided the user with instant gratification. Now, with the old days of dropping off a roll of film at our local pharmacy well behind us, it’s easy to take for granted the craze that Polaroid caused in the photo industry. Take

The Straits Times looks at three instant camera printers. Read more at straitstimes.com.

I had high hopes for this camera.

Polaroid Pop combines a digital camera and printer to delivers Polaroid-style instant photo prints on the move.

Meet the Polaroid Pop, a new instant camera that produces classic Polaroid-sized prints.  It combines a digital sensor with an integrated ZINK Zero Ink printer to produce 3 x 4" prints. Read more

An exceptionally frustrating instant camera

There is still a resurgence for all that is retro and for gadge that gives us a flavour of analogue. The Polaroid POP is here to remind you of when seeing your photos straight away