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I Don’t Think I Want Polaroid’s Android Point-And-Shoot Camera Yet

3:00PM January 11, 2012 | Mat Honan

Polaroid is trying to stay relevant in the digital age with a camera that’s an Android mashup with a 3x optical zoom, 720p video, a 16MB sensor and, well, a lot of head scratch. More »

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I Want To Hang My Instagram Wall Art In A Polaroid

1:40AM January 6, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

The snapshots from my phone can’t be the same quality as the ones from my DSLR, but they’re often the ones I like the best. And to show them off properly, these candid shots need a proper display — like an oversized Polaroid picture frame. More »

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Polaroid’s Dua Flash Embraces Videographers And Photographers

3:00PM October 30, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

Like skiers and snowboarders sharing the same powder, I envision some kind of uneasy truce between those using their DSLRs for still photography, and those using them for videography. I have no basis for the dirty looks and stink eye I imagine them giving each other, but it still warms my heart to see a company like Polaroid trying to bring those two sides together. More »

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The Inner Workings Of The First SLR Polaroid, Explained

1:00PM October 28, 2011 | Adrian Covert

The Lytro might be the new gimmicky camera du jour (and that’s cool, because it looks awesome), but the Polaroid was the original gimmicky camera with its print film that developed into photos instantly. Surely people had trouble wrapping their heads around this in 1972. More »

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Photojojo’s Beautifully Restored ’70s Polaroid Is Worth The $US300

6:40AM September 7, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Polaroid’s latest cameras are interesting looking, but really, ain’t nothing like the real thing: a vintage, gorgeously futuristic instant film SX-70. They haven’t been sold since 1977 — but you can snag one for $US300. There are only 50. Tempting! More »

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Polaroid Z340 Looks Like Love Child Of Polaroid One And Point-And-Shoot

2:40AM July 29, 2011 | Casey Chan

Polaroid might’ve ditched the instant film business but it doesn’t mean they can’t make digital equivalents. The Polaroid Z340 looks like a great digital compromise: classic body, digicam innards like 14 megapixels, flip-up LCD, etc. and ink-free prints. More »

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Watch The Mesmerising Process Of Making Polaroid Film

9:20AM July 12, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

Polaroid cameras have found a second life as ironic/vintage hipster iconography, but the tech behind them hasn’t changed much in 50 years. Here’s how the “film sandwiches” (how delicious does that sound!?) are made at The Impossible Project‘s factory in the Netherlands. More »

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How To Give Polaroid Snaps A Dark Tone, In Exchange For $US24

7:00AM May 31, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

I love what the Impossible Project has done with resurrecting Polaroid film, but I just wish there was some way they could lower their prices. Their new black frame PX600 Silver Shade film costs $US24 for eight exposures. [Photojojo]

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The First Of Lady Gaga’s Polaroid Range

6:30PM May 30, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Club-goers and porn-pushers are still awaiting the glasses Lady Gaga modelled at CES (and supposedly designed), but one product from her Grey Label collaboration with Polaroid is available for pre-ordering, for $US170. More »

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How Do Polaroids Work?

7:15PM May 19, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

It does seem like a particularly miraculous feat that a tiny sheet of photo paper can have a photo printed on it instantly. But how does it happen? And how do pinhole cameras work? Photojojo sketches the explanations. [Photojojo]