Flash Back
Retro cameras will make you fall in love with film…again
The Scoop
Instant cameras are hot again! After Polaroid closed its last factory in 2008,
former employees founded The Impossible Project, to resell existing film.
Now the group has created its own high-quality instant film, and Fujifilm is
producing instant cameras and film. Plus, Polaroid is working with Lady Gaga
to develop products, including a camera that lets you
preview and print images. Film prices often start
at around $12 for 10 exposures. Find cameras at
sites like Amazon.com or Walmart.com, or in
specialty photo stores. —Nicole Crowder
The limited edition Polaroid
SX- 70 is the real deal: an instant
camera built in the 1970s but
restored and hand-inspected.
It folds for easy storage ($350;
photojojo.com).
In less than 60 seconds,
Polaroid’s Z340 prints
3- by 4-inch images onto
paper embedded with
dye crystals; no ink need-
ed ($299; polaroid.com).
The sleek
Fujifilm
Instax
Mini 7S
produces
credit card–
size images
that appear
in seconds
($69; amazon
.com).
CAMERAS, CLOCKWISE, FROM TOP LEFT: COURTESY OF PHOTOJOJO.COM
(SNAPSHOT INSET: MASTERFILE); COURTESY OF POLAROID; COURTESY OF
PHOTOJOJO.COM ( 2) (SNAPSHOT INSET: GRANT HAMILTON/GETTY IMAGES)
The Fuji Instax 210 Instant Camera
lets you easily capture your
grandkids’ graduations with
4-inch-wide photos ($60;
amazon.com). ;
