Polaroid Originals - 9010 - OneStep+ Instant i-Type Camera - Black

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As far as shooting ‘modes’ go, there’s just a slider to make your photos either darker or lighter. Until, that is, you pair the camera to your smartphone over Bluetooth. Polaroid’s Originals app adds a remote trigger, timer shooting, light painting and double exposure modes, as well as manual shooting. Cámara instantánea inspirada en la Polaroid OneStep de 1977. Disponible en blanco y en grafito. Esta versión Viewfinder (VF) mejora la OneStep 2 lanzada inicialmente por Polaroid Originals con el contundente saliente del ocular, diseñado para poder usar más cómodamente el visor directo It is the successor to last year’s OneStep 2, and borrows the same basic look and features – but then adds a selection of smartphone-enabled shooting modes, updating the instant camera for mobile snappers that want a bit more flexibility from their photography. Fujifilm's Instax format fits that bill. If you've got to have square images, we like the Lomography Lomo'Instant Square and the Fujifilm Instax Square SQ6 for pure analog goodness, and the SQ10 if you want to print more selectively—it's a digital camera that can make instant prints on demand. Okay, so now it's time to answer the big question –which is the best instant camera brand, Polaroid or Instax?

Aside from the close-up capability, the OneStep+ delivers image quality that's on par with the more affordable OneStep 2. But the flexibility to lean in and snap tighter shots is a boon. The OneStep 2 supports focus to about two feet, but you can get closer with the OneStep+. You won't have to stretch your arms as far for selfies, and you can get in a little closer when making portraits. Fuji's first foray into instant was a little later in the 1980s with cameras like the Instax 100, but only after it managed to avoid a potential lawsuit for infringing Polaroid's film patents. Those patents would expire in 1998, at which point Fuji introduced its first Instax camera. La nueva cámara de la familia OneStep de Polaroid Originals conserva el aspecto vintage de la OneStep 2 y presenta un elegante acabado en negro con el clásico arcoíris de la marca en su parte frontal, como en la popular Polaroid OneStep de 1977 Incorpora un potente flash para facilitar la captura de instantáneas cuando la luz no acompaña. Un botón nos permite anular el destello cuando queramosThe least expensive path to Leica ownership, the Leica Sofort is a simple-to-use point-and-shoot instant camera with a classic look and that all-important red dot on the front to let everyone know you own one of the camera world’s most respected brands. Mini paper format prints are on the small side, though. There are a number of special shooting modes available in the app. There's a simple one-button remote control—for those times when you want to be in the photo—and a self-timer so you can hide your phone away when posing for a group shot.

The shutter release sits under the flash. It's a big red button, hard to miss, and is comfortably triggered with your index finger. There's a button on the rear, in line with the shutter, that suppresses the flash when held down. The micro USB charging port and bright red On/Off switch are above it. Polaroid still sells refurbished versions of some of its classic models, like this Polaroid 600 OneStep. (Image credit: Polaroid)If the original OneStep’s specifications aren’t especially detailed (even with the benefit of history), they’re positively encyclopedic compared to what’s been published about the new model. Print ejection is motorized, but while the SX-70 cameras simply spat one out and development began immediately, it’s a bit more complicated with the Polaroid Originals film. After taking the shot, a flexible protective cover unfurls from the camera to prevent the exposed print being instantly dosed with available light. You then need to place the print face down (and away from direct light) to await complete development which is now thankfully shorter than the 30+ minutes required by The Impossible Project films, but still longer than we suspect Dr Land would have approved of. Objetivo de alta calidad realizado en policarbonato, con una distancia focal equivalente a 106 milímetros y un ángulo de visión aproximado de 40 grados

Por tanto, a diferencia de las cámaras Polaroid vintage, la OneStep 2 no se sirve de una batería integrada en la carga de fotos sino que la lleva en su propio interior. Por esta razón no es posible usar la nueva película Polaroid i-Type, creada expresamente para este modelo y desprovista de batería, en cámaras antiguas. The Polaroid OneStep 2 (left) vs the Fujifilm Instax Wide 300 (right). (Image credit: Polaroid / Instax)That said, the new i-Type colour film is a significant improvement, not just in terms of the shorter development time and reduced susceptibility to direct light exposure post-camera, but also the image quality, notably both the colour saturation and the contrast. The original OneStep, unveiled in 1977, was billed as “the world’s simplest camera” because all you had to do was press the shutter button… and the camera did the rest. There were no controls, not even an on/off switch and, while there was an adjustment for exposure, you didn’t necessarily have to use it. The print was automatically ejected via a motorized transport and was self-developing, a big advance on the previous peel-apart Polaroid materials.

The aperture range isn’t known, nor the shutter speeds, but exposure control is programmed to some extent, including again balancing flash and daylight. According to Polaroid Originals, the shutter is a “custom design using [a] precision step motor”, but that’s as much as they’re giving away.The Fujifilm Instax SQ1 and Fujifilm Instax SQ6 shoot with square format film, and are more advanced than the Mini range, with multiple shooting modes and more premium construction. They are also physically larger, and more expensive. There's also the SQ20 hybrid instant camera, which takes digital photos as well as instant ones, but its digital shots are only on par with early 2010s smartphones.