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What is I-Type Polaroid Film?

June 26, 2019 By Dan Finnen

Getting started in the world of instant film can be intimidating. There are all different kinds of companies and formats involved, many of which are completely incompatible with each other. One format floating around that may seem a bit harder to grasp than the rest is something called Polaroid ‘I-Type’ film and cameras. In short, […]

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Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: battery, cartridge, fuji instax, I-type, Impossible Project, Polaroid, polaroid originals

Polaroid Originals Spectra Film Back in Stock in US

May 14, 2019 By Dan Finnen

Spectra camera next to Spectra film pack

Update April 2020: Polaroid Originals has rebranded to Polaroid and discontinued producing spectra film. Sadly, the rest of this article should now be looked at as a bit of recent history.  The Image/Spectra/1200 line of Polaroid film and cameras has always been a favorite format of mine. The ‘widescreen’ Polaroid featured cameras like the Spectra […]

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Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: Image, Impossible Project, Instant film, news, Polaroid, polaroid originals, Spectra

New: Nikon Fun Touch 2 Review

March 28, 2019 By Dan Finnen

My quest for a great 35mm pocket camera takes me to the Nikon Fun Touch 2, which turns out to be not so fun after all. An inability to focus on close subjects and no way to turn flash off makes this camera less capable than even disposable 35mm cameras like the Fuji Quicksnap. Check […]

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Storm Clouds Gather Over Film Photography

February 14, 2019 By Dan Finnen

Update June 2019: Some good news! Tetenal lives to see another day (sort of)! Also, Polaroid Originals has Spectra and large format back in stock in the US. Whew! It’s no secret that film, as a consumer product, is dead. However, despite this, the past decade has been amazing for professionals and amateur photographers who […]

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Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: film photography, Instax, news, Polaroid, tetenal

New: Nikon One Touch Zoom 90s Review

January 4, 2019 By Dan Finnen

I really want a great pocket 35mm camera, but I really don’t want to pay a crazy amount for it. To begin my quest, I’ve purchased a bunch of cheapies off of eBay to see if I can find a diamond in the rough. First up to get the review treatment is the Nikon One […]

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New: OneStep CloseUp Camera Guide

November 4, 2018 By Dan Finnen

Most of the vintage Polaroid cameras floating around out there are the box-type 600 variety, and the OneStep CloseUp is one of the models I find most often in flea markets and garage sales. While a delightfully simple camera to use, I put together a guide for those who may be using one for the […]

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iOS Camera vs Lightroom Raw DNG on iPhone XS

October 11, 2018 By Dan Finnen

Is this it – is the iPhone XS the first truly great mobile raw shooter? To find out, I ran some tests. Here are the results.

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Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: Apple, digital photography, ios, iphone, iphone xs, raw photography, smartphone photography

New: Polaroid OneStep+ Camera Review

September 10, 2018 By Dan Finnen

Just in time for the holiday season, Polaroid Originals is back with a new camera! This time they’ve combined the chocolate of the affordable and accessible OneStep2 with the peanut butter of the bluetooth powered control of the I-1. While not replacing my SLR 680 anytime soon, the OneStep+ is a great camera for people […]

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Special

August 25, 2018 By Dan Finnen

This is a transcript of a live lit piece I performed at This Much is True in Chicago on June 13, 2017. A few weeks ago, I was dropping off my film to be developed – I know, I’m probably one of the only people in Chicago still getting film developed, but bear with me […]

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Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: hard of hearing, live lit, personal essay, this much is true

New: Polaroid Originals SX-70 Instant Film Review

August 19, 2018 By Dan Finnen

SX-70 is 600’s cranky older brother, and it’s taken me quite a bit of trial and error to finally get a review together for Polaroid Originals’ version of this format. SX-70 requires a ton of light and uses cameras that not only lack built-in flash, but are also decades older and thus, more prone to […]

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I’m a writer, photographer, co-owner of Polymyth, host of the Chicago Writers Podcast, Super Gear Land, and more. You can reach me at hello (at) danfinnen.com.

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