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Brooklyn Film Camera and Cameradactyl Release New Polaroid Scan Adapter

May 26, 2020 By Dan Finnen

Update: I have a full review of this adapter you can check out! At last, some good news for a change! The folks at Brooklyn Film Camera and Cameradactyl have joined forces to create and release a new Polaroid scan adapter. A scan adapter is a critical part of the scanning process, preventing the dreaded […]

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Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: Brooklyn Film Camera, Impossible Project, Polaroid, scan adapter

Polaroid Originals Rebrands Again to… Polaroid

March 26, 2020 By Dan Finnen

For those of you keeping track, back in 2008 Polaroid discontinued their popular line of instant 600, SX-70, and Spectra film. The Impossible Project rose to fill the void by creating new instant film from the ground up that would work with vintage Polaroid cameras. A few years ago, the Impossible Project sort-of merged with […]

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Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: Impossible Project, news, Polaroid, polaroid originals

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 Review: Polaroid Originals 600 Film (Late 2017)

October 28, 2017 By Dan Finnen

The Impossible Project is dead, long live Polaroid Originals. With a new brand, there’s also a big update across Impossible…er, Polaroid Originals’ product line. Polaroid Originals claims that there’s a whole new chemistry in their films, and sure enough, they look better than ever. The best part about the new films, however, has nothing to […]

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Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: Impossible Project, new review alert, news, Polaroid, polaroid originals

Unit Portables SX-70 Carrying Case Mini-Review

August 17, 2017 By Dan Finnen

Update April 2020: Polaroid Originals has rebranded again to now just ‘Polaroid,’ and this item is currently out of stock. You may be able to find one on the secondhand market.  Update October 2017: The Impossible Project rebranded itself as Polaroid Originals, and briefly took this product offline. It’s back up on their site, and […]

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Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: folding type, Impossible Project, Polaroid, Polaroid 680, Polaroid SLR, SLR, sx-70

2016 Polaroid Camera Buying Guide Update

October 30, 2016 By Dan Finnen

Can you believe it? The 2016 holiday season is already right around the corner, and that means a lot of people are going to be out there getting instant film cameras as gifts. In addition to my new Fuji Instax Buying Guide, I’ve also updated my Polaroid Camera Buying Guide. By and large, most of […]

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Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: buying guide, camera, I-1, Impossible Project, Instant film

Impossible Project I-1 Camera Image Quality Comparison

May 27, 2016 By Dan Finnen

Update June 9 – Added additional comparison shots, turns out the new gen Impossible film is quite different from earlier generations, skewing my initial results. The article has been rewritten. It’s a shootout between the Impossible Project I-1 camera, the Fuji Instax Wide 300, Lomo Instant Wide, and classic Polaroid Impulse AF! Since the I-1 […]

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Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: film photography, I1, Impossible Project, Instant film, instant film comparison, instant film shootout

New reviews: Impossible I-1 and Nikon F100

May 19, 2016 By Dan Finnen

If you’ve been paying close attention over the past week, you may have noticed that I’ve been quietly posting some new camera equipment reviews. They’re finally done and ready to go, and these are some big ones! First up is my first foray into reviewing 35mm SLR film cameras, and I’m starting with one of […]

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Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: Impossible Project, impossible project i-1, new review alert, Nikon F100

I’m on Instagram!

April 21, 2016 By Dan Finnen

After toiling away in the wilds of Tumblr and Flickr (what’s with me and thankless Yahoo properties?) for the past few years, I’ve finally gotten with the program and joined Instagram! I’ll be posting pictures every day and it’s going to be all film, all the time. I’m actually having quite a bit of fun […]

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Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: film photography, Impossible Project, instagram, site news, twitter

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