“Polaroids embody the antithesis to the smartphone obsessed generation and offer the best alternative for people tired with oversharing on social media.”
Oversharing permitted to let selfie’s trend getting bigger and bigger; the next step for selfie lovers is now to use multiple devices and pick the one which will capture the best instant. Meanwhile, selfie raised a strong, nostalgic feeling toward polaroids.
Formely popular before falling into oblivion and disrepair, polaroids are progressively coming back to life; in the last five years few models had been developed, offering “better exposures and selfies” like the Instax Mini 70. First, created in the thirties by the Japanese Fujifilm, Instax Mini 70 is launched on 30 September 2015 by the North American Corporation of the company. Unlike it’s big sisters, Instax Mini features a new selfie mode. High performances such as flash for snapshots in low-light situations and an auto brightness calculated are promoted of the polaroid packaging. A frame acts like a mirror, helping users to center the camera to take his first selfie perfectly. For more details on how Instax Mini 70 is working, please check the review made for this product on Youtube.
For those who wish a more recent version, Fujifilm launched Instax Mini 8. Like its predecessor, the camera have attractive design, seem fun and easy to use. Instagram filter are incorporated in the polaroid camera and include the following options:
- indoors,
- cloudy
- sunny cloudy
- bright sunny
Furthermore, few reviews made by costumers who bought the product highlighted the bad quality of the product to take pictures outside; the polaroid pictures are coming with a black background.
As a matter of fact, Fujifilm Instax 8 mini has its pros and cons but is nice to use as indoors memories for non professionals, vintage lovers, kids or anyone liking to take or be taken in pictures. Fujifilm Instax 9 mini follows the same path, making shooting a ton of fun by sorting good quality images. Even tough, a pack of ten shots is offered when you buy the polaroid camera, you must buy others again and it is pretty expensive. Buying a polaroid is an investment that can make people feel bored, not tempted to use the camera where there is not this problem. with iPhone.
Polaroids embody the antithesis to the smartphone obsessed generation and offer the best alternative for people tired with oversharing on social media. Since instant pictures became and instant viewing became major phenomenons, it is the revival of instant polaroid camera by Instagram for a best picture quality time. Those cameras incite its users into slowing down, forcing them to to think about what they want to be captured.
I have seen this trend and I think is going to keep growing every year. I believe this part of the marketing in companies is hoping to extend to other realms.
I gifted this Instax Mini 8 in yellow color for my girlfriend. She indeed complained about not being capable of taking pictures outside since the picture is turning the background into a black color. But she seems happy using indoors, especially to take pictures of her recipes. I confirm the shots are expensive to buy (19,99 for 2×10 shots) on Argos or Curry’s.
Hi there, I honestly think that polaroid is a good entertainment for anyone liking to take pictures. It can be interesting to look for communities keen on polaroid cameras who are interested in forum, online sharing platform for their pictures, asking for advices.