STACK #186 Apr 2020

LIFE TECH FEATURE

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Jump in and get instant! Are you ready to join the instant revolution or looking to rekindle your love for these quirky fun cameras? Here are three cracking cameras to get you clicking.

Polaroids in popular culture

Fuji Instax Mini II Drenched in style, the slim Instax Mini II features an automatic exposure setting, so no more manual fiddling to get the lighting right and built-in flash means perfect shots in low light conditions. Pull out the lens and you have the Selfie Mode ready to snap to your heart's content!

In Back to the Future (1985), Marty McFly watches a Polaroid image of him with his sibblings disappear.

The excellent Memento (2000) finds Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce) struggling to recall his memory and using Polaroids to assist in the task.

Canon Inspic S Bluetooth Instant Camera Designed to look more like a traditional compact camera, there’s some cool technology at play here. You can take a photo on your smartphone, touch it up or retake and then send it to Canon Inpic S to print. And for the money conscious, the photos are printed not using ink, but cost-effective ZINC photo paper. Once printed, peel off the back and stick your photos on your bestie’s forehead!

The cover of Talking Heads’ 1978 album More Songs About Buildings and Food features hundreds of Polaroid pictures used to form an image of the band.

Polaroid Onestep 2 One for the traditionalists here with an instant camera designed to encapsulate the nostalgic design of a classic Polaroid but operating with the latest instant camera technology for perfect pictures. And the best bit? With only a few buttons for operation, even the kids can use it.

OutKast’s smash hit Hey Ya! contains the memorable line, “Shake it like a Polaroid picture!”

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