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I TYPE Polaroid stopped production completely in 2009, and then, thanks to the efforts of some young people, combined with semi-abandoned factories, unemployed technicians and enthusiasm, it took several years to restore the Polaroid classic.

In this process, the brand-new I TYPE camera was born, which makes TIP (THE IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT) not only provide photographic paper for the Polaroid cameras of the past, but also really build the platform.

Since Polaroid was called IMPOSSIBLE before it bought the trademark, their new series of cameras are also called Series I cameras. The only difference between photo paper and the 600s is that the paper box does not carry a battery, which can save more money.

I TYPE's first camera was the Imuri 1 camera launched in 2016, and the photographic paper packaging of the I TYPE camera was still the old packaging of IMPOSSIBLE at the time. As we all know, the Polaroid shell was changed again in 2023, and this new package always feels less concise than the original monochrome one.

The iMel 1 camera is an experimental camera, and when it was first launched, IMPOSSIBLE's boss wanted people to think that TIP was not Polaroid and that TIP was a new company. They launched the camera and photo paper without batteries because they wanted to make a certain cut with Polaroid.

Up to now, I think this camera is the handsomest camera of New Polaroid. After all, its starting point is different from that of subsequent cameras, and its task is rebellion. The later I TYPE camera is inherited, inherited from the Polaroid of the past.

As Smolokowski said, Imuri 1 is used to tell you that IMPOSSIBLE is not Polaroid.

The price of Imuri 1 was $300, which was more than 2000 yuan at the time. Now you can see the brand new Imuri 1 on sale on Xianyu, so the price is very good.

The reason why this camera has such a strange shape is that the designer deliberately wants to cut with the Polaroid camera. They canceled the viewfinder mode of the 600 series cameras and created an external viewfinder that looked a bit like SX-70 MODEL3.

Its biggest breakthrough is not to use a traditional flash, but to use 10 LED lights, which has become the biggest failure of the machine. LED makes the light is not enough, and the photos taken are too dark. In addition, Imur1 can be connected to APP from the very beginning to achieve a lot of functions.

Shortly after the launch of the iMel 1 camera, IMPOSSIBLE, which claims to be different from Polaroid, acquired the Polaroid trademark and became Polaroid. Become Polaroid does not count, but also specially hit the originals, the operation of the coquettish, simply unparalleled.

Now that it became Polaroid, the idea of designing cameras quickly changed, so they did two things while buying the brand:

1. Packaging with commutation paper.

two。 Launch a new machine.

The camera is the One Step 2, which looks like a temporary work with a board installed in front of the Imuri 1. Its price is half as cheap as the Imuri 1, which is $160.

When this camera was designed, the designer still stuck on the concept that the new Polaroid was different from the old Polaroid, and even didn't design a tubular viewfinder! It's just a lens behind the panel. I bought this camera the first time, and its frame is very awkward, because you can't see it until your face is completely attached to the camera, and you don't know if you have the right view without any hints.

Maybe the new Polaroid itself was aware of the problem, and less than a year later, it launched the One Step 2 with a tubular viewfinder, commonly known as the VF model. In fact, the VF model is the main model of OS2, but there are fewer viewfinders in the early days.

The camera shape is a tribute to the old-fashioned One Step camera, featuring a white color match. White is far more popular than gray.

The One Step camera was launched in 1977 as an integrated plastic camera that appeared as a popular Polaroid SX-70 camera, using 70 photographic paper. The original One Step did not have a flash, so it had to be plugged into a flash bulb like the SX-70. Later, the 600 series camera is a continuation of the concept of this camera.

One Step 2 is an experimental camera, which basically only has the function of shooting. Its passing motor is in the chin, and when you open it, you can see it directly. It feels like a four-wheel drive motor.

The only thing that can be controlled and adjusted in the fuselage is light and dark, with three gears.

The original One Step had only one lens with a focus distance of 0. 6m to infinity. It had a two-stop aperture mode, and the aperture switch was particularly fragile.

But One Step 2 can't connect to APP, so Polaroid soon launched the One Step + camera in order to expand its camera function.

In fact, after the launch of Polaroid now, OneStep + has been sold for a long time, and it is more expensive than now.

OneStep + is the strongest manual camera in the I TYPE camera. It has a close-up mode, which is directly adjusted by the joystick and can directly adjust the light and dim of the flash. It restores the App control function and can achieve some extended functions and games.

The function of OneStep + is the same as before, the motor is in the chin, spitting film is very slow, always makes people feel that they can't spit it out.

Personally, I think it is a little easier to use than now, because now's autofocus is too neurotic.

The OneStep2 has eight lights on the top of the machine, showing a margin of film, which also shows that there are only eight in a box of new Polaroid, and a box of 10 in a box restored to Polaroid is not to be expected.

A year and a half after the release of OneStep +, Polaroid launched a new camera with a new name, Polaroid now, and now many of our new players started playing in the now era. The name also means that the new Polaroid is going to be cut from the old Polaroid.

The now camera has an autofocus function, which is to switch between close shot or telephoto by sensing, switching between two lenses, rather than the serious distance focus of SONNAR.

The now camera is also more sleek and concise, and although its neurotic flash and focus have been criticized, it has made a substantial breakthrough in the performance of the body, finally inheriting the motor to the fuselage, which greatly speeds up the spitting speed and actually reduces the failure rate here on the chin. The price is that this camera makes a lot of noise.

Although now claims to be automatic, many settings have become inconvenient or even unknown. For example, the flash of now can also be adjusted in third gear like OneStep, but the operation is very complicated. On OS, it's a matter of dialing, and here you have to press the flash button several times.

In addition, now canceled the App linkage, leaving room for upgrading.

Polaroid also did not want to make a fuss on the lens, it is still a plastic sheet.

Many people recommend SX-70,680,690 to beginners, saying that the picture quality is better than ITYPE, which is true. ITYPE is not unable to shoot details, but requires a lot of conditions, on the whole, the image quality is certainly not as good as that of glass lenses. And the difference is easy to see. This is why the 600 series photo paper still lasts for a long time, and we can even look at the emergence of the SX-70 machine.

More than a year later, in 2022, Polaroid launched the now+ camera, the now+ camera not only added App function, but also added filters, in addition to the official lens cap.

Yes, I TYPE cameras have been streaking for so many years.

In addition, now + comes with 5 filters to increase the photographic effect. Its focusing and flashing functions have also been enhanced, which is much better than that of the now.

But some operations, such as flash adjustment, are still very inconvenient, and the linkage + button is actually a timing shooting button, which is easy to be mistakenly touched.

Through APP, it can also implement many patterns, as well as an aperture priority mode, which is so small that I don't know what the use of this mode is.

In 2023, now + changed its charging interface again.

In addition, Polaroid also found another way to learn from Fuji, developed a small Polaroid, Polaroid go series, not to mention here, always feel that this series will not last long.

After entering ITYPE, the new Polaroid also inherited the characteristics of the old Polaroid-the introduction of a limited edition machine.

But the Polaroid limited edition is much more affordable than Leica, with little price increase, and the new Polaroid offers a lot of messy color options.

The real limit of the first new Polaroid is the OS+, of this amazing series, which is printed upside down and very creative.

At the same time, we also issued a series of amazing photo paper, which produced so little at that time that I never used it. I don't know how I got out of my mind that I didn't buy such an interesting photo paper.

The second set is now available for fun, and the Star Wars Mandalorian limited now, whose popularity is so low that the price is even lower than that of ordinary phones. Mandalorians are Star Wars TV series that have been filmed for several seasons.

A limited edition of photographic paper is also available with this camera.

And then there is the second Harlem collaboration, this time with a camera. This camera just gives people a sense of dense phobia, but I use it very well, and now I have retired gloriously. Even in the entire history of Polaroid development, this camera has a very cracked appearance.

This camera also features a limited edition paper, which has the largest variety of patterns in the history of Polaroid.

Finally, let's talk about the advantages and disadvantages of ITYPE.

ITYPE cameras use body batteries, so these cameras are not as resistant as the original Polaroid cameras without batteries, and will be useless when the battery runs out. However, the Polaroid camera is not expensive. If it is broken, you can buy another one.

ITYPE camera because of its own battery, so the price of photo paper is cheap, but also the new Polaroid hit, now the limited edition paper is basically on the ITYPE, the second Harlem, this year's BOWIE, the annual hit is now ITYPE, to be used in 600 have to change the box, the box will be a bit risky.

The biggest disadvantage of ITYPE is that the lens is not good, it is not as transparent as 70680690. And the new Polaroid has no plans to build a slightly more advanced camera at all.

It is impossible to expect the new Polaroid to revive SX-70. Not to mention reviving SX-70, in fact, according to the current Polaroid's ability to launch a wide-range camera, it is not complicated, and there is no need to add sonar, but they also cut the wide-range area directly.

The manufacturers of an imaging paper, whether it was Polaroid in the past, Fuji later, or now the New Polaroid, have not considered the possibility of being professional, nor have they launched a very professional camera.

Some people think that playing ITYPE is not authentic, not counting Polaroid, if you want to play, play 680, 690, or 70, or the old 600. I do think that the old Polaroid has gone bankrupt, and there is no such thing as an authentic or unauthentic statement. Polaroid is also divided into ordinary games and enthusiasts, enthusiasts are sure to play SLR structure, but ordinary play, then ITYPE is enough. Many people have not used that App when playing ITYPE, and the function of combining that App,now + is still very rich.

This article is from the official Wechat account: film fan club (ID:jiaojuanmi), author: Shanghai Old dirty Turtle

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