Polaroid I-2 - Their Most Advanced Camera Yet
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2023
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Hard to put into words how much Polaroid means to the film community and how much love and passion the Impossible project has invested in getting to this point. One of the biggest highlights for many a year in the photography world. 👏
Yeah also a BIG yawn. 😂
And about as meaningful as a VHS machine these days.
kids love them and people love the as souvenirs. very meaningful.@@ToddCopeland
I still have the original SX-70 Polaroids I took at Polaroid's dealer introduction in '72. It was up in Los Angeles. Colors are still bright and saturated 50 years later.
That's the Time Zero film.
The film produced today by Polaroid is crap. Unfortunately they aren't capable to reach the Time Zero film quality.
£600 for the cam, then £2 per shot... but strangely I really want one! 🤔🤔🤔
same here
The price of the cam isn't too bad, but seeing how quickly I can burn through packs of film is a bit concerning...it's just that there is something incredibly satisfying about it, that is different to other film cameras.
@@KaiManWong I can see that being an issue! There are few things in life as satisfying as watching a polaroid develop before your eyes!
Almost worth the novelty, but light metering will be annoying. It reminds me of the lomo gunpla kit I had. You build your own like a plastic model kit, but it works. Trapped at f16 and 1/60, it was still fun, but it burned through it's novelty pretty quickly.
toys are fun. High pricetags arent.
Loved seeing your kids having fun with the Polaroid. My boys also love it! Great vid Kai!
Bro just here to say I remember just getting into photography and coming across your camera to understand the Sony A77MII You helped me at the beginning of my career and I'm just forever thankful!
Holy crap this is the first video of yours I've had pop up in years. I thought you stopped making videos. I first saw you way back in 2011 on that other channel. Glad you're still around.
Heathrow security must be thick as shit if they can't understand that instant film isn't the same as negative film, but I'm not really surprised. Standard behaviour at airports is they just point at the 'film safe' logo regardless of what you're trying to tell them. What bothers me most is when they're stood around chatting and still act like they're too busy to 'check' something, when their job is literally checking what people are taking on the plane.
Have never had polaroid film affected by airport xrays. 40 years, 100s of packs and airport xrays around the world. Never a problem.
@@ThePolaroid669 I'd say the real Polaroid film from back in the day was likely more robust than Impossible, and the machines were weaker. But what the fuck do I know...?
Here's what Polaroid say on their website:
"In some airports, new X-ray machines have been installed that use a higher dose of radiation. More radiation = less saturation. Radiation zaps all the saturation from your undeveloped instant film. The result? Washed-out, foggy photos, that have a pinkish hue. Every airport has different security measures and X-ray machines, so it’s best to play it safe. We recommend reaching out to their customer service team to get the lowdown on how to take instant film through security. If in doubt, keep your camera and undeveloped film in your carry-on bag, and ask for a hand check with the attendant instead to avoid the X-ray machine."
I just could never pull the trigger on that price for the canera. Not with 8 shots per pack at that price and with Polaroid's inconsistent film. But i applaud Polaroid for making a high end instant camera. I know its something that hard core enthusiasts have been clamouring for a long time.
i bought an 80's one for £20. love it and use it for special occasions due to expensive film, but we look at the polaroids all the time. more than any digital piccs.
Agreed, maybe if there was more consistency in the film I would think about it. The way things are, It looks nice but I'll pass.
@@KevinRusso my thinking exactly
Get a instax 😂 cheaper and more consistent film. 😊
@@ghostoflazlo agreed 100%
Can't wait to see polaroid video!!
I'm so stoked they're making these and I really hope they don't discontinue them in like a year or so. Sadly, it's been like two or three years since I used my sx-70 at all: a pack of sx-70 film is prohibitively expensive where I live - literally close to 10% my monthly income.
Yes, my home country sucks ass and I can't wait to move out of it as soon as I can.
Great review. I love My SX-70, but a modern autofocus, manual controls without trickery, and a lens that compares very favorably to the SX-70s all make this a "will purchase" for me when I can justify the price. I'd be happier if the film came back down to 2019 prices, but that's kind of tough in the current economic and supply chain climate. At least the film is actually very solid and this camera will help maximize packs.
Kai in the And Wander shirt... ya love to see it
it's really cool to see you doing dad stuff with photography. I never realized you had kids!
There are two Kai juniors being trained to take over your channel soon!
The shaking tends to hinder modern film because it is much thicker. It could spoil the image on original film slightly if you shuck it violently but given it was thinner and developed much faster, it didn’t hinder it too much, though Polaroid never recommended it.
The shaking was actually common with old Polaroid peel apart film, people would shake the print back and forth to dry it off quicker, given the later integral characteristics of film from the 70s onwards, it didn’t do anything apart from make the consumer feel like it sped up the development time, when infact it did nothing at all, lol.
"The price might seem steep". That's a massive understatement, given how absurdly expensive the film also is.
I think that Hongkong based company Mint was doing this with the modified old sx70s. They also have a new tlr coming that looks really cool and shoots instax square film.
What a surprise this thing is! I love my Polaroid Now camera, but the I-2 is a dream.
Nice one, keep it up!
Coooooooooolll!!! 🤩
Wow! Kai is still doing camera reviews.
I think my slr680 holds up pretty well today, it has lightning fast and accurate (as long as the subject isn’t being blocked too much) autofocus that works just as well in low light, and a sharp, glass lens. Costs just about as much as the new plastic one if you plan on buying it today though, if not more sometimes
It's not a plastic lens. At least not on the commercial version of the product.
@@doctorstrobe The three-element lens uses EP3500 optical plastics rather than glass
Thank you for introducing Shibuya and Gundam of Yokohama!
Also The Polaroid is quite good. ;-)
Did I see you at Goodwood Revival on the weekend? 👀
It's kind of crazy that you are the only camera reviewer, outside of the film community, that seems to have reviewed this.
kai and lok had a baby lol congrats
lo we used to shake it when I was growing up. But polaroids are lots of fun I bought one for my niece
I love this! I've been wanting to buy a new Polaroid camera for a while. I wish I still had my grandmothers from the 70's. They are just so much fun I just wish the price wasn't so steep.
Let's face it, this is a niche product now. Gonna have to pay for that.
Objectively, it's way too expensive. The whole idea has always been to reap profits from film sales. It's big mistake.
The thing I'm most jealous of in this video: the fact you got to visit the life size Gundam!
Whoa! I actually love this!
Your kiddos are so big now!
Thanks!
The part with your son taking a picture of you melt my hearth 🥹
Great review made even better by including Gundam.
Crazy to think they still make Polaroids. I really love the concept but the film has gotten pretty damn expensive at this point. Heck shooting film at all has gotten crazy expensive. Damn shame because there's a certain value to printed photos that digital just can't match. Going through a photo book is a whole different experience than scrolling through a folder. If you ever even do that to begin with =x
Polaroid film isn't as cheap as it was in the 90s and early 2000s, but it's cheaper than it was in the 70s. It's about as expensive as it was in the early 80s
Well, I have a Instax Square and a pack of 10 films cost about 11€, so it makes 1.1€ per photo. It's more then print some 10x15 photos, but not that much and it's fun to see the picture "take life".
Unfortunately shooting film with a 35mm/medium format camera is expensive, cause a 120 roll of Portra 160 goes up to 19€, which made 1.90€ per photo only to take it. Then you have to add the developing and the printing.
@@kingappia like I said "shooting film became very expensive".
And although it's nice to see the prices being somewhat in line I'd much rather have cheaper 35mm film because 35mm camera's are just objectively better at taking pictures 😅
But I also agree that seeing the photo's come to live straight out of your camera is cool as well.
@@phillipbanes5484Polaroid went bankrupt, then the Impossible Project bought the last instant film factory in Belgium, and after a few years they bought the Polaroid brand (at least for instant film and cameras and their accessories). So while it's not the same company with it's HQ in the US, it absolutely is Polaroid and their efforts are fucking heroic.
i think the 80s price adjusted for inflation is like 2.20 a photo, whereas now it's about 2.50 a photo
500+ bucks wow that's nuts
The pink hue is not from x rays its from the temperature outside. I have a channel dedicated on instant photography and I have thoroughly tested the x ray myths
I assume it’s using the Polaroid 600 series film, but don’t know from the video if the lens is glass or plastic. That would be helpful to know! I’m using an old Sun 660 camera right now…
looks great? like the old ones? or just like the after 2000?
I desperately need one. It’s needs to be bundled with a walkman!
No way for $600, all the options don’t seem to give you a higher quality image that the cheaper Polaroid cameras would. With a plastic f8 lens all those extra options are really just a smoke and mirror tactic to help you justify that you spent $600 on a instant film camera…hahaha love the review tho!
Yeah, sure its cool with all the aperture settings but I still kinda feel the best design ever made by Polaroid was the simple SX-70 with its compact, folding and elegant look ...
Wish they got updated / revized (and I dont mean the refurbished version sold by MINT)
boy i miss the old polaroid
I wonder if there is some portable printer for smartphone camera available for similar price and how it would be compared to this.
Is it SX70 film? And is that easy to come by?
I thought all production of that film was long gone.
Nice video. I hope you had time to hit Harajuku Gyozaro原宿餃子樓. It is one tasty little spot about 50 meters from TGI Fridays.
Is only my camera with a very narrow view angle in the viewfinder? Just moving head or camera and I can't see anything from the VF....just guessing if it's normal or it's a flaw
Kai's reviews look / sound like corporate press releases.
What video camera and lens was the talk&walk filmed on? There are so often black corners visible when lots of movement is visible. Like at minute 0:32 and 0:39
Canon EOS R6 II. Not my usual vlogging camera and I won't be using it again!
@@KaiManWong looks like you used an APSC lens in full frame mode? Otherwise where do these occasional black corners come from?
This is cool, but for the price, I'd probably hunting for Polaroid Impulse AF, it also has Sonar based autofocus, Polaroid 600 film and manual exposure slider. I guess that's my poor man Polaroid :D
theres someone on youtube who puts medium or large format slides in polaroid cameras
im not crying, you are. so hype for this release. thought the leak was too good to be true. wish this couldve released in 2016
I had a shot I kept that was a bit creepy from a polaroid for the sake of the polaroid but it was ok not too bad for portraits from about 3 metres away
Had a bag of 35mm film once that I asked to be hand inspected. The TSA agent looked at it, threw it in a tub, and shoved it into the x-ray machine. Luckily it was ok.
So why is this camera so expensive compared to others? And also can you also have these photos digital?
Would be cool if you could connect a phone and print from mobile shots too
I have a nons sl660 and not sure the Polaroid i2 would hack it compared to it. Tho I am tempted
700 euro's LOOOOOOL they have lost their mind.
Had the same issue with the security in Seoul recently, I just had to argue for a few minutes and they finally hand inspected it.. but it wasn't easy.
I thought I'd give it a go, but kinda gutted I didn't insist or tell them that it was ISO 800 in the first place.
I had to trick them into believing ASA wasn't ISO and so their rules didn't count (until they gave in 😂)
Brooklyn Beckham is bringing out a food photography book shot entirely on this camera.
Please look at the new Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K Full Frame!!
Kai in Tokyo.
Is there anyway we can move the photos via phone?
No review of Lumix G9 ii?
Is that an early 2000s flat land frame from khe or ares etc. If so hell yeah.
Also now i want something that i do not need at all
Thanks haha
am sure there's a Polaroid laying around somewhere here, forgotten like so many other things, (Walkmans anybody?) But hey lookit, Polaroids just got cool again, though the prices is a bit hefty, I kinda like this (UPDATE text edited to clarify NOT talking about the MAKERS but the METHOD)
I wasn't referring to the manufacturer but the method and manner of the taking of the photos @@phillipbanes5484
After using fp100c-45 for the first time last week, and probably for the last time when i use the last 7 shots (because the only one i can find for sale is for 170CAD nearby) and also use a lomograflok, I will never not be happy with the instax/polaroid shot out film ever in my life after seeing the quality from peel/pack film. I would pay anything if any of these companies bring it back. Maybe competition is good, to make this style of instant film not look so bad. The film is ment to be used with a flash or else the colours end up quite warm and orange. Fujifilm knows that there is virtually no competition, therefore there is no reason to ever improve on the product. sorry for the all over the place rant, i just woke up.
I still have 6 packs of FP3000b have ypu shot this film? Absolutely amazing sharpness and overall quality. Would die to get my hands on new peel apart film - one can dream…
Absolutely. I have owned a land camera and my experience is unmatched with fp100c. would not shoot anything else.
Have you seen One Instant films? They're making Type 100 pack film. The people behind the project tried to buy the machinery from Fuji when they stopped making pack film, but Fuji refused so they developed their own cartridge and film using Polaroid chemicals. Only 1 print per cartridge; very finicky and very expensive (even more expensive than a pack of Fujifilm FP-100 C45).
@@brettpatchingthey will never succeed, especially after watching the smarter everyday video on it. The sad part is fuji definetly has these machines still and they def didnt destroy it.
funny how flapping the film remains a thing, long after pack film has been popular and in production. It only ever worked for peel apart film to dry out the exposed emulsion.
the price is insane
Such a cool camera but the price..is so expensive, not only the camera itself but the film prices D;
Great show. Great review.
That camera is okay, but not for me.
Reminds me of a puppy.
They cost is overpriced and the same thing comes out of the bottom of them. 😂
That's the perfect camera for those who want overexposed and poor quality photos. So cool.
🥵🥵 nice camera
But is it better than a cell phone paired with an Instax printer
Wow
How long does the polaroid takes to develop ? I heard something like 30mns. Can you confirm ?
For mine I give it 10-15 mins in a dark spot like a pocket or a bag
What peper/film does this camera exactly use? Is it a proprietary make?
It uses Polaroid film. I'm guessing any Polaroid film should work with it as long as you can select film iso: Polaroid 600 is 600 iso, sx-70 is 160, i-type I don't recall lol.
If the box says _"Polaroid"_ or _"the Impossible Project"_ on it, it should be compatible with this camera.
Damn that’s expensive
Pentax and Polaroid taking over in 2024.
What tripod is that??
How was the weather Kai?
So hot! Over 35c every day!!
@@KaiManWong Holy Cow. And yet you didn't break a sweat -- very cool indeed.
600$ is quite large fujis instant cameras are like 130 i think 600 for what is essentially a 20$ raspberry pi inside for computer function is pretty crzy
Lens are plastic made, but in all the world exist any replace glass kit ?
I love modern plastic lenses.
Watch 4 different channels, still don't understand why this is not the antithesis of what Edwin Land wanted in a camera: simplicity.
What Land wanted was to have the shot immediately after taking it, simplicity came after 30 years and mostly as a marketing strategy. I'll take an sx-70 before a 1000 any day of the week
Something about that robot photo is weird and uncanny.
Is it amazing to see how far the impossible project has come. I wonder how many people realise the current Polaroid is not the old Polaroid. Amazing, it’s full circle.
@@phillipbanes5484... sure, the original Polaroid company was absolutely amazing. They couldn't adapt and they went bankrupt, like the vast majority of film and film related companies. But knowing the effort it took to build the new company, recover/replace production methods and processes, etc etc... I honestly couldn't care less it's not an American company anymore. Sure, film used to be better, but it had to be redesigned because some of the original production methods and materials weren't available anymore because a) the supply chain ceased to exist; and/or b) those materials or their production methods were outright banned by law for environmental reasons. That's why the film is a bit thicker, which is why there's 8 shots per pack instead of the original 10. As for the cameras... the original Land cameras and the sx-70 were absolutely gorgeous and had proper glass lenses (the cheaper Land cameras did have plastic lenses though), there were a couple Spectra cameras thst were actually good, other than that polaroid kept churning absolute trash cameras from the 80s onwards.
938th like for your 938k subs. Nice.
I thought oh they made a higher quality version. The cheaper ones are like 100 bucks so I expected this to run at like 200 maybe even 300. But 600? That's a big no from me.
That price though…
Hmm love it but the price is too steep…
And how is this going to last a test of time with a built-in battery?
The standard should be 1000 charges?
Becoming the norm sadly.
The price is ridiculous. With a plastic lens it's worth 150 € maybe, and even then I would rather get a used SX 70.
Images will come out better with a used SX-70 also.
I have a sx-70 but the film is hard to come by
I cant get over the price, like at all.
They know people who take analog photos will spend money so i feel they jacked it up for the sake of it. And that peice w/o fixing their film first
Ummmm $600? What? Ouch! I went to the link to buy one for the wifey, she loves them, but nope! Not $600 buckaroos!
Its has a red dot, must be good.
same price as a flight to Thailand I know which one I'd go for
699 for f/8???!!! WTF?
Sadly seems it don't have flash sync cable input hole
I saw a flash port on this video!
Does it do instant video?
Polaroid actually made instant video film back in the 80s
Whenever I see a polaroid brand camera, I always feel like they could have made so many better design choices, especially better manual controls, but wilfully make it garbage I guess to save costs? Despite the fact that they're so expensive anyway.
@@benson5967 This was true prior to 2017. Of course the new Polaroid isn't the original team/people but since 2017 it's been operated by the Impossible Project.
The old Polaroid Land cameras are still boss, if any are still alive.