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In 2008, Polaroid announced it would no longer produce instant film. Then, the Impossible Project took the opportunity to buy up what little was left of this division of the company and has spent the last eight years reformulating and reviving the once-po...
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The Impossible Project launched in 2008 with the aim of reviving the defunct Polaroid format, which had not long before announced it would stop creating its classic instant film. Starting with creating film for existing Polaroid cameras, the Impossible I-...
The Canon EOS 5D Mark IV builds on the proven design of its popular 4-year-old predecessor, the 5D Mark III, upgrading just about every aspect of its performance, which all adds up to a much better, yet still familiar, all-round camera for stills and vid...
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Perhaps second only to Kodak, the Polaroid brand is synonymous with the creative destruction of digital technology. But there's a bitter irony in the original Polaroid's demise. Just as the company was closing its factories, instant photography was on the...
Excellent design, Bluetooth connectivity, app packed with creative shooting modes...
Builtin battery slow to recharge and shortlived, film packs pricey, app only available on iOS devices, can be difficult to compose...
There is something about instant photography that speaks to people in the digital age. We saw it in the curious enthusiasm expressed at the photographer's meet up, and we saw it again when we showed the camera and its output to a group of 10-year-olds, ma...
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Modern design and smart features don't betray the camera's rootsThe Impossible Project was created in 2008 in order to preserve Polaroid's instant film process after Polaroid revealed that it would be killing it off, and in the past few years at least, it...
Beautiful design, Small and light, Tons of control...
Expensive film, Inconsistent results...
More times than not, the Verge score is based on the average of the subscores below. However, since this is a non-weighted average, we reserve the right to tweak the overall score if we feel it doesn't reflect our overall assessment and price of the produ...
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The Impossible I-1 ($299) is the first new camera in years to use the classic Polaroid 600 film. That it comes from Impossible, the company responsible for saving the format, is no surprise. But some of its features are head-turning: It's an analog instan...
Numerous film types available, Supports autofocus and autoexposure, Wide-angle prime lens, Manual exposure via smartphone connection, Built-in LED ring flash, Classic Polaroid format...
Battery drains when not in use, Pop-up viewfinder takes some getting used to, Film is very expensive, Color film needs improvement, Autoexposure can be tricky, Noisy focus motor, Flash doesn't work when power is low...
The Impossible I-1 is a modern instant camera with advanced tech, including manual control via Bluetooth, but it has some issues that are tough to ignore...
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In 2008, Polaroid announced it would no longer produce instant film . Then, the Impossible Project took the opportunity to buy up what little was left of this division of the company and has spent the last eight years reformulating and reviving the once-p...
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With that lean towards fun though, you're going to get varied results.The Impossible Project I-1 was used with Impossible Project color and black and white film.Specs taken from the Impossible Project I-1 listing page. Lens: 6 lenses total, with 5...
Manual control via the app is extremely cool, Dials and knobs are all pretty simple to use and understand, Probably the best camera to spit out Impossible Project's film, Pretty accurate autofocus, though slow in low light...
A plastic lens only goes to show how far Instant film can go, Battery drains pretty fast, Film ejection cover sometimes gets caught at the ejection door, Wish there were more shutter speeds and apertures...
Is the Impossible Project I-1 a fantastic camera? When you consider the awful battery life and then it's just an okay camera. It's by far the best camera that spits out Impossible Project film. But overall in the analog world, I'm yearning for something b...
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