instant cameras

Shoot and eject

Instant cameras produce physical photographs within moments of shooting, ejecting self-developing prints that emerge from the camera body.

The format dominated casual photography from the 1960s through the 1980s, associated especially with Polaroid, before digital cameras displaced them.

They've experienced revival as a novelty and aesthetic choice: She brought an instant camera to the party so everyone could take home a photo.

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image storage medium

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Electronic image-recording devices

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processing workflow

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Single-use film device

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G