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I definately love this camera. It's incredibly fun and gratifying to get your pictures developed a minute after you take them, and this camera in all honesty isn't meant to be professional. If you want professional quality go buy an slr or a digital. This kind of camera should be purely considered for enjoyment. Yes it is heavy but not in a way that makes it uncomfortable--it's bulk makes it nostalgic. It has very basic camera features and is one of, if not the, easiet camera i've ever used--just shove the film in and go. The camera takes decent quality pictures and tends to put a slight sepia tint on them when taken inside, but i consider that a cool trademark effect. The features of this camera include a lens that can be slid over to take closer pictures, a sliding numberless aperture setting, built in flash, and a button that lets you control the use of your flash. The only drawback is the fact that you can't take pictures closer than 2 feet (like all polaroid cameras). The lens of the camera also makes ojects closer to the camera larger in proportion to ojects farther from the cameraon the prints but it's not incredibly noticable. Overall, I enjoy it very much and would whole-eartedly recommend it for anyone.

This is a nice camera for those quick instant photos you want of people. However the size of it is large and the photos aren't exactly TOP quality. It's nice to have for those quick shots to show right away. The actual picture aren't something you put in a scrapbook or picture book, but I wouldn't buy this camera for those reasons. These pictures are ment for the refrigerator or a bulliten board to look at on your way out or for quick viewing. Thats why I like it because the pictures are nice to look at, but they're not priceless pictures that you treasure. So in conclusion, I would highly recommend this camera for fun and quick purposes.

Polaroid is a popular camera brand, especially its instant cameras. Unlike other cameras such as Kodak, Canon, and Vivitar, it is self-protected when you close the front top hood down. It is well prolonging and does not require any batteries at all. All you need is brand new or fresh Polaroid 600, 600 Plus, or 600 Platinum film which can be inserted into the base of the camera. Then, a green light appears/glows and you will be set to take awesome pictures. Another reason why this camera is popular is because you get the pictures instantly.

There is still stock left, perhaps a year's supply on the market, but after that- it's GONE forever. Polaroid stopped making the film months ago. Apparently, in rsponse to the fact that their patent expired, so Fuji is selling their Instax instant cameras, which are MUCH higher quality and better film resolution. I guess Polaroid rightfully decided they couldn't compete, so they threw in the towel. The fact they are still selling the cameras is dubious indeed.

i purchased this camera because my first polaroid camera (the polaroid one600 ultra instant camera) broke. not so much the camera itself, the actual hinge that opened and closed the camera. it ended up overexposing my film, which is a total waste of film. (if you are thinking about purchasing one of those, consider an older model) i found this one for $20 and it was well worth it. i took a chance on a used polaroid camera and it ended up working out. the pictures surprisingly have definition, just don't take a picture of anything closer than 8-12 inches or it'll just be blurry. and the hinge to open this camera is manual, so i don't have to worry about overexposing my film. it is kind of heavy to carry around, but mine came with a strap so it wasn't so bad. the novelty of an older polaroid camera made it that more enjoyable. go get one!