PhotoNetCast #83 – Instant Cameras

Movie reviews, Instant cameras, PhotoXplorers and a lot more, on another episode of your favorite photography podcast.

Are instant Cameras still worth considering?

 

Instant cameras… The availability of digital cameras, with the final result right there on the display milliseconds after pressing the shutter, might fog the memories of old times when the idea of seeing an image quickly after it was made had one name only: Polaroid. A Polaroid camera could easily have been a central point of a party, and the memories, usually with added written comments (the kind actually written with a pen and not on some social networks’ statuses), could easily be made into an album right then and there. A few decades forward, and against all odds, the Polaroid name still exists, and is still recognized by a younger generation that might never have shot with one. So, what is so attractive about these cameras? On this episode we talk about the latest developments in instant camera “technologies” and what a number of companies are doing to keep the “instant” alive. Keeping in the topic, Sean also reviews the Impossible Instant Lab (see video below).

And still on reviews (this show is full of them), Sean gives us a long and short version of his take on “Watermark” and “Finding Vivian Meier”.

In between other news, listener questions and our selected from the web, that’s an almost 90 minute episode right here.

Enjoy it…

 

 

Show notes

 

News

Watermark
Finding Vivian Meier; Vivian Meier Exhibitions
Scott Kelby WWPW 2013
Adobe security announcement; Illegal access to Adobe source code
Nikon’s new wild patent rumour
WPPA to change entry guidelines; Before and after – last year winner’s post processing

Instant Cameras

1 Billion polaroids per year
Sean’s unboxing Impossible Instant Lab

Selected from the Web

Jacob: October issue of NGM
Dave: Steve McCurry; Faces of Ground Zero – McNally
Sean: Biting Lemons – April Maciborka
Antonio: Psychedelic Science – Fabian Oefner