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"Instant-print photographic film and cameras" are mentioned in the very last line of the Polaroid article but nowhere else so I believe this redirect is highly misleading. Or is the title Polaroid camera wrong? --KF 19:26, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)

As it happens, I'm unable to contribute anything to this article myself, but let me make a list of things I'd be looking forward to reading:

(1) the name(s) of those instant cameras (Wasn't there, at least in Europe, a lawsuit where Kodak was involved?)

(2) the history -- from their being presented (already in 1947 I see) to their being advertised, mass-marketed (certainly not in the late 1940s?) etc.

(3) how they really work (I remember it was suggested you put the photo face down on the table and wait for some minutes)

(4) the customers' reaction (people putting up with a much higher price per picture and very bad quality, too, just to be able to look at it instantly)

(5) how this technology was completely (?) superseded by digital photography

And a photo of an old 1970s camera!

KF 02:32, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I'm doing some of what you asked to expand this, KF, but I also wonder if this article should instead be instant camera, because as you said, Polaroid wasn't the only manufacturer of instant cameras in history. I could add this info to the instant camera wiki, but I don't know how to make this page redirect to that one yet.

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