Polaroid cameras: OLD vs NEW (in-depth comparison Polaroid Now vs 660)
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2024
- If you have a pack of Polaroid 600 film on hand, you can stick it into a camera made 40 years ago OR into one that was only introduced to the market last year - made by a company with the same legendary name. So which camera should you choose? Join me as we dive deep into build quality, ergonomics, features, quirks, tricks and numerous real-world scenarios!
0:00 Intro
01:23 The contestants
03:20 Exterior/build quality/design
06:21 Controls
11:00 Film types: 600 vs i-Type
13:00 BONUS: using i-Type film in 600 series cameras!!!
18:19 Daylight portrait + ergonomics
23:54 Landscape
27:58 'Party portrait' (dim artificial lighting + flash)
29:48 Close focus, exposure compensation, autofocus
37:55 Additional features of Polaroid Now
38:19 The many different conclusions...
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great video! loooooved that tip about using the battery with the itype film!
Great Overview of these two cameras! This is the way.
Cheers, Alex! May the Polaroid film discounts be with you.
this video was exactly what i was looking for, thank you
So happy to hear that! Thank you for watching 🙏
Great presentation, it was soo spontaneous, professional, colorful creative.
It’s between short movie and documentary.
Thank you for this video!
Thanks so much for the kind words, means a lot!
thanks for this cmparison! really liked the 660 autofocus camera though I own ow model
Best video I've seen on Polaroids. Thanks!
Happy to hear! Thanks for watching 🙏
Awesome video! Thanks for comparison
Thanks for watching! 🙏
Great review thank you
Thank you for watching!
Perfect comparison! Thanks! =D
Thanks for watching! :)
Great video!
Thanks for watching! :)
Amazing, thanks
Thank you so much!
You did this video so seriously. Thank you. You said something you wanted to say. And I decide to buy a 660 now. Because I love its expose more than now's.
Thank you for watching! Yeah, they render differently enough to justify choosing one or the other based on that. Hope you are lucky with your copy of 660 and everything works fine!
You're the only creator that has ever mentioned the infinity lock! Good on you ❤
Happy to help!
Thanks to your holding the mandalorian button down tip I figured out you can do as many exposures on a sheet of film as you want, hold the button then open the film door!
Something to try!
Oups. I should have not told that story about the Barbie camera.
It's by far the best part!! 😂 Thank you so much for agreeing to be a part of this!
Polaroid Now+ introduced manual controls and a tripod socket
Yes! Now+ is basically the camera Polaroid Now should have been from the start. You can also think of it as a lovechild of the original Now and OneStep+ (especially seeing how they discontinued the OneStep). I think Now+ is a bit overpriced right now but as soon as it gets a discount, I'll definitely give it a go!
One thing to keep in mind is that the 660 is a very old camera at this point. I have one where the light meter does not seem to work correctly when I'm using the flash taking pictures as you did in this video. My backgrounds with similar differences come out almost completely black. That is only a guess my other assumption is that maybe what camera is stuck on a fast shutter speed. I'm aware many old Polaroid still look perfectly fine and I have a few.
Indeed, copy variation is a major factor when dealing with older cameras - arguably even a bigger factor than the nominal capabilities of a particular model!
Great video dude - no one would spend that much film for this level of qualitative data. Thanks so much!
Thanks so much for the kind words! It was a bit costly but I was too busy having fun to care about that 😉
The 660 all day long.
That was my personal verdict too! But only if you happen to find a good copy 😉
I wasn't planning on buying a Polaroid camera but then I saw the Madalorian edition... and I also bought the Mando film pack too. I'm saving that for a special occasion. Hopefully one will turn up while the film is still viable :)
Cool! Mandalorian edition does look pretty slick, doesn't it? Shove that film pack in the fridge and it'll last quite a while, plenty of time for that special occasion to show up ;)
very good!!😘
Informative video. Thanks for sharing. Interesting you have your Polaroid camera with a Kodachrome sticker on it. Kodak tried to make their own instant film camera. It was actually fun to use and I thought the photo surface was better. Plus one was able to peel away the chemical layer and just have the photo. Unfortunately for Kodak, they were found to be infringing on Polaroid's copyright and they had to pull their instant camera's off the market. My mom might still have the camera in her closet. And so it goes...
Fuji Instax cameras are very similar to those old Kodak cameras and are just a lot smaller. From what I understand is the Kodak in the Fujis expose the film differently eliminating the need for the mirror that Polaroid has inside that results are all the Polaroid camera bodies having the same general shape.
Instax really intrigues me! If only there were cameras with some degree of creative control and half-decent lenses that didn't cost a kidney (as Mint models do, awesome and capable as they are)... I also don't particularly like the look of b/w Instax films for some reason.
@@10rollsoffilm11 There is this SLR fir instax square. ua-cam.com/video/vLIDtbWLMlQ/v-deo.html
u know on the mandalorien if u have press the release button before shooting the picture it autofocuses
I know the video is a year old, but I would be interested to know if when taking the shots did you use the exposure settings ? so lowering or increasing the exposure ? I noticed how the Mandalorian often blows out the exposure a little. Thank you.
I kept the same settings across two cameras for each comparison and yes, the Now is indeed exposing quite a bit brighter on average.
@@10rollsoffilm11 Thank you.
I have the polaroid autofocus 660 and its very old its of my great grandfather or smt and i don't think its working anymore can i fix it in anyway or like get it fixed from a professional is it possible?
That depends. First of all, the camera won't do ANYTHING without the film pack: the battery is in it, so no film pack means no power. If the camera shows no signs of life with a fresh film pack (and does not 'spit out' the film pack cover/blank frame, you may be out of luck...
It seems 660 makes a better work when exposing photos.The Mandalorian (I dont know if because of the film or the cam, or bc the flash) is not doing a "balance" work =/.
Agreed! Especially for portraits or simply with the subject placed prominently in the foreground, 660 seemed to be just that little bit more reliable and balanced.
@@10rollsoffilm11 I found a Polaroid cameras of any vintage no two are exactly alike but a lot of people have had exposure issues with the Polaroid now cameras. My grandmother got a Polaroid now for Mother's Day few years ago it always Overexposed the picture letter if I use the flash or don't use the Flash. I own a Polaroid one-step Plus but usually its exposure spot on when just using it as a point-and-shoot camera. The one-step plus is a fixed-focus camera with that can be toggled between a landscape and portrait lens.
How do these hold up in low-light environments? Which one would be more reliable for taking pictures in dark areas with artificial lighting do you think?
If you use flash, I think 660 is a safer bet - at least my copy.
Buy the Polaroid Impulse. It works like the vintage one, looks like the new version and it's cheap second hand
I did look at the Impulse but lack of flash control is a non-starter for me.
How intresting with that l type film, l wonder is it easy take it out after? How to take it out to not broke or damage camera
It can be a little tight and the pack is tricky to grip onto, so I sometimes use pliers to grab the tab attached to it and then pull gently. There isn't much you can damage in the camera (looks like Polaroid employed some quality engineers!) 😉
@@10rollsoffilm11 ok thank u , i realy wand to try this ,
Have you tried this battery trick with sx-70?
Don't have an sx-70 on hand to test... Is the sx70 film cartridge the same size (and especially thickness) as 600?
I love Polaroid but the new film sucks. The photos my parents took in the 80’s look 100x better than the ones I’m getting now. Fuji has much better film, but the sizes suck 😢
Yeah, Instax certainly has the Polaroid beat in terms of consistency and reliability. With Polaroid nowadays, emulsion without any defects at all is almost a statistical outlier...
Where did you get your 660?
A local online marketplace! Really surprised it turned out to be such a good copy.
Iike film and digital the more older is best
I agree older best
In this comparison, I'm inclined to agree. Would I also agree to the truly enormous generalization of 'more old is better than less old'? No way 😂
In case of Polaroid Now "autofocus" is a bold word. Camera has two lenses, one set at hiperfocal, other at about 50cm (1 and 1/2 feet) distance and just switches between them. Nothing fancy, OneStep 2 / OneStep plus (previous models) has same functionality but done by manually switching the lever.
You are correct! The system in 660 is not much different, although according to some sources it has either 3 or 4 of those points, so at least in theory it should be more accurate.
The older one is best is been always the more vintage the better made.
I came here for the starwars jokes, and im severely disappointed.
Beautiful camera btw
Oh wow the old 660 camera is much better. The new iType is both overexposed and out of focus at a trash useless level . What a shame in 2023 they can’t make a camera as good as an old camera made before they were even born
A shame indeed, I was hoping for the new stuff to be at least as good. Although to be fair, the 660 was selling for 95 bucks when it was introduced in 1981, which translates into over 300 usd in today's money when adjusted for inflation - more than double the price of Polaroid Now... Would you be willing to pay that much more for this kind of quality increase? To be honest, I'm not sure what my answer would be 🤔
Man, the Mandalorian edition is just the epitome of cheap consumerism. Not knocking the show, but it doesn't look like a $100 MRSP product, and if it weren't for the merchandising and sale price, it wouldn't have any appeal at all.
Yeah, build quality is not amazing. But then again, on $100 MSRP cameras it never really was 🤷♂️
I find polaroid now photo comes out too bright.
Indeed, that seems to be the tendency.
why bother doing that with itype its not even cheaper
Quick check of Polaroid Europe site shows 600 colour film selling for 19.99 a pack, while the i-Type variant of the same film is 16.99. Doesn't seem like much of a difference but it does accumulate over time 😉
@@10rollsoffilm11 it does if you don’t value your time at all
@@cursedfox4942 Good thing no one is forcing you to do that then 😉 I, on the other hand, can handle wasting approx. 5min of my precious time each time I load a fresh pack.
@@10rollsoffilm11 I’m just saying you don’t value your time so therefore it is cheaper because your time is worth nothing. If you add in the value of your time it’s actually more expensive to use I type
@@cursedfox4942 Do you ever touch grass?