Polaroid Joycam (1999)

Polaroid Joycam (1999)

#126

Esta fotografia é do exemplar que possuo

Características

The JoyCam is another "point-and-shoot" instant camera from Polaroid. Some of the many unique features to the JoyCam are the manual film ejection and power from a battery in the film pack. The JoyCam uses Polaroid 500 Film; a general-purpose, high-speed, film that produces a medium contrast, high-definition instant color print. Although the JoyCam has been discontinued, it is readily available and cheap ($0.01) to purchase on eBay. The film however is a tad expensive, coming in right around $0.90 per exposure.

Fonte: camerapedia

This camera is similar in basic features to the PopShots camera, but is fully reloadable, is slightly larger in overall size, and has a different control layout (it's arranged sort of like an 'upside down' PopShots). The built-in flash unit appears to have a somewhat larger reflector as well. This model was originally only sold in the Japanese market (?), but has more recently (8/99) been introduced for world-wide distribution.
Notes: If I was to assemble a list of Polaroid camera "turkeys", it would be a short list indeed (Polaroid cameras are generally pretty darn well designed), but this camera would probably be sitting right at the top of that Hall of Shame. Eeesh. Frankly, this thing suffers from a number of (in my opinion) poor design choices. For example, the only thing holding the film door closed is a thin plastic tab which barely grips two tiny little nibs on the base of the camera. Another example is placement of the wrist strap-- it's attached to the pull-ring that ejects the film. [Can you see the problem already..?] The fact that the film door is fastened to the camera solely by means of a self-adhesive (paper!) sticker is about the least of this camera's ills. Plus, the general fit-and-finish seems inferior to any other Polaroid camera-- even the PopShots disposable camera is/was better.

Fonte: instantoptions.com


Especificações

Uses Captiva/500 film: image area 2 7/8" x 2 1/8" (7.3 x 5.4 cm).

Fonte: camerapedia


Modelo

A minha é do modelo prateado. Possui a referência no interior 04/1999.


Sítios de referência

camerapedia

instantoptions.com

polaroidland.net


Manual

Manual em 4 línguas


Filme

Polaroid Captiva 500

Fotografias tiradas com esta máquina


Vídeos