So it ain't 55, but it's something. My friend Mary Elizabeth Williams stopped by today with a Polaroid Pogo that she's reviewing for her radio show. Imagine a battery powered photo printer about the size of couple decks of cards next to each other. Plug it into your camera, or wirelessly over bluetooth from your phone, and you can print out "instant" (about 60 seconds) photos.They're small, about 1.5x2" (they say they're 2x3 but they're not. Very contrasty, not very color correct, but in my book they're not supposed to look good. They look like mini polaroids. Kinda like the mini bites at Cinnabon.
Retails for $99 and packs of 30 sheets of the instant paper go for about $12 from what I understand. The 'ink' is included in the paper.
Is it reasonable to plug a 21MP 1DsIII into such a device? Probably not, but it worked. Pretty easily and flawlessly actually. Do I want one? I haven't placed and order, but if I were to get one as a present it could be kinda fun. I'm not sure that there's enough of a market of 15 year old girls to make it work long term, but I've been wrong before.
Oh and did I mention that they're stickers too?
Fascinating. And I am glad you test drove this "toy" because I almost went out and bought one. My intention is to use it as a documentation device on set- but that means it needs to be a little bigger and actually, color might be important. Not exact... but close. It good to see that it works with your fan-dancy camera, but that the image print out is so wee... makes me not want it.
Maybe when they double the size, it might be as cool as the original poloroid.
boo hoo. I have an obsolete camera. :(
Well, I have placed an order, received mine and think it’s great! I bought mine from online (http://www.adessoalbums.com), along with an album specifically tailored to fit the PoGo prints and couldn't be more pleased.
I do agree with your comments regarding the contrast and feel there are a few other issues to work out (printing could be a little faster) but overall, it’s a great product.
You can hear me give a shoutout to Bill in the early part of the segment! http://www.thetakeaway.org/stories/2008/dec/12/christmas-gifts-gone-wild/