What’s the difference between Lomography cameras, Polaroid cameras, and Fujifilm Instax?
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I’m shopping for an instant camera and saw the Fujifilm Instax 210 Wide. Since it prints photos right away like a Polaroid, I’m confused about the terms. Is an Instax camera considered a Polaroid or a Lomo, or are those different types of cameras?
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Lomo and Polaroid are both brands with products in the photography field -- Polaroid are known for their instant cameras, with the name becoming synonymous for a camera that produces photographs instantly. Lomo are a Russian company that have also made cameras, but have become more well known recently following marketing by Lomography who have sole rights for distribution of their cameras outside Russia; their cameras are typically 35mm film cameras, and tend to be fairly low-tech (so no options like auto-focus, or wind on) but are sometimes specialised in a single way (for example, there is a fisheye camera).
Fujifilm is another brand, so that Fujifilm Instax 210 is neither a lomo or a polaroid - it just shares attributes that made those brands popular (i.e. specialised for a single purpose, and providing instant prints)
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They’re different brands/categories, not interchangeable names.
- Polaroid is best known for instant cameras that produce a print immediately. The brand name became widely associated with instant photography in general.
- Lomo/Lomography refers to cameras associated with the original LOMO brand and later Lomography marketing/distribution. These are typically film cameras, often simple or low-tech, and not defined by instant printing.
- Fujifilm Instax is Fujifilm’s instant camera system. It works like Polaroid in the sense that it gives you an instant print, but it is not a Polaroid and not a Lomo.
So the Instax 210 Wide is an instant camera, similar in concept to a Polaroid, but it belongs to the Fujifilm Instax line rather than either Polaroid or Lomo.
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