Zink's Digital Camera/Printer Combo

GeekSugar — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:00:49 -0700

Although Polaroid cameras may now be considered retro gadgets, there's just something about instant still-image cameras that I find totally fascinating. By the end of this year, Zink will be coming out with a camera that resembles a modernized Polaroid camera that will print quality photos-instantly. Featured on Engadget, the Integrated Digital Camera and Printer works as a digital cam with 7-megapixels, a 2-inch screen and a 3x optical zoom. All you have to do is pop in a SD memory card, flash away, and choose which images you want to print on Zink's 2-inch by 3-inch borderless paper. No word on pricing just yet.

Happy Polaroid Camera Day!

GeekSugar — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:00:28 -0800

Say cheese! Did you know that the retro-chic Polaroid Camera has its very own annual holiday? In 1937, American inventor Edwin Herbert Land became interested in polarized light and established the Polaroid Corp. which manufactured camera filters, sunglasses, and headlights. Land later introduced the first Polaroid Camera, which delivered black and white pictures in a matter of seconds. Not only was he the inventor of Polaroid Cameras, but he also invented the process of creating instant color photographs in 1963.

Although most of us have traded in Polaroid Cameras and manual point-and-shoot cameras with high-tech digital cams, there are fun new cameras like Zink's Digital Camera/Printer Combo, that boasts the same point and print technology that a Polaroid has.

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The Polaroid Camera was invented in 1947.

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