One thing that is so sorely missing from photography in modern times is physical prints. Whilst it is possible to pop to the supermarket and offload photos from your phone or memory card, the quality of those prints are always disappointingly flat and have a nasty habit of fading or glueing themselves to picture frames after a while.
Considering digital photography has enabled us to take unimaginable quantities of pictures and share them instantly anywhere in the world, it strikes me that we actually see far fewer images as a result. Once you’ve scrolled past a picture, that’s usually it – gone to the archives. Digital photo frames are a great solution and certainly keep things interesting by rotating images, however they’re not exactly sustainable or practical if you wanted to cover a large area or use multiple frames.
Undoubtedly, then, there is a need and market still for physical photography and cameras that produce next to instant images. There’s nothing new here, the technology has existed for 75 years, but it doesn’t stop it being any less magical when a few seconds after pressing a shutter you have an image developing in your hands. It was time to try out some of the new instant format cameras.