iPhone: The New Polaroid Camera?

Nicole Martinelli ()

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Photographer Lisa Wiseman , who describes herself as “addicted to Polaroid film,” snapped a series of pics with her iPhone in everyday settings she called “the new Polaroid.”

About them she says,”These images are the evolution of the Polaroid: they were all taken with my iPhone camera. Because the iPhone is becoming a ubiquitous and trendy accessory, on-the-go picture taking is now the norm.

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I see people using their iPhones to take spontaneous photos in the same carefree way that cheap Polaroid has been used in the past…Just like Polaroids had a specific size and look, iPhone photos are unmistakable because the technology limits them to a fixed size and resolution.” (NB: we’ve resized them here).
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Complete album on her site.

Images â“’Lisa Wiseman

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  • Chris

    ummm, its called a cameraphone and has been around for a few years

  • Andy

    Hopefully someday we can find a way marry the iPhone with the new Polaroid Pogo mobile printer so that you can not only enjoy capturing images on your iPhone, but print and share virtually anywhere.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2B-W5hD4s8

    Sincerely,
    Andy from Polaroid

  • http://shoutmktg.com Tyson

    I must agree with the first comment. What a lot of people don’t know is how to get their pictures off of their (any old camera / cell, not necessarily iphone) phone to see the true size of the digital file in pixel height and width. Resolution is a fractionally foreign word to many that aren’t by nature designers or digital media people. Most people understand card readers, but some low end phones won’t use cards… then what? The answer… (for those of you that do not know already) is to send the pics to your e-mail by setting up an e-mail contact in your phone, rather than a number. Send the pic to your e-mail by placing a “call” to the e-mail address and attaching the photo. You’d be suprised how large those images can actually be and you can see them a lot better on a screen.

    If you have a printer… viola! If not, get an account at any old online photo printer or forward the ones you want printed to a local printer. Boo-Ya!

  • Emile

    If only the Polaroid pogo could work with the Apple phone then it would be ideal.

  • shipwrecked

    “I see people using their iPhones to take spontaneous photos in the same carefree way that cheap Polaroid has been used in the past”.

    err. sort of, except an iphone ain’t cheap and it doesn’t even come close to reproducing the “polariod quality” of an SX-70.

    spontaneity, yes. just like on any camera phone.

  • kbrian

    “… cheap Polaroid …”

    You’ve never shot Polaroids, obviously.