Polaroid : i-zone Barbie

The Polaroid I-Zone was a type of instant film camera manufactured by the Polaroid Corporation from 1998 to 2001. This camera took 1 ½ "x 1" photos on a pull-out strip of paper. The strip was decorated and could later be cut to the size of the photo when the image was finished developing. There was also a special film with a sticky back for mounting the prints. The camera was mainly marketed for children with its simple functionality, low cost and elongated shape. The sales pitch went like this: "The I-Zone Pocket Camera is the ultra-portable Polaroid camera that takes instant mini photos that can be pasted anywhere. Collect, trade and carry these little photos! Use them as business cards.! Sign letters with them! Stick them on books, lockers or even your friends! Never before has a camera been so much fun. ”In an effort to sell to children, several models have been developed with cartoon caricatures modeled in three dimensions as part of the camera, such as the Bugs Bunny , Tweety Bird and others. To market older kids they named some as American Girl, Hello Kitty complete with icon, Barbie complete with makeup mirror, and marketing used a range of colors plus designs, they even had one combo digital camera plus instant photo camera. The film also came into action with many colorful designs incorporated into the paper surrounding the photo produced. All these cameras worked with a shutter behind the lens that then reflected through a mirror to the film below. A major marketing point for the camera was its ease of use: the camera had only three aperture settings, selected by a lever pointing to a photo that indicates when each setting would be appropriate, whether indoors or outdoors on a sunny day. day, or outside on a cloudy day. After taking a photo, the lever automatically returned to the off position to save power. Film for this camera was discontinued by Polaroid in 2006 but is still available from Fujifilm and is called Instax Mini film. The I-Zone camera has a built-in automatic flash that works when needed in all three aperture settings. The camera operates on two AA batteries, which are stored in a compartment behind the flash.
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