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Polaroid Now 3rd Gen I-Type Instant Film Camera (MoMA Edition)

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Woot! has Polaroid Now 3rd Gen I-Type Instant Film Camera (MoMA Edition) on sale for $39.99. Shipping is free for Amazon Prime Members (must login with your Amazon account and select a shipping address in order for Woot to apply free shipping) or is otherwise $6 per order.

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  • Polaroid x MoMA Edition: a thoughtful bright collection featuring a Polaroid Now Generation 3 Instant Camera with three vibrant camera straps.
  • Featuring a better light meter position, improved ranging sensor, upgraded two-lens autofocus system, built-in tripod mount, photo filter compatibility and even self-timer and double-exposure modes.
  • Featuring a better light meter position, improved ranging sensor, upgraded two-lens autofocus system, built-in tripod mount, photo filter compatibility and even self-timer and double-exposure modes.
  • Press the self-timer button once to start the clock for a group shot. Press the self-timer button twice to create a Double Exposure and capture two scenes in one image.
  • 3rd Generation is compatible with Polaroid i-Type Film and 600 Film. Capture real life in iconic, full-sized Polaroid pictures.

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Woot! has Polaroid Now 3rd Gen I-Type Instant Film Camera (MoMA Edition) on sale for $39.99. Shipping is free for Amazon Prime Members (must login with your Amazon account and select a shipping address in order for Woot to apply free shipping) or is otherwise $6 per order.

Thanks to Community Member Croatia for sharing this deal.

Product Details:
  • Polaroid x MoMA Edition: a thoughtful bright collection featuring a Polaroid Now Generation 3 Instant Camera with three vibrant camera straps.
  • Featuring a better light meter position, improved ranging sensor, upgraded two-lens autofocus system, built-in tripod mount, photo filter compatibility and even self-timer and double-exposure modes.
  • Featuring a better light meter position, improved ranging sensor, upgraded two-lens autofocus system, built-in tripod mount, photo filter compatibility and even self-timer and double-exposure modes.
  • Press the self-timer button once to start the clock for a group shot. Press the self-timer button twice to create a Double Exposure and capture two scenes in one image.
  • 3rd Generation is compatible with Polaroid i-Type Film and 600 Film. Capture real life in iconic, full-sized Polaroid pictures.

Editor's Notes

Written by citan359 | Staff
  • About this Deal:
    • Our research indicates that this deal is $60.00 less (60.01% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting at $99.99 at the time of this posting.
  • About this Product:
    • Rated 4 out of 5 stars at Amazon based on over 590 customer reviews.
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NSXMK3
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TLDR: I wouldn't recommend this camera even at the incredibly cheap price it's selling for.

When polaroid stopped making film, Impossible stepped in and did a really nice job trying to keep the format alive by re-creating the film, and they showed good improvements year after year, they really wanted to just keep the format alive and keep producing film.
A little while after they rebranded to "Polaroid Originals", they lost a lot of what made them special, and went from trying to improve the film and keep it alive.. to trying to cash in on it any way they can. All of the collabs and tie-ins (like stranger things), they saw the money and started pushing out these incredibly crappy Polaroid Now and Polaroid OneStep+ Cameras.. the metering is off and you'll get 90% crap images. I've bought almost every one of them (not this latest model), hoping for the best but always getting the worst. And when images cost $2 - 2.50 a piece, it's even worse.

Around 2018-2022 I shot probably ~10-12 packs of polaroid a week and ~20-30 packs of Instax. Instax was always reliable, but Polaroid had that neat vintage aesthetic to it.. In a good camera like an SX-70, the film looks amazing and really shines. In these crappy Polaroid Now cameras? you're lucky if anything isn't completely dark.

I was fine paying the premium knowing I might get a couple good shots per pack, since it was worth it to me. Turns out, those images don't last. Almost every black and white Polaroid photo from 2018 - 2022 has become a faded image of almost nothing.. and the color ones shifted colors so heavily that they're very much unlike the photos I originally got.

Many, many packs of film were defective right out of the box and polaroids excuse was always "That's the fun of them, you never know what will happen with them!" and played the 'we're just a small company' card, after I've dropped $10k+ on film with them.

I keep hearing the newer film is better, but nobody knows. What you get at first does not last, it will fade, it will shift colors and images will disappear.
I love the idea and the look of it, but if you want something that will last and will still get you a vintage aesthetic, pick up Instax. A "Lomo Instant Automat" will give you that distorted, blurry, analog look with photos that will last, and you can often find them on ebay for $5-10 with people listing them incorrectly.
AG0321
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The film prices is outrageous
_ck_
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Yeah. Usually around ~$2.50 for one film.Ordered the camera, but cancelled looking at the film prices.

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Got one, thanks!
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The film prices is outrageous
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Quote from AG0321 :
The film prices is outrageous
Yeah. Usually around ~$2.50 for one film.Ordered the camera, but cancelled looking at the film prices.
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SuburbancowboyToday 01:28 PM
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This feels like a printer ink situation. Get the camera cheap, and then spend a fortune on the film.
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NSXMK3Today 01:31 PM
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TLDR: I wouldn't recommend this camera even at the incredibly cheap price it's selling for.

When polaroid stopped making film, Impossible stepped in and did a really nice job trying to keep the format alive by re-creating the film, and they showed good improvements year after year, they really wanted to just keep the format alive and keep producing film.
A little while after they rebranded to "Polaroid Originals", they lost a lot of what made them special, and went from trying to improve the film and keep it alive.. to trying to cash in on it any way they can. All of the collabs and tie-ins (like stranger things), they saw the money and started pushing out these incredibly crappy Polaroid Now and Polaroid OneStep+ Cameras.. the metering is off and you'll get 90% crap images. I've bought almost every one of them (not this latest model), hoping for the best but always getting the worst. And when images cost $2 - 2.50 a piece, it's even worse.

Around 2018-2022 I shot probably ~10-12 packs of polaroid a week and ~20-30 packs of Instax. Instax was always reliable, but Polaroid had that neat vintage aesthetic to it.. In a good camera like an SX-70, the film looks amazing and really shines. In these crappy Polaroid Now cameras? you're lucky if anything isn't completely dark.

I was fine paying the premium knowing I might get a couple good shots per pack, since it was worth it to me. Turns out, those images don't last. Almost every black and white Polaroid photo from 2018 - 2022 has become a faded image of almost nothing.. and the color ones shifted colors so heavily that they're very much unlike the photos I originally got.

Many, many packs of film were defective right out of the box and polaroids excuse was always "That's the fun of them, you never know what will happen with them!" and played the 'we're just a small company' card, after I've dropped $10k+ on film with them.

I keep hearing the newer film is better, but nobody knows. What you get at first does not last, it will fade, it will shift colors and images will disappear.
I love the idea and the look of it, but if you want something that will last and will still get you a vintage aesthetic, pick up Instax. A "Lomo Instant Automat" will give you that distorted, blurry, analog look with photos that will last, and you can often find them on ebay for $5-10 with people listing them incorrectly.
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MSHToday 01:37 PM
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wth how is film so expensive? at these prices these should be 0$ retail price not 130$ A pack of 8 is 20$ right off the rip. I rather take pics with a cell phone and print to cvs/walgreens 1hr pickup at .50 per pic
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AndrewG8296Today 01:48 PM
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Yeah, Instax is like half the price if you want to shoot instant.

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J03Today 02:51 PM
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I find it funny that a new generation is discovering the Polaroid camera fatal flaw. I remember buying one for like $5 at a garage sale back in the 90's and getting all excited like I got the deal of a lifetime only to look up the cost of film and realize I now had a paperweight. The cameras have always been relatively cheap, even brand new. It's the film where they get ya. Back then it was about $1/photo.
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FelineDisrespectToday 03:07 PM
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Quote from NSXMK3 :
TLDR: I wouldn't recommend this camera even at the incredibly cheap price it's selling for.

When polaroid stopped making film, Impossible stepped in and did a really nice job trying to keep the format alive by re-creating the film, and they showed good improvements year after year, they really wanted to just keep the format alive and keep producing film.
A little while after they rebranded to "Polaroid Originals", they lost a lot of what made them special, and went from trying to improve the film and keep it alive.. to trying to cash in on it any way they can. All of the collabs and tie-ins (like stranger things), they saw the money and started pushing out these incredibly crappy Polaroid Now and Polaroid OneStep+ Cameras.. the metering is off and you'll get 90% crap images. I've bought almost every one of them (not this latest model), hoping for the best but always getting the worst. And when images cost $2 - 2.50 a piece, it's even worse.

Around 2018-2022 I shot probably ~10-12 packs of polaroid a week and ~20-30 packs of Instax. Instax was always reliable, but Polaroid had that neat vintage aesthetic to it.. In a good camera like an SX-70, the film looks amazing and really shines. In these crappy Polaroid Now cameras? you're lucky if anything isn't completely dark.

I was fine paying the premium knowing I might get a couple good shots per pack, since it was worth it to me. Turns out, those images don't last. Almost every black and white Polaroid photo from 2018 - 2022 has become a faded image of almost nothing.. and the color ones shifted colors so heavily that they're very much unlike the photos I originally got.

Many, many packs of film were defective right out of the box and polaroids excuse was always "That's the fun of them, you never know what will happen with them!" and played the 'we're just a small company' card, after I've dropped $10k+ on film with them.

I keep hearing the newer film is better, but nobody knows. What you get at first does not last, it will fade, it will shift colors and images will disappear.
I love the idea and the look of it, but if you want something that will last and will still get you a vintage aesthetic, pick up Instax. A "Lomo Instant Automat" will give you that distorted, blurry, analog look with photos that will last, and you can often find them on ebay for $5-10 with people listing them incorrectly.
I didn't spend nearly as much as you, but yeah that's been my experience too. I really want to like them, and at this price it might be worth it to some, but uhg that film is so inconsistent.
I ended up re-discovering 35mm analogue photography, and it's pretty cool and not as expensive!
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KachurToday 03:13 PM
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What is the price of a single button press on this camera?
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NSXMK3Today 03:13 PM
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Quote from J03 :
I find it funny that a new generation is discovering the Polaroid camera fatal flaw. I remember buying one for like $5 at a garage sale back in the 90's and getting all excited like I got the deal of a lifetime only to look up the cost of film and realize I now had a paperweight. The cameras have always been relatively cheap, even brand new. It's the film where they get ya. Back then it was about $1/photo.
For me, the big difference between back then and now... The film was a little cheaper and easier to come by, but mostly it was more stable. You didn't have to keep it chilled, but not too chilled... You didn't have to worry about it. Getting too warm from sitting in your bag or the camera, or shielding it for 5 minutes as soon as it came out.. or even that the images would all disappear within a couple years. The film was still expensive, but it was much much less finicky than this stuff today, and especially the stuff a couple years ago. I would be fine paying the current prices if the film and the cameras worked as good as they did back in the '90s. It's being sold at a premium price for a much lesser quality product than we had back then, and they're trying to push that as a feature rather than a flaw
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KachurToday 03:24 PM
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If one must have instant camera I think Fuji is better overall, cost of shot is five times less than this
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UrbndevelopmntToday 05:06 PM
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Quote from NSXMK3 :
TLDR: I wouldn't recommend this camera even at the incredibly cheap price it's selling for.

When polaroid stopped making film, Impossible stepped in and did a really nice job trying to keep the format alive by re-creating the film, and they showed good improvements year after year, they really wanted to just keep the format alive and keep producing film.
A little while after they rebranded to "Polaroid Originals", they lost a lot of what made them special, and went from trying to improve the film and keep it alive.. to trying to cash in on it any way they can. All of the collabs and tie-ins (like stranger things), they saw the money and started pushing out these incredibly crappy Polaroid Now and Polaroid OneStep+ Cameras.. the metering is off and you'll get 90% crap images. I've bought almost every one of them (not this latest model), hoping for the best but always getting the worst. And when images cost $2 - 2.50 a piece, it's even worse.

Around 2018-2022 I shot probably ~10-12 packs of polaroid a week and ~20-30 packs of Instax. Instax was always reliable, but Polaroid had that neat vintage aesthetic to it.. In a good camera like an SX-70, the film looks amazing and really shines. In these crappy Polaroid Now cameras? you're lucky if anything isn't completely dark.

I was fine paying the premium knowing I might get a couple good shots per pack, since it was worth it to me. Turns out, those images don't last. Almost every black and white Polaroid photo from 2018 - 2022 has become a faded image of almost nothing.. and the color ones shifted colors so heavily that they're very much unlike the photos I originally got.

Many, many packs of film were defective right out of the box and polaroids excuse was always "That's the fun of them, you never know what will happen with them!" and played the 'we're just a small company' card, after I've dropped $10k+ on film with them.

I keep hearing the newer film is better, but nobody knows. What you get at first does not last, it will fade, it will shift colors and images will disappear.
I love the idea and the look of it, but if you want something that will last and will still get you a vintage aesthetic, pick up Instax. A "Lomo Instant Automat" will give you that distorted, blurry, analog look with photos that will last, and you can often find them on ebay for $5-10 with people listing them incorrectly.

I was an impossible pioneer. I still have boxes in my fridge of most of the generations of film they made. The hoops I jump through for all the issues they had grows tiresome. When impossible ended and the new "Polaroid" was announced, I kinda saw the writing on the wall. The results are inconsistent and the chemistry is wild. I'm tired of cutting slits and putting them in silica packets.

It was fun while it lasted but I've been consistently using Instax, but my SX-70 needs to come out sometime.

TL: DR if you buy this, read into what the film needs and how they age

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