Polaroid JoyCam

Advantages Quick, easy to use
Disadvantages None

...I got the Joy Cam as a gift from relatives at Christmas. I have been put off buying instant cameras in the past because of the high costs for the film, but when you figure it out, it comes to around the same price as a normal camera when you add in developing costs, film costs, etc. The actual camera is very easy to use. The film literally pops in, and it can be used straight away! There is a battery in the instant film which charges the flash. When the chosen object is in focus, it is simply a case of pressing the bright red button, and pulling the photo out the camera by pulling a black cord. It even has a sticker with instructions on it on the bottom of the camera! Watching as the black screen develops into a full colour photo is part of the fun! Because they develop instantly there is no more waiting to get the photographs back from... Read review

Advantages compact, easy to use, instant minis
Disadvantages photos far too small, can be tricky loading the film

...Recently I was given as a present one of these Polaroid cameras the I-Zone and to my luck it was just after I had bought myself the other one, the JoyCam. The reason that I had originally decided to buy the other one was the size of the photos and the fact that you couldn't ‘stick’ them almost everywhere...Well, it sounds great if you are 10+ something but I don’t really think that they would have understood my new craze at work...having my desk and computer decorated with little sticky photos of my cats ....it will enhance the place though! The I-Zone camera is great for kids who enjoy ‘decorating everything’ and as the camera is very straight forward and easy to use it can be the perfect gift in ‘sticky’ situations. Its features include automatic flash and focus, flash-ready light with power on/off switch which does help... Read review

Advantages easy to use, great price, good instant photos
Disadvantages it is a bit bulgy, need to be close to the object to take a good photo

...and there is no need for batteries and with a flash too! But little did I know that I would be given as present , at the same time, a Polaroid I-Zone Camera (6 Shot which comes with free film and two batteries, and a couple pounds more expensive than the JoyCam). What I wasn’t expecting was the size of the JoyCam as I bought it online and I thought that it would be smaller than it actually is. It arrived inside a big box on a blue plastic bag and along with the instructions there was also a carrier case which I thought that it could fit my CD walkman perfectly…not so sure about the grey colour though. The camera itself is quite big as said (my partner thought it was quite funny that after all these years Polaroid cameras are still big and now you have to wind them up to get out the photo) but it is quite lightweight, about 10.3 oz. It’s got... Read review