How to use the Polaroid I-2 Camera

Polaroid’s first camera with built-in manual controls and sharpest-ever lens. To get to know the Polaroid I-2 camera, watch L.A. photographer Mia Moran show you how to get started with the basics, then take you through what each manual control setting offers you as a photographer.
00:48 How to get started
02:22 Getting to know the Polaroid I-2 camera
03:31 Take your first photos in Auto Mode
07:25 Take great portraits in Aperture Priority Mode
08:18 Capture movement in Shutter Priority Mode
09:13 Get experimental in Manual Mode
10:12 Get creative in Multiple Exposure Mode
11:08 Polaroid I-2 after care
Learn more: i2-camera.polaroid.com

[@NickInRealLife]

As a Polaroid photography enthusiast for over a decade now I love this, and would gladly spend the $600 it cost for what looks to be the ultimate Polaroid camera, but I get I'm a very specific use case. Hopefully the price comes down a bit to make it more average consumer friendly.

[@brandonbullock8641]

I’ll sell you my brand new Polaroid camera comes with tripod, case, and $100 worth of film. $450. I don’t like them at all

[@theethinethou]

My favorite Polaroid was the 600 se medium format

[@Rexcrispy]

First time in my life I watched a video at slower than normal speed

[@musics4me]

Dunno why they always do these snappy tutorials. We're fans and not Gen Z TikTokers 😂

[@rippingmyheartwassoeasy]

😂hahaha yes!! Same here. I had to slow it down to 75% for it to be even watchable without giving me a heart attack lol

[@lancechinnian4043]

Yeah. x0.75 is the sweet spot.

[@FRAMEDSKATEKREW69]

It happens when you get older

[@MBAinternetmktg]

@@FRAMEDSKATEKREW69 no, this woman is chatty & the video is twice as long as it needs to be.

[@_GhostGarden_]

Please, please, please, release an updated emulsion. I'm sure you guys are working on it and are good people, I just can't justify buying such an expensive product and such expensive film when the medium itself is so wishy washy and fades so much quicker than old Polaroid. I know the R&D that Polaroid used to have was in the billions and it is very hard to get back to that secret sauce without that money fountain, but its gotta happen sooner rather than later, especially when Instax is such a high quality emulsion. Instax doesn't have the form factor I am looking for but they may one day soon. Good luck on your companies journey, rooting for you!

[@IHeartGallery]

Wait these photos fade?!?!?!

[@benjamintschetter1544]

@@IHeartGallery If you leave them out in sunlight they get pretty faded in a few months, but if they're in a closed photo box or album they don't fade

[@Markybug-Keira-Cody]

They will NEVER be able to make the film as good as before. It’s GONE ! Just but a sx70 or a 670af.

[@michael_177]

Why would you ever leave a precious photograph in sunlight?

[@benjamintschetter1544]

@@michael_177 if you display them on a wall in a room with windows, for example

[@wilbertwright8380]

Just got this camera yesterday and my mind is blown away

[@Riteliso]

As for the camera, it's a very good blend of modern and classic. I personally, got the now instead of the now plus primarily because I like to keep my phone separate from my more tactile hobbies. This manages to use all of the features from the app on a better camera, and I value that in my specific use case. The price point is high, but I will be purchasing this or some similar new polaroid release at some point in the future, more than likely. But what I do want to mention more is this is a much better introduction video than the ones that you had made in the past. It has more personality, teaches more, better, faster, and is generally more personable. Please keep this tone going when creating new introduction videos. As a potential buyer while looking through videos to decide what specifically I want, this one was the one that wasn't a slog to sit through.

[@2by3]

Inspiring! Like an Instant "decisive moment" should be. Had the 180 and the 190, loved them, sold them, lack of film... I-2 spreads hope! Good luck!

[@DAVISION-YT]

06:20 - pushing up the exposure compensation in a dark environment will give you an even slower shutter speed and so more shake...

[@ntokozomaseko1517]

I’m excited to try this one out

[@hellothisiskyle]

I’m sorry but the description of how to compose using the parallax compensation guide in the viewfinder is incorrect. The full frame is 26’ to infinity but the inner frame would represent the MINIMUM focusing distance which is just under 1’4”. Anything between those distances, so under 26’ but further than 1’4”, will be between the inner frame lines and outer edge of the viewfinder window.

[@Macau1]

If only they made one with all these features in a SX-70 style camera 🔥

[@michael_177]

And have it take ten years and cost 10,000 per unit?

[@jamesgomez2361]

The “open sx70” is basically what you’re asking for. Unfortunately the creator can’t push the endeavor into the public to own. Honestly I highly doubt it’ll ever see the light of day without him being sued by Polaroid

[@JoseKlop]

It already exists... look at mint.

[@atsunai]

Y'all so sweet and helpful!

[@Argo-F-Ur-Sef]

Just got mine with the $100 rebate. I’m loving it so far!

[@brandogiraldo7484]

What rebate?

[@paulthomasonair]

Amazing!

[@howarddale2984]

Great video. I’ve just ordered the camera, and this very informative videos will really help. I love how enthusiastic the presenter is, but please slow down a bit with the delivery.

[@ludwigantoninosanctoper]

Great gift 💚🤍🖤❤

[@Lgwasherfan5623]

I love the funny quotes that they put on the photo compartment

[@1423big]

How difficult is it to replace the internal battery? Will you ever make a model of this caliber that has a user replaceable battery?

[@krishnansrinivasan830]

Nice & Thanks :)

[@joshsomething]

I did not see the tip I was hoping for in this video. My I-2 is stuck on Multiple Exposures mode! I love the feature, but would like to know how to exit out of multiple exposures. Only seem to be able to go between 2-3-4 now. Help!

[@ManuelDornbusch]

great presentation Not an impulse buy, but what I see gives a lot of confidence, that this is a really great camera

[@ezpoppy55]

Love my I-2. It is magical how it transforms the world in front of it into a unique, different and one-of-a-kind image. I understand if people want the apparent verisimilitude than the vast majority of cameras yield. I have cameras that give that “window onto the world” look as well. There are times when that level of fidelity is exactly what I want. But this camera is different. It uses the real world in front of it as a starting point, so to speak, and then does some sort of magic inside that box, spitting out something transformational. It introduces a level of serendipity into the whole process as well. All I can say is bravo, Polaroid!

[@jessemnemonic3458]

Please help - how to I change the camera's language setting after turning it on for the first time? I accidentially confirmed the default setting but that's not my desired menu language and I would really like to change it. :D I can't find any information on this, please help. Thanks!

[@matthewshean1991]

Does this have the app feature that the one step plus has?

[@royayersrules]

Oi missus, it ain't a race to the end!

[@anthonyeells8624]

I’ve been having problems with my Polaroid camera pictures keep on getting over expose and I’m trying to fix the settings, but it keeps on getting over exposed😢

[@DionsTravels]

they should have an external trigger 😂

[@jakey3332]

I get the uniqueness of this and the reason people shoot on Polaroid stock but man... $600 for a reasonably nice camera that shoots on stock that is, at the very best, a fat chance in getting something that looks halfway nice. You can still control shutter, exposure, etc. on the previous version. You just have to use an app... I *might* be in the market for something like this when we get closer to half the price.

[@eminence_]

They have cheap cameras already if you don't have the cash

[@fizzcochito]

No point in buying it, they should fix their shitty film instead. A cheap instax from walmart still runs laps around this because the chemistry is better.

[@jakey3332]

@@eminence_ I've got a couple that I bought from a thrift store before they started really making these cameras again. Bought them for $5 a piece. Unfortunately, they're hard to come across now for that price. However, it doesn't justify the price when their newer cameras do virtually the same thing but just through an app. The medium sucks too. It's like buying a smart refrigerator that only cools to 60 degrees. It's fancy but doesn't return halfway decent results most of the time.

[@Ruylopez778]

I've never understood this kind of take; niche products will always be more expensive, because they won't recoup the R&D costs on a smaller margin. If you want these kind of products to get cheaper, you need to be supporting them along with tens of thousands of other people. This hardly like the typical Apple price gouge, where they sell millions, made in sweatshops, but still inflate the price. It's like complaining that you won't shoot more film packs until they cheaper. Blame the cheap consumers that didn't want to pay for film when digital came along. They're the ones to blame.

[@sararice3978]

@@fizzcochitoagree as to why the film can't be better.

[@carrotandatophat8668]

I'm the first ever like and the 7th ever view🥰

[@quen8171]

Love the camera, I think it’s cool, but are we gonna get a clear plastic version??? Please???

[@wekker090]

clear camera? instant camera? :-)

[@hellothisiskyle]

“The Polaroid I-2 is Polaroid’s first camera with built in manual control settings” The Polaroid 110 released in 1952 had a leaf shutter lens with aperture and shutter control. I think you may be off by 70 some years. I know this is a new company that bought the rights to use the Polaroid name and IP but maybe don’t completely ignore the amazing history of the company that created instant film in the first place.

[@Gallagher068]

Technically, this Polaroid is a different legal entity than the old Polaroid, so they're not technically wrong

[@hellothisiskyle]

@@Gallagher068 this is true but still feels a bit disingenuous. I think the better wording would just have been first Polaroid *integral film* camera with built in manual control settings. Sad that all the truly impressive cameras Polaroid built their name on have been forgotten.

[@Ruylopez778]

@@hellothisiskyle Yeah, could have shown a little love to the history of the brand. The elephant in the room is it feels like most film and integral film is still [inevitably] lagging behind what's been discontinued, in terms of availability, consistency, performance and camera equipment of the past. It would be kind of embarrassing to admit that a 180 or 600SE has more control, a better viewfinder and focusing system, doesn't need batteries or recharging and used better quality film... Perhaps this camera might eventually incentivise Fuji to make a decent Instax camera.

[@BadCoverBen]

'Properly dispose any film cartridges'? You don't dispose them, you use them as frames for the Polaroid photos!

[@chrisreid9231]

I won't be getting one. My I-1 has proven difficult to support and no help from polaroid who do not stock replacement batteries or know where to get them. The I-2 has no easily replacable batteries either. It is a lot of money with a built-in obsolescence. Better to have the battery in the film if you can't change the camera one ?

[@Ericdravyn13]

Decaf, perhaps...?

[@autoredox]

Prirload

[@SA-xf7pc]

700€ for a camera that makes basically the same pictures as a 10€ second hand Polaroid is insane. I’d willingly pay 300-350€ for it but this is ridiculous.

[@elleoat]

Polaroid camera

[@shannonribbons]

Prolaroid

[@ashtyn4856]

I'm already excited for a newer model of this to come out, with the hopes that at eventually the cost will be justified by a cleaner and less clunky UX and more consistent shots (and a diopter!!). But I just cannot see myself spending $600 for a product that still has a ways to go. I love you Polaroid, but given how exorbitantly expensive your film already is, you'll continue losing customers to Fuji's Instax until these issues are addressed.

[@germansaez]

Impossible Project film was $20. More than 10 years later the film is cheaper. Even when other film formats keeps being more and more expensive, Polaroid didn't raise prices. And please, stop comparing a multibillion company like Fuji that didn't have to reinvent the emulsion, KILLED peel apart film and keeps killing several film stocks with a tiny new company like the new Polaroid that is doing everything to keep this format alive. Well exposed the actual color emulsion is really good. Not perfect, but really good.

[@Ruylopez778]

You forgot to thank Fuji for jacking up film prices and killing off stock. You think Fuji care about their consumers or film? They spit out cheap crappy cameras and jump on the disposable camera trend, despite that being horrible for the environment, in an industry that is already harmful to the environment. If people don't buy the I-2, don't expect Polaroid to make another one, it will just show them that the market is too small to bother.

[@JoseKlop]

"Count how many films are left"? Really? It doesn't show that?

[@HappyRhino]

it does :)

[@EnifOfficial]

7 minutes ago yoooo

[@Sabundy]

Looks like a fantastic camera. But the biggest obstacle is going to be that price. Outside of serious diehards......how many people are going to drop 600 sheckles on an instant film camera? Especially when the film is already quite expensive and only has 8 shots......Dont get me wrong...I applaud Polaroid for doing this. For making a high end instant film camera and taking the risk. I just genuinely wonder how many people will actually drop that amount of money on it.

[@Genshi]

I just did! Though,, I guess I am a diehard film photographer, and this (camera and film) is cheaper than my Hasselblad 500C/M.

[@Ruylopez778]

Might work for Wedding or Fashion Photographers, where they can gain from the quality and consistency, and use it as a tax write-off?

[@MurakamiFan]

€699.99 🤣

[@feltalia]

Poralod

[@Borisov6785]

That si not the best for this prise .....sorry

[@Instantphojo]

$600!!!!!!!😱👎🏼

[@Fluterra]

$600?! I have spent over $20K on Leica M cameras and lenses and would never spend $600 on a Polaroid. Here's a company that has NO IDEA who its target customer is. SAD.

[@therockysafari4302]

What are you suggesting? That it should have been less?

[@jeditstudios]

@@therockysafari4302isn’t that obvious?😂 it’s also plastic lens too, price is insane for such low quality product.

[@arielestulin9706]

Is this April's Fools? $600 gotta be kiddin me!!

[@user-qv1kv4rz9u]

There is no display for $600 Polaroid cringe 2. It would be 100 times better to see result first and then choose what to print! But they want u to always pay money for these low quality print papers. Marketing is killing the product!

[@brandonbullock8641]

That camera sucks

[@enriquehurtadomateos]

These Polaroid guys have lost their nerve, please €700 for a camera that takes blurry and horrible photos, come on now, these guys don't know how to evolve or what...Postscript, Ahhh and thank goodness that now we can control the diaphragm and the speed, but I already had that before or not...

[@MBAinternetmktg]

People whose native language is not English may have trouble understanding this chatty woman. Thanks for the closed captions. Hire a succinct professional next time.

[@MaskedViolinist07]

My native language is English and this young woman is quite irritating and difficult to follow for me too. Too energetic-this isn’t a race, it’s an informational.

[@j.swoopephotography5650]

Mine is amazing! And I tell all my friends: DO. NOT. SHAKE. THE. POLAROID! All the time!

[@TungstenOvergaard]

Instax. Much cheaper, beater image quality, photos last.

[@guidomista]

so what? Buy if you prefer them

[@TungstenOvergaard]

@@guidomistaI did it! But I wanted to share with you!

[@Edvanfleury]

Exactly. I had to agree with you

[@Ruylopez778]

Instax: Smaller image size, cheap, crappy cameras. Fuji: Zero interest in making a decent Instax camera, and killed off the best Instax camera they ever made. Continually shaft film users, cynically jacking up prices and then claiming there's no demand to kill off stocks that they already discontinued at the factories but chose to hide it. Refuse to let Impossible buy up their peel-apart machines or licence. Jumped on the disposable camera trend even though it's horrible for the environment because all they care about is money. Market the X-Series on the basis of faux film bodies and 'simulations' of the heritage they already killed off. Has Ilford make a B&W in their name and pretend it isn't.

[@TungstenOvergaard]

@@Ruylopez778 True. But not overexposed :)