Fuji Instax = Polaroid 300 ??

Jun 16, 2010

As promised, I would blog about this.

During my recent Melbourne trip, I came across an instant camera, what looked much like a Fuji Instax, but was branded under Polaroid.Polaroid 300 which released in May.

Fuji Film Instax Mini 7s

Polaroid 300

You can see the similarities yourself?

I approached the Polaroid booth at the Digital Life Expo / PMA, and asked the sales people if they know about the Fuji Film Instax.

Alot of them said, they’ve ‘heard’ of it, but haven’t actually seen it themselves.

So I pulled out my Fuji Instax and showed them, they tried to trick each other that its the new ‘white version’ of the Polaroid 300 (they covered the model #) and you really can’t tell the difference. Just that, the Polaroid has uglier colours, Red (maroon-y), blue and black. I just thought, urgh the colours are so YESTERDAY!

sorry scanner’s dirty =.= (answers at the end of this post!)

Funny because, they hired Lady Gaga as the Creative Director, as a way to ‘reconnect with the avante-garde pop culture’. What’s so avante garde about the overall look? I’d expect funky prints & colours.

But yeah, apparently Polaroid has bought the patent from Fuji, so I guess its a way for it to resurface again. I had mixed emotions when I first saw it, I wished I had waited a little later for a ‘Polaroid Instax’ instead, but then again Fuji is much more affordable! Polaroid is 1.5 or 2x more expensive than Fuji. Ridiculous.

At the time, we weren’t sure whether they had exactly the same film, because the colour quality was so much more vibrant with the Polaorid. The film size and all seemed the same and apparently, we could use the Polaroid film in my Fuji. I’m curious, I have yet to try that. We made a comparison between the two camera’s photo quality.(above)

What I noticed is that, Polaroid film seem to reflect the colours of Polaroid, that is the green tones, whereas Instax had more red tones. I also found that Polaroid was more sharper (even looking at other sample shots) than Fuji. I thought this had something to do with the camera, but the bf says its all in the chemicals of the film that affects sharpness and colours, right, wrong? I’m not sure if I prefer Polaroid or the Fuji quality, but I’d love some extra sharpness in my photos.

I’m going to take a risk and purchase a pack of Polaroid 300 film for testing, when I come across it on sale.

Will keep posted :)

Did you guess right??

Maybe its my scanner, but the actual photo was slightly more green (polaroid), red (instax) and you can tell the Polaroid is sharper.. not even sure if this is a great comparison image since it wasn’t taken at the same distance… but you can tell there is a colour difference atleast…

What do you think?

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11 Comments

marc June 16, 2010 at 9:16 pm

polaroid kinda looks slightly better i think?? dunno hahahaha have to see the real one to see..
tho if im asked to choose, id go green/blue shades anyday than red. hahahaa.
letty June 19, 2010 at 10:46 am

hey where did you yet your instax? ebay? or is there a store in sydney that carries them? :D
Clarissa June 19, 2010 at 11:35 am

Letty -

I recommend Ebay! or I’m not sure if it’ll be just as cheap in SG for you. but I definitely wouldn’t buy it from Syd, its atleast double the price! It’s around $70ish for camera only, and yeah even film is cheaper on ebay… roughly $8-9 for a 10 pack… here i think they sell it for $20 for a 10 pack :S
Nigel June 26, 2010 at 3:53 pm

:D I bought mine in Indonesia
Bel July 16, 2010 at 9:24 am

Thanks for the post!
I have an Instax but Fuji don’t import the film to NZ. Just saw yesterday that you can buy the new Polaroid film here but wasn’t sure if it would fit in my camera… Will be interested to see your results! ;)
Sha October 19, 2010 at 1:20 am

haha.. the mini 25 is around that price in taiwan.. *crycry*
after digging this up to read again.. i’m happy i didn’t get the polaroid.. =d
Emily November 5, 2010 at 11:22 pm

hey so does fuji film work in the polaroid camera?? just double checking! cant seem to find a confirmed answer!
KG November 23, 2010 at 8:01 pm

hey, do u know if the fuji polaroid film//accessories work in/on the polaroid 300?
Pauline Martinez November 26, 2010 at 9:27 am

Hey ! Nice post :)
You wrote “I’m going to take a risk and purchase a pack of Polaroid 300 film for testing, when I come across it on sale.”
Did you ?
fawkez January 20, 2011 at 2:16 am

you’re so cute!
:3
aless April 5, 2011 at 12:45 pm

Hi, I really like this post the thing is that I was about to buy a polaroid 300 instant camera but a friend of mine told me that the Fuji Film Instax Mini 7 it was a lot better and now im not so sure about which one to buy. Which one do you recommend me?
Please, if you can answer me soon i’ll apreciate it a lot =)