What camera does Max use?

[Herring]

Would be interested to know what camera she is using in the game, the yellow one that is. Looks charming and would be interested in buying one. :)

[neuro neophyte]

well, it is a polaroid camera of some sort.

[Herring]

Ah! Thank you :) I shall certainly look into buying one soon when i have done some research on them. ^-^

[neuro neophyte]

kind of like this, but not quite
http://shop.vintagecameraclub.com/product/polaroid-600-amigo-620/

[MetroidSlayerP7]

I'm currently in the middle of the "instant film phase" of my photographic journey, so I'll contribute some info based on my research. It looks like the camera Max uses is based on or inspired heavily by the Polaroid One Step Flash 600 model camera. It's boxy, and the flash flips up in the same way. The major differences are the color (I don't think Polaroid ever offered a plain yellow version; neon yellow only), the size (it's a bit thinner in places), and the flash (Max's camera's flash appears to be much wider).

These cameras can be found readily on Ebay, and are relatively affordable. Compatible film, while expensive, is still being manufactured by The Impossible Project. Their newer films are substatially better than their older stuff.

Update: In episode two it looks like she switches her camera to a Polaroid Spectra, but it's hard to tell. Most of the photos on her dorm room wall are rectangular, which would imply that she shoots a Spectra-type camera frequently.

[Dog]

I would recommend getting Fujifilm Instax, because It is readily available in photography stores (Well, in my region)

[M3l0dy]

Polaroid 660

[MetroidSlayerP7]

Close. The 660 is a variant of the 600 with the sonar auto-focus that was developed for the SX-70. Thankfully, Max's camera doesn't have the ugly sonar circle thingie bit.

After poking around inside a 600, I'm starting to doubt that Max's camera would work properly. It's a bit to thin. Light has to go through the lens, reflect off a mirror, and hit the film, which is at a 90 degree angle from the lens. Max's camera would need a very, very steep mirror, and the image wouldn't be sharp across the film plane. If there was a rigid body instant film camera that had those dimensions, I would love to figure out how it worked.

I'm wondering what cameras Max will use in future episodes. I'd give her mad respect if she whipped out a Land 450.

[torimori]

Oh God, why shipping from the USA to Russia is so expensive. T_T

[You're ♥♥♥♥ up - we pick up]

Originally posted by tori_mori:

Oh God, why shipping from the USA to Russia is so expensive. T_T

На самом деле, можно найти за рублей 500, в любом из городов. Дорогая только бумага нынче, на сей раритет.

[torimori]

@SYOTOS у нас в Самаре продают только 636 (рабочие и нерабочие). Стоимость от 800 рублей. Amigo 620 я не нашла на из-рук-в-руки ни в каких городах. Найдёте где-нибудь и поделитесь со мной ссылкой - буду благодарна. :3 Хоть и у меня такое чувство, что Вы написали комментарий, не проверив информацию, хех.

[hpJME]

I think this looks pretty similar to Max's first camera. It's about $42

https://www.etsy.com/listing/235837107/tested-polaroid-amigo-620se-amigo?ref=shop_home_active_14


You can get film from the Impossible Project for about $24

https://shop.the-impossible-project.com/shop/film

hope this help :)

[Skittles]

It's been a while since I took a late-model Polaroid shot. (Before digital Polaroid was the ONLY way to have photos that were private short of developing your own film and color was even harder) In the earliest Polaroids (one called a "Swinger" - which is so hokey & "60s it's now laughable) you peeled off the skin and saw a b & white image. You should "shake" those the way Max does to help dry them. Late color was essentially a sealed envelope of chemicals that squeezed together as the picture is ejected and which develop before your eyes - but there was no drying because it was all under plastic. I just wonder why "shakes" her pictures? To help mix the chemicals? It's not a criticism of the game, I love the game and it 'feels' natural when she does that. It's just been a while. I didn't even know they SOLD instant film anymore.

[Jeckenn]

The thing is when I was a teenager I had a camera very similar to Max's camera and it was, I think, one of the first decent color Polariod models. Before that the color photos did not last at all in fact with in a year or less they would begin to fade. It was a sweet camera, wish I still had it...

[albertinewatson]

If you're looking for it for a cosplay, and don't mind defacing a vintage camera, check your local Kijiji/Craigslist listings. My city had a ton of Polaroid 600 cameras, but sadly I couldn't find any in beige. I found a super cheap Barbie-themed one and will paint it like Max's :)

[MetroidSlayerP7]

Don't Blink: Shaking Polaroids likely comes from two things, the first being that people think it does something to help develop the image. I'm sure a psychologist could elaborate more, but it's similar to superstitious behaviors being reinforced by some form of conditioning. Like flicking a lightswitch to make water boil faster.

The only Polaroids that one should shake are instant roll film polaroid prints. The original formulas would fade or fog over time, so Polaroid came out with a protective coating that had to be spread over the image after developing. Shaking the print would (I assume) make it dry faster. Even though instant roll film hasn't been produced in decades, it's possible that shaking was,inexplicably, passed from one generation to the next.