An Illegal Polaroid Never Released

I had a lot of trouble finding info about this camera and it's history since, you know, it was never fully released. Hope you enjoy. I bought it for you lol

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[nelsn]

“The biggest companies make the worst crap” - DankPods

[Hanojsemaj]

I love how they ripped off one of the biggest camera flops ever to make an even bigger flop.

[EcclecticNerd]

The easy IR conversion is kinda neat. Tape a section of a floppy disk over the sensor and you’ll have an IR only camera.

[correaivang]

Woah Woah Woah. You can't just show that batmobile of a camera and not talk about it

[NotBadJefferBoat]

This camera is basically just an over engineered phone lol

[theangrymarmot]

Years and years ago I won a TV. It was a "Polaroid" 32" LCD w/ built in DVD player. Out of the box it was absolute garbage, and the DVD player never worked. I gave it away right after winning it. Was glad I didn't pay for it. It is a shame brands / companies do this.

[davidthefat]

My first instinct was that it was easier to make a camera module that interfaces with android rather than a sensor that directly interfaces with the hardware. Like the Sony QX, the Hasselblad’s phone camera add on and other camera modules that you connect to with Bluetooth

[kerc]

"Somebody's gonna buy this product because they've heard of this great brand..."

[cries in Minolta]

[xaypanyathipphavong]

6:24 No, we can't call it "Interchangeable lens camera", We should call it "Interchangeable 'camera' camera" 😆

[clocktechgame]

I love your videos, they have ignited my and im sure many other people's interest in old digital cameras, and this interest can give many of these things selling ln eBay a second life, so thanks for that. Keep making great content!

[brianmckeever]

New out of box and you disassemble it? You have some most impressive skills sir!

[StarrysLostandFound]

What a curious bit of history. Thanks for finding and sharing this oddity.

[skyshorrchannel]

I have the J1 and V1 and like them... Great vid, worth the spec purchase!

[Localtraveler]

Well, at least you won’t be accused of driving up the price of this camera 😂

[MarcoElliau]

Speaking of the Pentax Q, I'd be interested to see a video of the best / most creative (or even weirdest) in body JPG digital filters / effects you've tested so far.
I'm very into these effects, like vintage and retro for instance.
And a tip, in case you didn't know, the Lumix GF1 and GF2 have really stunning creative effects, I'm in love with the one called "Silhouette" with high contrast and very dark atmosphere.
Love your channel by the way !

[GarretClaridgeMeerkat]

Nice microphone, all you ever need <3 Love that combo with the pop filter

[cinemaipswich]

Polaroid left it too late to sue copycat makers. By the time they did, digital camera's were on the scene.

[josephwisniewski]

At the time this Sakar thing happened, there literally was no "Polaroid corporation". Polaroid went chapter 7 back in 2001. That's full liquidation. The name was sold to a licensing company.

[mynameisnotcory]

Id love to see some of those 2010-2015 smartphones that had huge fancy cameras on the back like the red phone

[nelsn]

Ahh, the days when the Polaroid name was used to license landfill whose fate would be met DankPods style or donated at thrift stores.

EDIT: Sakar International, need I say more. Making landfill since 1977.