Editing Instant camera (section)

==Cameras and film==
{{main|List of Polaroid instant cameras}}
[[File:Coll. Marcè CL - Polaroid land camera Mod 95 1948.jpg|thumb|right|Polaroid Model 95, the company's first instant camera introduced in 1948]]

Many different models of Polaroid and non-Polaroid instant cameras were introduced in the mid to late 20th century. They can be categorized by the film type.

===Roll film===
The first roll film camera was the Polaroid Model 95, followed by subsequent models containing various new features. [[Roll film]] came in two rolls (positive/developing agent and negative) which were loaded into the camera and was eventually offered in three sizes (40, 30, and 20 series).

===Pack film===
[[File:Polaroid Automatic 350 instant camera.jpg|thumb|Polaroid Automatic 350, made from 1969 to 1971]]
The first 100 series [[pack film]] model was the model 100, followed by various models in the 100 - 400 series and a few ad hoc cameras such as the countdown series.{{vague|date=January 2017}} The next generation of Polaroid cameras used 100 series "pack film," where the photographer pulled the film out of the camera, then peeled apart the positive from the negative at the end of the developing process. Pack film initially was offered in a rectangular format (100 series), then in square format (80 series).

===Integral film===
Models which used SX-70 film were introduced in a folding version, with later versions being solid plastic bodied. Third generation Polaroids, like the once popular [[Polaroid SX-70|SX-70]], used a square format [[integral film]], in which all components of the film (negative, developer, fixer, etc.) were contained. The SX-70 instant camera used the print technology that Edwin Land had most desired.<ref name=":1" /> It introduced the use of more efficient print technology that developed more instantly than previous film types offered, which cut out some of the user's responsibility and made it easier to use.<ref name=":1" /> Each exposure developed automatically once the shot was taken. SX-70 (or Time Zero{{vague|date=May 2021}}) film had a strong following with artists who used it for image manipulation.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} 600 series cameras such as the Pronto, Sun 600, and One600 used 600 type film which was four times faster than SX-70 film. 600 series cameras were almost all plastic bodied, except for the SLR 680 and 690 models, which resembled SX-70 type cameras, but most came with an electronic flash.[[File:Polaroid 635 super color instand camera.jpg|thumb|left|Polaroid 635 Supercolor]]

===Spectra, Captiva, and i-Zone film===
This was followed by other various plastic cameras based on Spectra, Captiva, and i-Zone film. Polaroid Spectra cameras used [[Polaroid Spectra]] film which went back to a rectangular format. Captiva, Joycam, and Popshots (single use) cameras used a smaller 500 series film in rectangular format. i-Zone cameras use a very small film format which was offered in a sticker format. Finally, Mio cameras used Polaroid Mio film which was Fuji Instax mini, branded as Polaroid and which is still available in 2015 as Fuji Instax Mini. This size produces a [[Billfold size|billfold sized]] photo. Polaroid still markets a mini format camera built by Fuji branded as Polaroid 300 and the film is available with both the Polaroid name and as Fuji Instax mini which are interchangeable.