Editing Instant camera (section)

==Types of non-Polaroid instant cameras==
[[File:0484 Fuji FP-14 (7159464264).jpg|thumb|right|Fujifilm FP-14, a [[passport]] camera intended to produce four photo portraits of the same subject simultaneously]]
The earliest instant cameras were conceived before Edwin Land's invention of the instant camera. These cameras were, however, more portable [[Wet darkroom|wet darkrooms]] than "instant" camera and were difficult to use.

After Land's instant camera invention was brought to market in 1948, a few different instant cameras were developed, some using Polaroid-compatible film such as cameras by [[Keystone Camera Company|Keystone]], [[Konica]], and [[Minolta]]. Others were incompatible with Polaroid cameras and film, the most notable of these being made by [[Kodak]], such as the EK series and Kodamatic cameras.

Later, [[Fujifilm]] introduced instant cameras and film in selected markets. After taking over an old Polaroid factory in 2008, the [[Netherlands]]-based [[Polaroid Originals|Impossible Project]] began producing instant film for Polaroid cameras. This helped generate new interest in instant photography.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rushe|first1=Elizabeth|title=The Future of Instant Cameras is Impossible|url=https://www.format.com/magazine/features/photography/impossible-instant-camera-polaroid|website=Format Magazine|date=18 May 2016|publisher=Format|access-date=20 December 2016|archive-date=8 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908015808/https://www.format.com/magazine/features/photography/impossible-instant-camera-polaroid|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Kodak (EK and Kodamatic) {{anchor|kodamatic|colorburst|kodakinstant|kodak}}===
[[File:Kodak EK100.jpg|thumb|left|Kodak EK100]]
Kodak's EK and Kodamatic series cameras were introduced in 1976,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ortner |first1=Everett H. |title=Kodak's Instant Picture Camera |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DgEAAAAAMBAJ&q=kodak&pg=PA54 |access-date=10 February 2020 |work=Popular Science |date=1976 |archive-date=3 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703104346/https://books.google.com/books?id=DgEAAAAAMBAJ&q=kodak&pg=PA54 |url-status=live }}</ref> and accepted a Kodak developed integral instant film, similar to but incompatible with Polaroid's SX-70 film. The film was chemically similar to Polaroid's with the exception that the negative was exposed from the rear and the dye/developers diffused to the front of the photograph. This alleviated the need for a mirror to reverse the image before it struck the negative.

Even so, Polaroid brought a patent-infringement lawsuit against Kodak, and eventually Kodak was forced to stop manufacture of both the camera and film.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DgEAAAAAMBAJ&dq=kodak%27s+instant-picture&pg=PA128 "Kodak's instant-picture camera"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703104346/https://books.google.com/books?id=DgEAAAAAMBAJ&dq=kodak%27s+instant-picture&pg=PA128 |date=2023-07-03 }} ''Popular Science'', July 1976, pp. 54.</ref> Kodak was also left to pay a settlement to some customers who were left without a way to use their now defunct cameras. One settlement offered owners of Kodak instant cameras a credit towards a new Kodak camera. Many Kodak instant cameras still exist and can be found on auction sites. Kodak also lost the contract to manufacture Polaroid's negatives which subsequently took production in house. Recently photographers tried to use Instax mini and square film inside the Kodak EK4 being somewhat successful and only being able to load one picture at a time in a darkroom.[[File:Fujifilm Instax 500AF Instant Camera Front.jpg|thumb|Fujifilm Instax 500AF camera]]
[[File:Instax mini 50S.jpg|thumb|Fujifilm Instax Mini 50S camera]]

=== Fujifilm ===
{{see also|Instax}}
In more recent years, [[Fujifilm]] introduced a line of instant cameras and film in Japanese and Asian markets. Fujifilm called their instant camera line Fotorama. Starting in the early 1980s the F series of cameras include the F-10, F-50S and F-62AF. In the mid-1980s it introduced the 800 series with models such as the MX800, 850E, and Mr Handy collapsible. The ACE cameras were introduced in the mid-1990s with film identical to the 800 film but with a different cartridge. The integral films are based on the Kodak line of instant camera films. The instant films FI-10/PI-800/ACE series are somewhat compatible with the Kodak line of instant cameras, with minor modifications to the cartridge to make it fit. The F series film was discontinued in 1994 but similar modifications on more recent Instax film can be made to fit in the older cartridges.

Fujifilm was one of the first manufacturers who added different shooting modes to Polaroid cameras. "Kid mode"<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.photographyanytime.com/best-polaroid-camera-reviews/ |title="Kid mode" |access-date=2017-05-08 |archive-date=2017-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035556/http://www.photographyanytime.com/best-polaroid-camera-reviews/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> for example, will shoot photos at a faster shutter speed for capturing fast moving objects or people. Fujifilm later introduced Instax Mini 8 and advertised as the "cutest camera" targeting young women and girls. Shortly after, they introduced Instax Mini 90 and Instax mini 70, Targeting middle-aged men with the new sleek and classic design. [http://www.fujifilm.com/innovation/achievements/instax/]

In the late 1990s Fujifilm introduced a new series of cameras using a new film called [[Instax]] it was available in markets outside the US. Instax became available in a smaller size with the introduction of the Instax Mini/Cheki line. Polaroid's Mio was available in the US, it uses the same film as the Fujifilm Instax Mini series but were rebranded as Mio film. This was also true of the Polaroid 300, and this film is still being sold. None of Fujifilm's products were sold officially in the [[United States]] originally. With the announcement in 2008 of Polaroid ceasing film production, Instax and peel apart type films became available in more channels. Fuji ended production of peel-apart films in 2016, FP-100C being the last such product from them.

===Polaroid Originals===
{{see also|Polaroid Originals}}

As noted above, Polaroid Originals (previously the Impossible Project) produces instant film for Polaroid cameras. In spring 2016, as Impossible Project they released their own instant camera, the Impossible I-1 that uses the company's 600-type and I-Type films.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Coldewey|first1=Devin|title=Analog photography lives! The Impossible Project debuts I-1 camera for Polaroid 600-type film|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/04/11/analog-photography-lives-the-impossible-project-debuts-i-1-camera-for-polaroid-600-type-film/|website=Tech Crunch|date=11 April 2016|access-date=20 December 2016|archive-date=21 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221091655/https://techcrunch.com/2016/04/11/analog-photography-lives-the-impossible-project-debuts-i-1-camera-for-polaroid-600-type-film/|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2017, now renamed Polaroid Originals, it announced the Polaroid OneStep 2 that also uses its 600-type and I-Type films.<ref name="digitaltrends-mathies">"[https://www.digitaltrends.com/photography/polaroid-originals-onestep-2/ Polaroid lives again with new brand and OneStep 2 instant camera] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914070957/https://www.digitaltrends.com/photography/polaroid-originals-onestep-2/ |date=2017-09-14 }}" Daven Mathies, [[Digital Trends]], 13 September 2017. Accessed 14 September 2017</ref><ref name="theverge-okane">"[https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/9/13/16304360/polaroid-onestep-2-instant-camera-impossible-project The first Polaroid instant camera in a decade is adorable] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411060746/https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/9/13/16304360/polaroid-onestep-2-instant-camera-impossible-project |date=2020-04-11 }}" Sean O'Kane, [[The Verge]], 13 September 2017. Accessed 14 September 2017</ref><ref name="petapixel-zhang-sept-2017">"[https://petapixel.com/2017/09/13/polaroid-originals-launches-new-onestep-2-camera-type-film/ Polaroid Originals Launches with New OneStep 2 Camera and i-Type Film] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407092845/https://petapixel.com/2017/09/13/polaroid-originals-launches-new-onestep-2-camera-type-film/ |date=2020-04-07 }}" Michael Zhang, Petapixel, 13 September 2017. Accessed 14 September 2017</ref>

===MiNT Camera===
{{see also|MiNT camera}}In 2015, MiNT Camera released the InstantFlex TL70, a vintage [[Twin-lens reflex camera|twin-lens reflex]]-looking instant camera that used Fuji Instax Mini film.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mint InstantFlex TL70|url=https://mint-camera.com/tl70/|access-date=2022-02-26|archive-date=2022-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215111302/https://mint-camera.com/tl70/|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Shop instantflex-tl70 b1(c).jpg|thumb|MiNT Instantflex TL70]]
In 2016, it launched the SLR670-S. It has the look of a Polaroid SX-70, but with an ISO 640 system and manual shutter options. These are built from vintage cameras with new electronics.

In 2019, it introduced the InstantKon RF70, a rangefinder camera that uses Fuji instax wide film. Two years later in 2021, it introduced another rangefinder camera, the InstantKon SF70, that uses Fuji instax square film.

===Lomography===
{{see also|Lomography}}

In 2014, Lomography funded the creation of a new instant camera, the Lomo'Instant, by raising over US $1,000,000 on [[Kickstarter]]. Like Fujifilm's Instax Mini camera, the Lomo'Instant uses Instax Mini film.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Seifert|first1=Dan|date=2014-05-27|title=Lomography introduces its first instant camera|url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/5/27/5755436/lomography-lomoinstant-instant-camera|access-date=20 December 2016|website=The Verge|archive-date=2016-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221091155/http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/27/5755436/lomography-lomoinstant-instant-camera|url-status=live}}</ref>

The following year, the company released the Lomo'Instant Wide, a variation on the original Lomo'Instant which shot larger photos using Fujifilm's Instax Wide film. These images are more similar in size to original Polaroid film.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Blackmore Evans|first1=Jill|title=Review: Lomography's Lomo'Instant Wide for Instax Film is Addictive|url=https://www.format.com/magazine/resources/photography/lomography-lomoinstant-instax-film-review|access-date=20 December 2016|website=Format Magazine|date=29 September 2016|publisher=Format|archive-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402081032/https://www.format.com/magazine/resources/photography/lomography-lomoinstant-instax-film-review|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the summer of 2016, Lomography announced the development of a new instant camera. Called the Lomo'Instant Automat, Lomography describes it as "the most advanced automatic instant camera.”<ref>{{cite web|last1=Zhang|first1=Michael|title=Lomo'Instant Automat Aims to Be an Ultimate Auto Instant Camera|url=http://petapixel.com/2016/08/31/lomoinstant-automat-aims-ultimate-auto-instant-camera/|access-date=20 December 2016|website=PetaPixel|date=31 August 2016|archive-date=21 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221093455/http://petapixel.com/2016/08/31/lomoinstant-automat-aims-ultimate-auto-instant-camera/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2017, Lomography released the Lomo'Instant Square Glass. It takes 86mm x 72mm photographs and is the "world's first dual-format, glass lensed instant camera".