Polaroid i-Zone 200 Mini Instant Camera

by Polaroid

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 3.8 x 2.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000228DE6
• Item model number: i-Zone 200 Instant mini-camera
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,154 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
  • #53 in Electronics > Camera & Photo > Film Cameras > Instant Cameras
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 1, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The new izone 200 Camera is 30% smaller making it the most portable Polaroid camera. Express yourself! Collect and trade photos, make friendship-books, decorate your locker, your shoes, or just about anything with these funky little pics.

Features

• Automatic flash
• Automatic focus
• Flash-ready light
• Wrist strap
• One-year Limited warranty

Specifications

• Power: 2 AAA batteries
• Focus range: 2 - Infinity
• Auto flash range: 2 - 8ft., charge time approx. 5 seconds
• Film format: Polaroid izone200 instant film; 12-frame packs

Product Description

The NEW i-Zone 200 mini instant camera. Kids will get real fun, right now, with this new, fashionable mini-camera from Polaroid. This smaller, sleeker i-Zone camera produces the same postage-stamp sized instant photos teens know and love! This camera is 30% smaller than the current i-Zone instant camera. Uses i-Zone 200 instant film. Auto Flash for great photos in any light.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the last curios of the era of film photography, May 28, 2005

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Clare Quilty (a little pad in hawaii) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Polaroid i-Zone 200 Mini Instant Camera (Electronics)

While this isn't something you want to take "picture" pictures with, it is a unique little device that creates an unconventional product, almost in the same vein as the Pixelvision camera.

You have to put in a little practice to get the hang of capturing clear images with the i-zone. You have to be very still holding the camera, the light has to be right (that is to say: abundant) and even the best pictures are still only 1.5 x 1" in size. In this digital age, most will consider it a pain to take that kind of care for such a small result but those who do will probably be able to use these cameras in an innovative way. I've heard that this has been discontinued and have stashed away several clips of film so I can continue to use this when I want.

INTERESTING SIDE NOTE: You can actually get a Polaroid double exposure with these things. Take a photograph. Leave the strip inside the camera. Take another photograph. Extract the film and you'll see two images, one on top of the other. The second snapshot you take tends to be the dominant image, while the first one is fainter. I recommend using the flash if you plan to experiment with double exposures.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great inexpensive item for little kids, June 3, 2005

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Mom of 4-yr-old (Central Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Polaroid i-Zone 200 Mini Instant Camera (Electronics)

This is not a camera any adult would enjoy in today's age of electronics, but what a winner with kids! My daughter received this for her 4th birthday and still loves it a year later! She takes pictures of everything "important" to her and has made her own little scrapbook. I now give them as birthday gifts for her friends, and it's always the "favorite gift."

If you need an inexpensive gift for someone age 4-14, this will be a guaranteed hit! Even if they already have a conventional camera, you can't beat the instant gratification of having the picture develop right before your eyes. (Buy extra film to go with it, though; it's difficult to come by and may be discontinued soon.)

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!, April 21, 2006

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Barbara Cruz (Marlborough, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Polaroid i-Zone 200 Mini Instant Camera (Electronics)

I've been a fan of the i-Zone since they first came out. The tiny photos are so much fun and everyone seems to love posing for them.

This i-Zone 200 is a step up from the original. Still as easy to use, still gives the same great little pictures. It just looks a little more "grown up" than the colorful little i-Zone pocket cameras. Feels a bit more durable too (which is good, since I like to carry it around with me to get spur of the moment shots of friends and family).

My only complaint is that the film is sometimes hard to find locally, but it's a good thing it's always available here online!