Pogo

So let's get to blogging, shall we? Last week I finally got a Polaroid Pogo. The 'modern' version of the Polaroid instant camera. It's basically a small photo printer allowing you to print pics through usb or bluetooth.

I'd been thinking of getting a Polaroid Pogo for a while now. I have two different kinds of 'real' Polaroid camera's (a 600 af and a 660, both presumably with autofocus), which are now, of course, completely useless to me. When Polaroid declared their instant cameras dead, I was severely broke and out of a job and thus not able to get a shitload of film all at once. I'm not sure it would have helped if I did, since my local supplier was always out of film to begin with. So when Polaroid announced this step into the 21st century I was delighted. It took me a while to finally get around to ordering it, but last week it was so ridiculously on sale that ordering it was totally worth interrupting my 'Gossip Girl' marathon for.

And I'm glad I did. I love it. Although the device is a lot bigger than I would have guessed (it's a little larger than my iPhone), it has the same 'simpleness' to it that the Polaroid instant camera's did. It's sturdy and easy to use. The pictures are definitely smaller than the original Polaroid prints, but they still have that 'analog' feel to it. It's clearly not a 'print' (there's no ink involved) and, check this, it's a sticker as well! Perfect for Moleskine use.

The downsides? Well, just as with the old Polaroid, the colors are a little off and the image is just a little darker than the original. Which is not a problem if you like this effect, but if not, you probably need to fool around in Photoshop a bit before printing. That, or just get a professional photo printer. The Pogo is definitely something you want for fun. Perfect for carrying around (maybe not in your back-pocket, but if, like me, you got jeans that are basically a pair of tights with jeans-print you're not used to carrying around stuff in your pockets anyways. It's why we haul gigantic purses around, right? So we don't have to deal with our jeans that at one point really did fit, I swear) and printing quick snapshots. Too bad it doesn't work with the iPhone. Meh.

(FU Apple. There. I said it.)