Credit: Polaroid / YouTube A cartridge of instant film is really both film and “darkroom” in one – and a recent tour of Polaroid’s only film factory sheds light on how the medium works.

And while that might not sound particularly riveting, this developer paste is a key part of how an instant camera works. You see, just like Instax Mini film, the secret to Polaroid’s instant trickery ...

a 1970s instant camera designed for portrait work, for which the Polaroid 100 film packs are sadly a distant memory. Leave it on the shelf? Not likely, he’s adapted it to work with Fuji Instax ...

The Now Gen 3, meanwhile, is a more traditional instant camera with no extra controls beyond the point-and-shoot nature of the camera. Both cameras are rechargeable via USB-C and use full-sized ...

full-size Polaroid film and is a throwback to a cooler time. $119.99 at Polaroid The Polaroid Now Generation 3 is a sophisticated new instant camera featuring an enhanced two-lens autofocus system ...

A true design classic, it’s a single-lens reflex design using a Polaroid instant film cartridge, and its party trick is that it’s a folding camera which collapses down to roughly the size of a ...

After all these years, Polaroid is still synonymous with instant cameras ... ostensibly allowing you to shoot up to 20 packs of film (or 160 photos) on a single micro USB charge.

They are the latest in the line of low-cost instant cameras that shoot onto Polaroid's gorgeous (and largest) square film, like the premium I-2 does. Consider them super-sized Polaroid Go's.

Polaroid Now 2nd Generation I-Type Instant Film Camera - Eames Edition Instant photo prints, autofocus lens, built-in flash, self-timer, rechargeable battery $49.99 at Hoot ...

full-size Polaroid film and is a throwback to a cooler time. $119.99 at Polaroid The Polaroid Now Generation 3 is a sophisticated new instant camera featuring an enhanced two-lens autofocus system ...

While the company technically still lives on as an electronics company, a group of Polaroid super fans stepped in as soon as it ceased production of its classic instant camera to buy the last ...

is a more traditional instant camera with no extra controls beyond the point-and-shoot nature of the camera. Both cameras are rechargeable via USB-C and use full-sized Polaroid i-Type film.