75 years of the instant cameraPolaroid - A cult object celebrates its birthday
One press of a button and you have a photo: the idea for the instant camera was revolutionary - and it lives on. It still inspires entire generations today.
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In early 1977, the American scientist, inventor ("one-minute photography") and entrepreneur (Polaroid Corp.) Edwin H. Land presented the "instant film" video camera with projector that he had developed. The system, called "Polarvision", consisted of a Super 8 film camera with a film cassette and a TV-like player.