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Instant Print care

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Instant Print care

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- In some previous installments of "The Practicing Photographer", we took a look at some Fuji Instax cameras. These are just one variation of several different Polaroid-type instant cameras that are now available. If you haven't seen them, I encourage you to watch those segments, because I think these cameras are really great tools, both for image-making, and for improving your photography. What's more, they give you a chance to learn the power of putting your images into a physical form. For digital photographers who've never printed before, these cameras provide an easy way to begin to experience the different relationship that you can have to your work when you turn your images into physical objects. Something we did not discuss in those segments is durability of the prints. Any instant printing technology, going back to the original Polaroids in the 1940s, relies on a very active chemistry process. The Instax-type…

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