The Polaroid instant camera, first sold by the Polaroid Corporation in 1948 based on Edwin Land's instant-film chemistry, produced a finished photographic print within minutes of exposure, with no separate developing step. It created the mass consumer instant-photography market, sold across many successive camera and film models through the 20th century, and after Polaroid's bankruptcies and the decline of instant film in the digital-camera era, instant photography saw a niche revival in the 2010s under the Polaroid Originals/Polaroid brand and rivals such as Fujifilm's Instax.
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1. Wikipedia, Instant Camera
WikipediaLead section, paragraph 1, opening clause
Polaroid Corporation pioneered (and patented) consumer-friendly instant cameras and film
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the inventor of the model 95 Land Camera, widely considered the first commercial instant camera, in 1948
Introduction, GICS sector classification
An instant camera is a camera which uses self-developing film to create a chemically developed print shortly after taking the picture.
Introduction, offering kind classification
An instant camera is a camera which uses self-developing film to create a chemically developed print shortly after taking the picture.
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