Polaroid film is specialized photographic film designed to develop directly into prints for immediate gifting and display. Many people liked the convenience of the format when it first came out, as it allowed one to take pictures without the cost and wait of having the film professionally developed. The Polaroid has been waning in recent years, as digital photography becomes the norm. However, many photographers still prefer the venerable Polaroid for quick shots to test the light or capture a particular aesthetic. Which of these great Polaroid films are you going to miss the most, once the format truly goes the way of the dodo?
The past fifty years have seen the development of a wide number of wonderful gadgets. Each of those years brought innovation and development, resulting in the panoply of useful assistive devices available to us today. The fifty gadgets profiled here are among the most memorable to become popularized in the past five centuries. Which of this selection of five to you consider the most groundbreaking?
NLU BodyGuardz NLHN811207 ScreenGuardZ+ HD Ultra-Slim Screen
Fujitsu Screen Protector Tablet PC screen protector
3M Vikuiti ARMR-200 Tablet PC screen protector
General Dynamics Itronix Display Protective Overlay Tablet PC
Motion Computing 608.400.01 J-SERIES Protective Display Film
With the advent of tablet computers using touch-screen based inputs, protecting your screen from damage has never been more important. Now a computer with a damaged screen suffers limitations on both it's input and output, not simply at the output end. Thankfully there are a number of great products on the market designed to protect your screen from minor damage associated with regular use. Which of these tablet touch screen protectors do you trust to keep your displays mint?
Nowadays you can take moving pictures and sound with phones or digital cameras but if you really want to have high quality results you might want to use a camcorder. There is a wide range of high definition models available with prices starting at as low as 100 dollars but which ones would you pick for your needs?
Nikon Super Coolscan 9000 ED - 4000 dpi - Film scanner (35 mm)
Pacific Image PowerSlide 3650 - 3600 dpi x 3600 dpi - Film scanner
Kodak I1860 - 300 dpi - Document scanner
Braun MULTIMAG Slide Scanner 4000 for 35mm Transparencies
Firewire provides your computer with a high-speed modular interconnect system with speeds that rival that of USB. Firewire makes a good bridge for digital image scanners, because it provides high bandwidth and is easily unplugged and reconnected. Which of these great Firewire scanners do you like the best for capturing images over Firewire?
Nowadays you can take moving pictures and sound with phones or digital cameras but if you really want to have high quality results you might want to use a camcorder. There is a wide range of high definition models available with prices starting at as low as 100 dollars but which ones would you pick for your needs?
Lomographic Society Diana Mini 35mm Half Frame Camera
While advancements in digital photography have made taking pictures accessible to pretty much everybody, there's still something to be said for high-quality 35mm photos shot on film. Digital sensors are as yet unable to correct6ly capture the full beauty and mystery of a scene the way traditional films do. Which of these 35mm cameras do you prefer for taking the perfect photos?
Mylar is one of those great wonder materials of modern science. It is thing and strong, a reflective plastic that has all sorts of uses. Mylar can be used to distort the reflected image, meaning that it can be used in trick photography as well as in all sorts of different applications requiring the reflecting of light in a specific direction. Which of these mylar brands do you prefer?
A slide scanner,used to be the only way to get high-resolution images into a computer. Digital cameras were still in their infancy when people in the journalism field first made the leap to digital production, and the slide scanner was a reliable part of every dark room and photo desk. Which of these great slide scanners do you like the best?
