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Polaroid One Step Plus - Good External Condition - Powers On, Otherwise Untested

$ 13.19

Availability: 100 in stock

Description

I don't know if I'd classify this as "Vintage" just yet, despite what other listings might suggest. Believe me, I love to confidently list and sell vintage stuff, but that status takes time to actually become applicable. The word "vintage" has its roots in wine, and shares a linguistic root with "vineyard" and "vintner." It essentially refers to the amount of time a wine takes to age.
From what I can gather, this particular model was released several years ago and is designed to take advantage of Bluetooth connectivity (basically, you can pair it with your phone, run the Polaroid app, and use that to give it special commands: set a timer, do double exposures, etc.) It's honestly pretty nifty, and it can do stuff that older Polaroids wouldn't even dream of, but I would definitely class it as intentionally nostalgic as opposed to vintage.
That said, it is definitely designed to pay direct homage to the 80's and 90's instant cameras we all know and love, and it is, of course, no knockoff. It's a real Polaroid with all the well known Polaroid capabilities and qualities, plus a few information age bells and whistles. I am especially fond of the rainbow stripe design. It's a really nifty camera overall.
Condition
Aesthetically, it's in excellent condition. I now realize that there's a bit of dust in the photos that I didn't intend to capture (I was a bit excited to list it and got a little too zealous with a new portable light setup, which tends to magnify such things), but that's already been fixed with a simple wipe (mind you, the dust will always keep on coming ... it comes for all of us, as all of us must someday become dust).
In terms of functionality, it powers on and seems to respond properly to input, so I strongly suspect that it's in good working condition BUT I have not been able to test it fully, since I just don't have any Polaroid film on hand and it didn't come with any. As such, it is sold as is.