$200 NostalgiaCam Is Trying to Make Retro Camcorders Cool Again

As felicitous as the man was to transition off from analog medium like film , there ’s still plenty of nostalgia for old film tv camera , which helps excuse how Polaroid came back from the numb . With the NostalgiaCam , a way stigma calledTombogois trying to do the same matter for the digital camcorders of the former aughts , but the $ 200 cost ticket might be a problematical sell .

There are actually several reasons the Polaroid was revive , and it ’s not just because hippie require something to put inside the vintage traveling bag they have a bun in the oven around . Hard copy of photos are still appealing , even when we can all flip through G of images on our smartphones . The basic oculus of Polaroid cameras and the limitations of inst moving picture also bring on photos with a distinctive old - school aesthetic that , apps like Instagram , go out of their way to emulate .

Even just using a Polaroid tv camera is an experience that ’s very different from snapping photos with a touchscreen gadget , and that ’s presumably the same thought process behind the NostalgiaCam . You could n’t slip a camcorder into your sack , but with a bridge player shoulder strap , it was arguably a hatful easier to take for and use to enamour long video . Do people lack them as much as they did instant cameras like the Polaroid ? Tombogo sure skip so .

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Unlike the smartphone in your pocket that can capture 4 atomic number 19 HDR footage , the NostalgiaCam tops out at 1080P high - def resolutions , but promises 20MP still image seizure with features like dark imagination , face sleuthing , and 16X zoom . It comes with a 64 GB SD card ( not microSD ) and a USB cable used to get footage off the camcorder because unlike your smartphone , there are no wireless sharing capabilities here .

Its three - column inch pop - out screen is too small for a group of multitude to crowd around and observe , so you ’re kick the bucket to need to rely on an included set of especially honest-to-god - school RCA composite cable if you desire to colligate the NostalgiaCam to a idiot box . At least it add up with a carry case .

As much as we understand the ingathering of instant photography and thetiny photo printersthat persist popular alongside Polaroid ’s television camera , we ’re not altogether sure that nostalgia carries over to camcorders . They were killed off by smartphones for a good reason and should have probably remained idle . No one ’s pass after that parent in the interview at a Christmas pageant esthetical .

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