Polaroid Corporation was an American company that made instant film and cameras, which survives as a brand for consumer electronics. The company was founded in 1937 by Edwin H. Land, to exploit his Polaroid polarizing polymer.[1] Land and Polaroid created the first instant camera, the Land Camera, in 1948.

 

Polaroid Impulse Portrait

1997

Brand: Polaroid

Name: Polaroid Impulse Portrait

Art: Instant camera

Type of Film: Typ 600

Focus: Fixed

Flash / Flash connection: Built-in flash

It is designed for the Polaroid 600 format and is very similar to the “normal “Impulse. As the name suggests, it is very well suited for portrait photography. For this purpose, it has a switchable close-up lens.

The design of this camera is very different from most other 600 format instant cameras. The camera does not fold up and is therefore strongly reminiscent of the SX-70 box cameras (e.g. Polaroid 1000).

The battery of the Polaroid Impulse, which supplies the camera with power, is located in the film cassette. With a film change, therefore, a battery change is performed at the same time. The instant camera does not need additional batteries.

 

More info at: https://filmphotography.eu/en/polaroid-impulse-portrait/

 

Features common to all Impulse fixed-focus models are:

 

Single element plastic lens with fixed aperture (116mm, f9)

1.2 m (4 ft) minimum focus distance.

Exposure compensation controls below the lens.

Flash fires for every shot; cannot be user-controlled.

The Impulse Portrait model adds a simple plastic “close-up” lens for focussing between 0.6 and 1.2 meters (2 to 4 feet), but it lacks sharpness.