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@RCicala, Great news!

@RCicala, what about the impact on sharpness from the different CP filters, specially at long focals? Surely they don't all use the same quality grade glass?

Sorry, I don't want to sound...

Quality of the coatings are a big part of the cost. Another is the quality of the glass itself. There are several "grades" of optical glass quality. The glass plates can be very flat but still...

@AiryDiscus, I didn't skim, I did READ the whole thing. Perhaps YOU don't understand that glass quality is just not only about the glass being "flat". Glass can be perfectly flat and not be...

Thanks, had read them before. The tests procedure did not test the effect of the filters on image sharpness.

Great public service by Roger Cigala, but unfortunately one crucial test was not performed - the effect of the CP on image sharpness!

I suspect that quality of glass has a big effect on...

Yes, it's always about cost. Revamped was perhaps the wrong term. The SX-70 was a much more advanced camera. But it shouldn't be too hard to make it foldable at a reasonable price.

I like Polaroids, got a few from my childhood on the family album. The camera looks really cool, but it's a bit bulky. I think they should have gone with a revamped SX-70, which is foldable and...

I hope it's a turkey :)

I bet the only ones who made any real money where the lawyers!
Only in America...

Doh... I meant high-speed photography of course.

"why not have a triple filter wheel..."? - Not a good solution, with such a big sensor it would be bulky and it would be very slow. It would be impossible to do slow-motion capture, which is one...

When I read "Trichromatic" I thought it had three imaging sensors, one for each colour, like in the professional camcorders. But it uses the good old Bayer colour filter. Doesn't seem that...

Hum... you seem to forget that people also upgrade their digital cameras every few years. And they don't cost $10, on average they cost many hundreds. That's a lot of packs worth!

I' got your...

@Aroart, you prove my point.

@PLShutterbug, high-value-added printing businesses is not Instax paper! Instax does not use paper, it uses FILM! Instax FILM is a consumable, not a printing business! Take a look at Fuji's...

https://www.fujifilmholdings.com/en/investors/annual_reports/2016/pack/pdf_TOP/Annual-Report-2016.pdf

From Fujifilm 2016 financial report:

"Sales in the photo imaging business as a whole increased due
mainly to growth in high-value-added printing businesses..."

Nothing on that report says that...

Does Fuji REALLY make more money from Instax than form X series?
Articles about Fuji's financial report lack details. Instax cameras are very cheap. You would need to sell a huge amount compared to...

Nice, but is it practical? I mean, if you want to take out/exchange the filter you probably need tweezers. And any dust on the rear element is much more likely to show on your pictures than dust on...