A Polaroid camera is a type of camera with self-developing film usually called an "instant camera" by the Polaroid Corporation. The invention of modern instant cameras is generally credited to American scientist Edwin Land, who unveiled the first commercial instant camera, the Land Camera, in 1947, 10 years after founding the Polaroid Corporation.

See also

• Instant film

External links

Patents

• Patent #2,435,720 – Apparatus for exposing and processing photographic film