![]() ![]() Getting more photos per roll is a major benefit of this camera, but its use case is so limited to close-up portraits or landscapes on rainy days. Most users will be disappointed for the price. Images are consistently blurry, underexposed, and have an unnaturally warm tone. This camera takes nice portraits, but not much else. The Polaroid Go is an incredibly cute camera with great features like double-exposure mode and a self-portrait mirror. The Polaroid Go film is approximately half the size of SX-70 or 600 film and comes in packs of 16 shots instead of 8 for the same price. To help keep people shooting instant film, Polaroid announced the Polaroid Go back in April 2021. It’s amazing that Polaroid is still able to exist in 2022, but the prices for film have gone through the roof. Everyone back in the ‘70s had a Polaroid camera in their pocket - including great artists like Andy Warhol, Helmut Newton, and thousands of others. When this technology came out, it turned heads and became an instant classic. A quick check on the Internet reveals a price of just under £150 for this 10.2 inch Polaroid Digital Photo Frame.Polaroid is one of the most incredible photographic mediums on the planet. The only way out of this impasse was to switch the unit off, wait a few second, and then start again. ![]() This occurred when the slideshow refused to progress passed the first image and kept repeating the same audio track. I did encounter one problem with this unit. The unit does have a tendency to crop some images during a slideshow which might not be what you want for the best effect. Generally the performance of this 10.2 inch digital picture frame was fine and made good use of the enlarged viewing area. When not in slideshow mode you can zoom X4 in and out of images and rotate them in 90 degree increments. Contrast and brightness can also be adjusted. You can adjust the volume level to suit the environment. I felt that the audio output was a little on the tinny side. The unit features a couple of speakers located at the back of the device. The slideshow can be set to automatically start after a user-specified time period with a choice of 30/60 seconds or 5/15 minutes. Among the supplied transitions are fade, shutter and dissolve. You can insert a random or selected transition effect between images. With the slideshow, you can opt for a choice of slow, normal and fast when it comes to the speed of the slideshow. ![]() Options are available to view a single image, video clip or a slideshow of all images stored on connected media devices. Similar facilities are available from the supplied remote control which, with its predominately off-white coating, is hardly an advert for colour-co-ordination. These buttons allow you to access and navigate through the various menu options and settings. Various control options are positioned along the top of the device. Running down the right side of the unit are sockets for power input audio out standard and mini USB leads and a card reader slot for SD, MMC, MS and Memory Stick Pro media. There is a swivel lock lever located on the back of the unit but I was unable to discover any reason for the presence of this lock either in the slim Quick Start Guide or the slightly more comprehensive PDF version supplied on a CD. ![]() There does not appear to any way, which I could discover, to change the device’s orientation from the default landscape to portrait. This digital photo frame can be either wall-mounted or positioned on a flat surface while being supported by an adjustable stand. ![]()
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