Thrift Store Find: iZone Digital Combo
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 6:42PM 
I see lot's of Polaroid iZone cameras at the thrift stores, but this is the first time I've run across this particular model. I've never heard of it before either. It's called the iZone Digital Combo camera. It's an iZone camera with a built-in digital camera added to the top. According to the Land List, it was produced in 2000-2001 and originally cost $99.95.
It sports a .3Mp digital camera with 1Mb of memory, 18 digital photos at 680x480p, an RS-232 serial PC connection, an optical viewfinder with no display LCD.
The iZone section of the camera is a standard iZone camera. The analog and digital cameras are separate from each other, but appear to share the same power source, since there is a switch to transfer the 4-AAA power source from one camera to the other.
Unlike most of my thrift store purchases, I don't consider this a usable camera, as iZone film is no longer available and the digital camera requires an outdated PC connection and PC software to download the photos.
Cost: $5.99
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Reader Comments (5)
This is nice because it provides a two way process on how you can use it.It depends upon on you what is the best thing to do in order for you to have a good compilation of photos to keep for a lifetime.
I had this camera when I was in middle school, it was awesome even though I never knew it cost that much back then! The digital part was kind of iffy but the izone sticker picture part is great! I miss all of my polaroid cameras, this one too even though my original izone was better.
I still have and use the digital part of this camera. The pictures come out neat, kind of artsy. You need the Izone disk to download the pictures. If you need a copy I'll see if I can send it.
CLB - I know it's a long shot, but I see you are still able to use the digital part of the camera? I'm thinking about purchasing one of these off eBay, and was wondering if in fact these still do work on newer-version PCs?
Dan-
I haven't tried the digital camera. Mostly due to the fact that I'm a Mac computer user and there are no suitable drivers for it. You may have better luck with some of the 3rd party drivers that are around for old digital cameras and PCs. If you do take the plunge and are able to make it work, let me know.