IT’S SORTA THE SAME BUT DIFFERENT; THERE IS the Polaroid camera whirl-like sound of the a print ejecting from the camera, the impatient wait for the image to develop, and the delight of almost instant gratification. However, different-wise, it’s not quite instant inasmuch as I need to send the image to the printer from my iPhone and, re: to obtain the result I want, I make a few simple adjustments-density, saturation, contrast-on the printer app and then hit the print button..
Nevertheless, in very short order I have a print in hand. A print that I can pass around to on-hand relatives or friends, an act which engenders much more delight than handing an iPhone around. And, should a request be expressed that someone would like a copy of the print, I can just press the print button and viola.
FYI, the palm sized printer is a Fujifilm Instax Mini Link 2 Smartphone Printer.-$100US at B&H. The prints are credit card size. Prints can be made from a just-made photo or from any picture in my iPhone’s picture library. Images are sent to the printer from my iPhone via Bluetooth (any phone with bluetooth will do). Print cost is $.66 a piece when purchased in a 6-pack. Each print pack has 10 prints. BTW, there is an Instax Wide Link Printer-2.4 x 3.9" prints-and an Instax Square Link Printer-2.44 x 2.44" prints-available.
This thing is a genuine more-fun-than-a-barrel-of-monkeys print making device. I mean, after making the purchase, how much photo fun can you have for only 66 cents a pop-actually, a whirl-is never ending.
All of that written, I now have a new objective, photography-wise. I want to create / exhibit The World’s Smallest Photo Exhibition. If I am able to get the word out far-and-wide enough, I would like to receive Instax print submissions made by others for consideration for the exhibition.