Teens Hooked On Instant Film

**domaz** · 17-Jun-2010, 14:02

Originally Posted by ethics_gradient

I've got a Dell Wasabi - it prints on Zink paper (no ink to buy, it's stored in the paper) can run off a battery, and lets you direct print via a digital camera's USB connection. It fits in a back pocket, I shot with it "tethered" at a local bicycle race and printed stuff out on the fly. Works pretty well, it's nice being able to choose the shots you want to print, instead of wasting the paper on known duds.

Yes I'm sure there is some digital system that can do it. But you aren't going to put a bunch of Dell Wasabi systems out on the table during a wedding reception to get instant snapshots to put on a Bulletin Board. It's just not the same..

**Joshua Dunn** · 18-Jun-2010, 05:53

I bought my wife a Polaroid PoGo for Christmas. It’s a clunky digital camera with a built in printer. You can take photos and store them on a data card like any digital camera but uou can also print them out on the spot. Prints 2”x3” borderless images.

**mdd99** · 22-Jun-2010, 17:22

Originally Posted by Joshua Dunn

I bought my wife a Polaroid PoGo for Christmas. It’s a clunky digital camera with a built in printer. You can take photos and store them on a data card like any digital camera but uou can also print them out on the spot. Prints 2”x3” borderless images.

What's the quality of the print like?

**awldune** · 24-Jun-2010, 13:31

Originally Posted by awldune

I think the New 55 guy has given up on producing a type 55 equivalent after some very rigorous cost analysis. His current plan seems to be to devise and share a reagent formula that allows regular sheetfilm to be field-processed in a single bath.

Apparently I was mistaken about this. He still wants to make a 55 replacement but it might need to have a different form factor than the current "pod" system.