Hasselblad Instax Square kickstarter

[etn]

Just stumbled on this:
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What do you guys think?

In my understanding, the Instax Square was not an analog process (like Polaroid or previous Fuji instant film), but a digital camera + digital printer. Apparently I was wrong - or, how would that Hassy back work?

 

[Richard Man]

You are thinking about something else, one of the new Fuji "instant" camera. The Instax is instant film.

There's another on going on currently. That one (retivot or something) has automation so no hand cranking is needed. Currently I am backing that one, but if this one looks like it may get funded, I will probably back this one as well.

 

[etn]

Richard,
I was thinking about this:
http://www.fujifilm.com/products/instant_photo/cameras/instax_square_sq10/#specifications
as well as:
https://www.dpreview.com/articles/5319951009/instax-square-sq10-review

Clearly a digital camera + printer. But so it seems that the camera indeed prints on instant film, not on photo paper ??!? I didn't know this was possible. I'm confused!

Thanks for the info about the other Hassy back project! Will check it out.

 

[etn]

Here's the kickstarter project Richard mentioned:
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[Eric Rose]

Gee is it April 1st already?

 

[Sirius Glass]

1. It is Polaroid like film
2. It requires cocking the camera and cranking the film.

It lost me at both points but especially the last.

 

[Oren Grad]

I was thinking about this:
http://www.fujifilm.com/products/instant_photo/cameras/instax_square_sq10/#specifications
as well as:
https://www.dpreview.com/articles/5319951009/instax-square-sq10-review

Clearly a digital camera + printer. But so it seems that the camera indeed prints on instant film, not on photo paper ??!? I didn't know this was possible. I'm confused!

The SQ10 camera has a built-in "printer" that uses the same technology as the free-standing Instax SHARE SP-1/2/3 devices. They all accept Instax film (mini, in the case of the SP-1 and SP-2, square in the case of the SQ10 and SP-3) and expose it with an OLED engine.

I have an SQ10. It takes micro-SD cards, and with a bit of hassle you can import image files that were not made with the SQ10 and use the camera to print them. Just to see what could be done, I've used the camera to print scans from 6x6cm color and B&W negatives on Instax Square film.

 

[F994]

Gee is it April 1st already?

Apparently not, but I have some doubts that they'll get completely founded.
Too bad, both projects are incredibly interesting.