Fujifilm Instax Mini LiPlay long camera

LiPlay is a hybrid camera that allows you to take, in addition to paper photos, digital photos that are saved in JPEG format on a microSD memory card or in the camera's internal memory (holds about 45 digital photos). The advantage of digital photography is that you can later choose the best photos to print as Instax photos. This saves film paper and money as failed shots are not printed as paper images. In addition to this, the LiPlay camera is a mobile printer, thanks to which you can print any image on instax mini film. So, for example, you can take a picture with your phone and print it on film, so you can quickly get a paper picture.

Instax Mini LiPlay, like other Fujifilm Instax Mini cameras, brings fun and a nostalgic feeling to the modern age, where many things have gone digital. LiPlay is as easy to use as, for example, the Instax Mini 9 instant camera, which easily makes the camera a favorite of the whole family. The image taken with the camera is printed as a physical paper image the size of a credit card (46x62mm). It only takes a minute to develop the image.

LiPlay takes taking selfies to the next level, because the camera also records sound if you want. If sound recording is activated, the camera records 10 seconds of sound during the next picture capture. Sound recording starts 5 seconds before the picture is taken. You can also record 10 seconds of sound on top of the previously taken picture. Voice recording can be used when you want to record a message to your loved one, add a voice tag to a picture or simply bring a new dimension to a picture by recording the sound of the environment. The voice tag prints a QR code on top of the paper image. When someone scans the relevant QR code with a smart device, a web address opens, where you can listen to the sound recorded in the code and see the image taken in digital form.

An application called LiPlay, which can be installed on a smart device, enables many additional features, such as:

• The smartphone acts as a remote trigger
• You can listen to and view pictures with audio recorded on them
• You can program the camera's three hotkeys (hotkeys can be used to change picture frames, there are 30 different ones)
• Image zooming and small cropping

Using the camera does not require the user to have any experience with instant cameras or photography. The camera is immediately ready for use - just insert the film cartridge and batteries and you can start shooting.

Camera specifications

• 1/5 inch CMOS sensor
• 2560 x 1920 pixels
• Internal memory for about 45 images, expandable with micro SD / micro SDHC memory cards (optional)
• Focal length 28 mm (cinematic equivalent)
• Maximum aperture F2.0
• Auto focus
• Focus range 10 cm - infinity
• Shutter speeds 1/4s to 1/8000s (auto)
• Sensitivity range ISO 100 - 1600 (auto)
• Programmed automatic exposure
• Exposure compensation +/- 2.0 EV (in 1/3 EV steps)
• Automatic white balance adjustment
• Automatic flash / forced flash / flash off
• Self-timers about 2s / 10s
• Photo frames and filters
• Option to add a sound recording to the image (1/image)

Printer specifications

• Uses 10 frame FUJIFILM Instant Mini film
• The outer dimensions of the image are 86 mm x 54 mm
• Image area size 62 mm x 46 mm
• Printing time approx. 12s

Other information

• Smartphone functions: playback of audio recording from the QR code of the image, wireless image printing, remote LiPlay camera triggering, adding image frames
• Micro USB connection (for charging the battery)
• Print capacity approx. 100 images (with fully charged battery)
• Battery charging time 2-3 hours
• Dimensions 82.5 x 122.9 x 36.7 mm
• Weight 255 g

In addition to the camera, the package includes a USB charging cable and a wrist strap.