KODAK Printomatic Full-Color Instant Print Digital Camera - Colorful Photos On Zink 2x3" Sticky-Back Photo Paper - 5MP, Portable, Creative Fun Gift for Birthday, Christmas, Holiday - Yellow

When Kodak announced they will release a Zink instant camera, I could not be happier. As an owner of the Polaroid Zink Snap and Fuji Instax 9, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on one. Growing up we always had Kodak around the house, and we have many pictures that we printed with our Kodak’s. And I am very excited about the PrintomaticFirst of all for the price of $69.99 it is a great value, and the design looks great, you can choose a yellow or grey color version. The Zink quality is great with the camera.Included in the box is: Printomatic, USB cable, QSG, Hand Strap. (Note no paper is included so make sure you get some of those as well)Even though Fuji Instax is similar price, Instax quality doesn’t compare to the Kodak Zink quality. Also with Kodak it is a digital camera so you can save the pictures you take, and most important cost per print is $0.50 for Zink and it is close to $1 for FujiIt was very simple to insert the paper into the camera back door, just make sure blue paper is facing downwards , which will print out in first print and it cleans the cameraVery simple to use, choose color or black and white option, then just snap. And picture will print out very fast.All in all I highly recommend this as your instant option

I bought these for my wedding last weekend. The idea was for people to take pictures throughout the evening so we could have a few instant photos of the event. I was a bit worried that people would not know how to take a photo with this camera because I tried it myself and it seemed more difficult than I expected. So I put a few people in charge of teaching others how to use it.Despite this strategy, chaos ensued. People kept pressing the power button instead of the photo button. People kept asking if the camera took the photo or not, how long to pose for, and when the photo would come out. It takes like 45 seconds before it spits out your photo with no indication (sound, light, etc) to notify you of the status. Because of this unbearable pause, people just try taking new photos. Sometimes it spit out these additional photos and sometimes it does not. There is no consistency. Most photos wound up decapitating people's heads. The photo color created a sort of demonic ambiance.However, it was these issues that caused many guests to bond throughout the night. The confusion surrounding this product and photos generated from it caused many hearty laughs. It's clunky process has created a nostalgic memory.

Tl;Dr: This is a good LOOKING product, and does exactly what it says it will. However, photo quality is not at all what it should be, and the mechanics are quite finicky. If you must have an instant-develop camera, keep looking.I researched instant-print cameras and this was supposed to be a good choice if you want a photo larger than two postage stamps put together. Unfortunately, more research after I got it home and tried it out (and assumed I must be doing something wrong) tells me that no, it's just not a good product for what it's supposed to do: take and print photos.The quality of the pictures is terrible. Blurry, with washed out colors, and color that is just plain incorrect (a medium jewel purple came out almost pastel, etc). The lack of control over flash is a serious flaw as the camera's sensor seems to think it needs to go off any time you're indoors and not in the very brightest of lighting, so on top of everything the photos often come out seriously over-exposed. I get the feeling you'd get much better results taking pics from about six feet away (as is the intended use), but didn't waste more film trying that out.You're better off snapping pictures with your phone and taking a few extra seconds to just print them out in a small size. Very disappointed. Really wanted this to work so I could easily take pictures for journaling, but the photo quality is a non-starter, especially for the price.In addition:- The button to take a photo is VERY sensitive, so don't hold your finger anywhere near it until you're ready to take a picture- The frame in the viewfinder is extreeeemely inaccurate for photos that are taken within a few feet of the subject. I went through probably three to five shots before I figured out how to take them without getting several inches cut off of each side.- Definitely get extra film out of the gate (and I recommend a little case, too, otherwise it's just sitting out waiting to get scratched or banged around). The starer pack mine came with had five sheets, not ten, and I went through all of them just on the learning curve.

Kids loved it for Christmas. The picture quality was mediocre. But kids had fun with it and that’s all that counts.

I used this for my daughter’s graduation party for guest to take photos with. The print quality comes out great, the camera holds together well and is very well made. My kids have fun with it and all use it even after the party and they love all the mini pictures they get out of it.