9/15/2023 0 Comments Canon cliq2![]() ![]() ![]() From a photography point of view, the viewfinder is just in another world compared to the garbage contained in the Instax Mini 11, the ergonomics are sorted (Canon * know* how to design a camera and it shows) and right at your fingertips you can press a button to select vivid colours or black and white shots. The Canon is slimmer, feels far more solid and robust in the hand and has a few really useful functions built in to the body. Straight out of the box it is immediately apparent where your extra money has gone. Canon have taken the time to create something which justifies the £125 (ish) price they’re currently charging as of December 2022. The trade off though is a complete void when it comes to functions. They have, then, designed the Printomatic to a price and actually have done a decent job. Kodak also know children are prone to accidents, so at £59 it’s firmly in the ballpark of just about acceptable pricing to not be too painful should it meet a sorry end in a bowl of weetabix, or worse. Kodak are not stupid, they know that a large part of their market is young children who love the tactile nature of instant prints and the super addictive self adhesive backing which means they can plaster their bedrooms, books, the dog or each other with their creations. For that money, if budget is key to the decision making process, then the choice is made, there is no point looking any further. The Kodak Printomatic is in a league of its own when it comes to price at around £59. Straight off the bat, the Canon Zoemini is not a budget option. What does paying more get you? Unlike Fujifilm and Kodak, Canon at least see fit to chuck in 10 sheets of paper to get you started. So, is this a decent imaging tool with the added bonus of instant prints or not? Let’s find out. I did note that many sites are claiming to have reviewed it when in reality they are reproducing specification sheets and comments made elsewhere, with absolutely no test shots or evidence they’d ever laid hands on one. Oddly, though, I couldn’t find a robust or reliable review of it anywhere other than one overview on Youtube. Regardless of the branding, on the face of it the Canon does seem to be a camera that ticked all the requirement boxes. Why the name Zoe offends Americans I’m not quite sure, but clearly Canon thought enough of it to change the name. The criteria was simple, the next camera needed to be:Īfter doing some digging I discovered (quite literally, I had no idea they existed before) that Canon have been slowly iterating a Zink based compact camera for a few years now in the form of the Zoemini or Ivy Cliq if you live in America. The Zink based Printomatic had one or two flaws but wasn’t an inherently bad camera that certainly did enough as a “proof of concept” to make me seek out another. The less said about the Instax the better. Very recently I tested out two instant print cameras, the Fujifilm Instax Mini 11 and the Kodak Printomatic. ![]()
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