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“Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is.”

Anon

There is one thing you need to know about the new Instax Mini LiPlay… It is the best Instax ever released and this is why:

  • You can take photos with the digital camera
  • Apply filters and frames
  • Record a voice note and print it to the photo by QR code
  • It has a selfie mirror
  • You can print from your phone
  • It uses the same film as your Instax Mini 8 or 9
  • It is super easy to use

The Instax Mini LiPlay is available in speckled white, black and rose gold. It comes with a strap and battery charging cable. It will set you back over 2k, but if I had to choose… this camera would be top of my list in the instant photo category.

You can also opt to get the Instax SP2 Printer to print photos from your phone, but if you get the LiPlay you have the best of printer and digital camera plus the only camera (as far as I know) that will let you link a voice memo to it.

…and yes, I am well aware that there are places that will print your photos to an Instax film, but they won’t add frames or crop it a little. I did this, at home, in my own time, with my own Instax camera.

…or you could just have your photos printed in the mall. On that note, FujiFilm has developed a new app you install on your phone. You can find the nearest printer that uses the app, load the photos you want to print into the app and send it to your chosen location (you’ll have to pay before they print), but still, no memory sticks and WhatsApping your photos.

The first thing I did with my Instax Mini LiPlay…

Print photos of my mom! Then my kids… The best part was that I could go back in time and print old photos. This camera gave me something that no other camera currently on the market could.

I’m making an album for each of my kids, so that no matter what, they will always remember the good times they had with us.

A picture is worth a thousand words, but the memories are priceless…

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…and this is where I am

After a big loss you realise what you won’t have anymore. This is where a printed photograph will help you to keep those memories fresh in your mind and the good times close to your heart.

I fell out of love with my Instax Mini 8 and 9. It can’t give me what I need, to print the memories I already have and I can’t move onto capturing new memories just yet.

We were next to my mom’s sickbed for a month, day in, day out from 9 to sometimes after 6. At first we hoped she would get better, get out and give us all hell again. She didn’t get better, she got worse day after day. She shrunk and all we got do was be there until the end.

Those last images of her are etched onto my mind – and those are the only images I want to forget. That is not who she was. That is not her life. That is not her.

She made enough memories to last us a lifetime more – and we have them spread out on albums and in our phones. I’ve started printing them to help me come to terms with the loss of my mom – but also to replace those haunting hospital images in my mind.

memories to last a lifetime

The day I realised what I needed…

I went to the Instax mini LiPlay and Printlife Exhibition launch at Sandton City. I didn’t want to go out just yet, but I’m glad I did because I tried out the FujiFilm SmartPrint app and printed a few photos of my mom and family. The best part of my day was winning an Instax mini LipPlay. This little camera gave me what I wanted, instant print from my camera phone.

Easy LiPlay

I’ll do another post to show you how to create a memory jar with Instax photos – because that’s what I did with these precious photos.