This a very special gear, the Impossible Instant Lab.
It allows you to print pictures from your smartphone. The first version
was for I-Phones only. But soon there was a second version for other
phones like the Samsung Galaxy series. And there was a conversion kit.
Mine is a converted first version, found cheap with several packs of
film, an unwanted birthday present.
You need a compatible phone
and the Impossible App. The app leads you thruogh the process, it's
easy. You choose your picture, it works with imported pictures from any
other source as well, if it's in your phone. Then you choose the part
to be printed, it has to be square for obvious reasons, zooming is
possible. You put your phone on the Lab, retract the dark slide and
wait. The Lab connects to your phone and exposes the picture. It makes
a shutter noise. You have to push back the slide (if not you photo will
be ruined when you lift the phone). You push the eject button and there
is your photo.
Some pictures:
The Impossible Instant Lab Box.
Box open
What's in the Box.
The Instant Lab folded.
Back view.
The Instant Lab unfolded.
Seen from the back, dark slide removed.
Look inside.
With a Galaxy Phone on top.
I
first bought a battered Galaxy S3 to test it. Works fine. It doesn't
work with the early Duos series. My new J5 2017 Duos works fine as
well, it chooses S3 mode. The Instant Lab is a gadget, but a must-have
for people who are into Instant photography. It's a lot of fun.
In
case that you lost your charger, Impossible can't send you a new one or
at least they don't want to. It's a very special charger which links to
an USB socket. Apparently the voltage is transformed to the higher
voltage of the Lab. But there might be a solution: The battery has 7.4
volt. With a multi-charger set to 7.5 volt and to normal polarity (+ on
mine) I was able to charge the battery. You may have to survey
charging, I don't know if this combination recognizes overcharging.
And: there is no warranty that this might work for your Lab. It did on
mine, but I only charged an hour. This is what I used:
