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It\u2019s been a long while since the days of Polaroid and instafilm\u2019s dominance over an industry since turned to the much-quicker method of smartphones with cameras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that doesn\u2019t mean that makers aren\u2019t still giving the instant film market a shot, Kodak being among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Revealed at CES 2019, the SMILE printer from Kodak uses some pretty cool tech underpinning it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A printer that uses \u201czero ink\u201d technology, the Kodak SMILE joins products from others such as Canon and the aforementioned Polaroid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zink printers, as the technology is called, are incredibly popular with consumers as they provide cheap, fast ways to make physical prints of photos<\/a> anywhere, anytime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Think of it as the Polaroid for the modern era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best of all is the fact that Zink paper tends to be cheap at $10 for a 20 pack. Not only does that make it affordable for most people but, as Photography Bay<\/a> points out, makes this cheaper than Fujifilm\u2019s Instax line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kodak says the SMILE printer produces 3.51\u2033 x 4.25\u2033 prints with up to 35 prints per unit charge. The price for the SMILE will be about $USD 150 with an initial ship date sometime later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The camera has a fixed-focus lens and stores photos on a MicroSD card in a JPEG format. To help with capturing the shot, the device even has a pop-up optical viewfinder. It even has wireless printer capabilities when interfacing with the companion Kodak Instant Print Companion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other photography news, Photography Bay<\/a> reports that Kodak\u2019s ill-conceived cryptocurrency drive is dead per reports from this year\u2019s CES. If you will recall, Kodak had developed a scheme to use blockchain technology to somehow enforce copyright on photos. Many people perceived it as an attempt to cash-in on the crypto fad and Kodak has decided it just isn\u2019t worth it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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