KODAK Mini Shot 3 Retro Camera Bundle

Overall, I’m very satisfied with this product. If you want a state of the art HD professional printer/camera, keep moving along, this is not for you. It prints high quality pictures from your phone, but not top of the line quality. It’s a fun retro camera/printer that will capture great family and friend pics for albums or display in your home. Super convenient and stylish, I print great quality pics from my phone all the time, and the camera function is there in a pinch if I need it.

Likes: prints great photos from your phone via bluetooth, nice case and cool design, photo print quality is very good, several fun options for filters and borders, photos can be edited to get the print to look like you want it to (saturation, sharpness, contrast, etc.), prints come out finished in less than a minute (but not instantly, the picture goes in and out 4 times)

Things To Know: this is best used as a printer in my opinion, picture quality will obviously not be as good as your phone when using the camera feature, the little preview screen on the back does not have high enough resolution for you to really be able to tell the quality of the picture you just took (minor blurriness or poor focus will not be obvious), if you’re printing more than 10 or 15 photos then you’ll need to probably keep it charging

I rarely write reviews, but upon purchasing and using this product and seeing the onslaught of negative reviews, I had to sit down and type one out.

First, I do not understand the negative reviews. Maybe some critical thinking skills aren’t being applied when others have bought this product. You see lots of “My iPhone/Android camera takes better quality pictures!” in the complaints. Let’s dissect this. Most smartphones nowadays retail for nearly $1,000 in total, and a key element in their advertising is not only the quality of the built in cameras but the constant improves from model to model. Of course, a smart phone camera is going to produce better quality pictures. It’s one of the reasons we spend our hard earned money on them. If all we needed was a device to call and text, we’d still be using flip phones. Let’s put our thinking caps on and remember why the little computers in our pockets can take excellent if not astounding quality pictures – because they’re built to!

Now, this Kodak camera does state it prints “superior photo” quality, but it does not boast “state of the art” quality or even “smart phone” quality, because it knows its place and that would be a flat out lie. Read the fine print, people! Superior does not automatically equate to breathtaking, especially when you look at the product itself. Once again, this is a basic camera/tool. It is not built to be an equal to a smartphone which is essentially, as I said, a mini-computer; It is not built to be an equal to even the lowest tier of professional photography cameras. It IS however, built to be a simple, basic photo taking device that you can also connect to your phone, iPad or other supported device if you choose to.

It does what it says on the box, so I am happy with this purchase. I suspect other customers were expecting something far more complex and souped up, and that is not what this camera is.

Now, the only cons I have for it is that printing process is a little slow, but it takes less than a minute. The paper quality is good though, so I’ll let this slide. You can’t have everything, especially if you’re buying something that is quite budget when it comes to bells and whistles. And that’s another thing I’d like to mention – this prints on modern day photo paper. Do not expect the thick, flimsy paper that actual polaroid cameras printed on. If that’s what you’re after, then you’ll be better off heading over to eBay or a pawn shop.

This is a modern take on an old school favorite. Understand what you’re buying, and you will be a satisfied customer.

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This is a fun little camera/photo printer.
You can take a photo with this camera and print it or print a photo from the camera roll on a mobile device.
If you take a photo with this camera, options are print or delete. No photo card, so delete means deleted.
Also, like others wrote, photos printed from a camera roll are much better than ones taken with this camera.
It is fun to snap and print, but you will be happier taking photos with your phone and using this as a printer to print them. The photos will come out as good as photos printed via an online service.
I do print most of mine online anyway, as I am not sure of the longevity of these instant photos, as far as colour and clarity. The old Polaroids from my youth are faded and grainy, but this photo paper is different technology and doesn’t have that layer of chemical inside, so I am thinking these will last a lot longer.
And, the colours! They are accurate. I have taken several photos of food with my iPhone and printed them with this Kodak instant printer. The food is so realistic it looks like the actual food and not a photo of food. I have another Kodak camera (Step). It uses Zink paper and prints 2 x 3s. The printed photos come out NOTHING like the actual photos. Ever. I edit. Does not matter. It’s disheartening. Very disappointing. I hope someone works on that technology and they put out an updated printer that prints like this Kodak camera/printer. I love this one! Oh, and you can write on the white part (edges) and also the back if you want to label them with dates, events, names, etc. And, you can choose border or borderless!
The only negative thing about this camera/printer is the fact it is available in so many cute colours it is hard to choose which one to buy! Oh, that and the beeping, but I read somewhere it beeps when it is not fully charged. I hope that’s the reason! But, I totally recommend this printer. Print from your device. You will be so happy with this printer!