March 2019

No, I am not advocating a return to the simple life of our peasant ancestors; I've seen what cows can do in a paddock. I am asking you to give up the complexities of internet webs and the transfer of files and take up simple prints. Not with the giant printer, the calibrated monitor, and the hand-laid archival paper. Just a little print in your hand that you can look at without a battery or a Wifi hot point. An Instax print. If you've got a Fujifilm Instax camera and a packet of film you can go out and make 10 of 'em yourself right now, and the simple operation of the camera means that they'll all look pretty good. But what if you already have some pretty good images trapped in your mobile phone or your Fujifilm camera right now - and you want to share them? You break out the Instax Share SP-3 printer. And you start to make square instant prints.   I won't mention another brand name that also used to make square prints, but the nostalgic amongst you will...