Fujifilm Instax Mini LiPlay Instant Camera (USB-C) - Misty White

The Fujifilm Instax Mini LiPlay (USB-C) is a 5MP instant camera in Misty White, weighing 255g. It uses contrast detection and face detection autofocus and connects via Bluetooth or USB-C.

• Camera sensor format: 1/5 inch
• Not weather sealed.

Technical Details

Fujifilm Instax Mini LiPlay - Misty White The Fujifilm Instax Mini LiPlay, a recent addition to the Mini Series, presents a sophisticated blend of digital and film, offering hybrid capabilities.

Digitally recording yet capable of producing photos on instax mini film, the Mini LiPlay provides the flexibility of printing any image, at any time, and in any quantity. The digital shooting process further facilitates Bluetooth connectivity, enabling control over the camera via a smartphone.

This feature also allows for the printing of photos from your mobile, as well as the application of filters and frames to your shots prior to printing. A unique feature of the Mini LiPlay is the inclusion of a dedicated sound recording button.

This permits the recording of audio and its attachment to your prints via a QR code, which can be scanned to play the sound whilst viewing the image.

Beyond its hybrid capture-to-print technology, the camera boasts a particularly compact and stylish design. It features a fixed wide-angle lens, an inbuilt flash, an integrated selfie mirror, and a rear LCD monitor for image composition and printing setup.

Key Features

• Hybrid capture-to-print technology
• Bluetooth connectivity
• Dedicated sound recording button
• Fixed wide-angle lens
• Integrated selfie mirror

Camera Design

This hybrid instant camera combines convenient digital image capture with traditional instant film output, allowing you to shoot freely and print whenever desired or reprint an image as many times as desired.

It accepts INSTAX MINI instant film to produce 60.96 x 45.72 mm images on a credit card-sized, 86.36 x 53.34 mm sheet. The fixed 28mm-equivalent lens offers a versatile wide-angle perspective, and the f/2 aperture is well-suited for working in a variety of lighting conditions. The lens also has a 99.06 mm minimum focusing distance for working with close-up subjects.

The rear 68.58 mm 230k-dot LCD monitor is used for composing imagery as well as reviewing photos and navigating the printing menu. A small selfie mirror is built into the front of the lens design for accurately composing self-portraits. The compact design is easy to handle, and the body incorporates a large shutter release button on the front of the camera.

The built-in flash provides additional illumination when working in low-light conditions, and this light is also used to indicate the self-timer countdown.

Bluetooth Connectivity

Bluetooth connectivity allows a smartphone to pair with the camera for remote shooting control as well as wireless printing of images from the smartphone. A dedicated smartphone app allows you to preview images before printing as well as add colourful frames and filters.

Three shortcut buttons can be used to assign frames for printing, and these can be configured using the smartphone app. The camera has a dedicated sound recording button, and audio can be recorded in conjunction with each exposure, with this audio associated to a unique QR code on the print, and audio playback is possible by reading the QR code with a smartphone.