Kodak 2"x3" Premium Zink Photo Paper (50 Sheets) Compatible with Kodak Smile, Kodak Step, PRINTOMATIC

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Do note that the first time you take a picture with this pack, the blue Color Calibration Sheet will eject first, with your photo printing immediately afterward. If we’ve one grumble it’s that the power on/off and shutter release buttons have both been placed next to each other on the far right of the top plate. Luke also heads up the iMore Show — a weekly podcast focusing on Apple news, rumors, and products but likes to have some fun along the way.

While not perfect, the pricier model has the advantage of a back plate LCD for reviewing shots before printing them – and so avoiding waste. Printing is a fully automatic process that commences a second or two after the shutter release button has been squeezed. The shutter release also seems rather sensitive generally, and we found ourselves accidentally taking pictures when we didn’t mean to. Of course, our minor grievances come with the caveat that the focus here is on fun rather than color and subject fidelity. iMore offers spot-on advice and guidance from our team of experts, with decades of Apple device experience to lean on.There are a few different versions of Zink paper that Kodak sells, and if you get the wrong one, it won't work with the Kodak Printomatic. The Kodak Printomatic is a fun way to capture your memories and keep them on something physical, in this case, Zink paper. Plus instead of the instant print camera being powered by the usual handful of bulky AAs, instead, there’s a rechargeable lithium battery secreted within the Kodak’s plastic body.

It involves sliding open the back cover and dropping the sheets into the recess provided, with the blue calibration sheet at the bottom, before pushing the rear plate back into place. We borrowed the USB cable that comes supplied with the more expensive Kodak Step Touch Instant Print Camera; otherwise, we’d just have been left with a rather colorful plastic doorstop.

While there are devices now available that add rear plate LCD screens and various in-camera editing options to provide users with an experience somewhere between an analog and a digital camera, the Kodak Printomatic Instant Print Digital Camera is pretty much as basic as we can get. There’s no carry case or lens protector supplied with the camera – it arrives with a peel-off adhesive sheet protecting the lens out of the box – although third-party manufacturers do offer optional camera cases that fit this model. Though, as with most instant print cameras it’s mostly a case of ‘point and pray’ when shooting here, this Kodak’s old-school optical viewfinder, positioned top left hand corner of the camera back, does provides the handy guide of a small frame overlay. We’re not great fans of the washed-out colors delivered by Kodak’s zero ink 'Zink' prints when compared with Instax instant prints from rival Fuji.