Impossible I-1

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The I-1 is a instant camera made by Impossible and released in Spring 2016.

The camera can uses two types of film, the I-type that don't contain a battery as well as classic Polaroids 600 type instant integral films with a battery. The base of the camera is the film compartment which is similar to the unit from Impossible's instant film printer the Instant Lab. The body of the camera is a unusual pyramid shape, while the front has a large ring flash. The flash has a total of twelve LEDs with four of them being used for close up. The lens uses a IR based five zone auto focus system. There are three main focusing ranges 1-2.2m, 2.2-4.5 and 4.5-inf. A close-up mode of 0.5-1m and a macro mode of 0.3-0.5m is also available. The camera is powered by a 500 mAh lithium-ion rechargeable battery which uses a micro USB to charge.

While the camera is a fully automatic exposure design, it can also connect via Bluetooth to a Apple iPhone mobile in order to enable more advanced control functions. These functions include, remote trigger, noise trigger, self-timer with option of 5, 10 and 20 seconds, double exposure, light painting, color paint, and scanning. The manual mode has additional controls for flash, focus, aperture and shutter speeds.

manual mode on I-1 App image by Studioesper (Image rights)