{"id":6382,"date":"2013-09-15T15:49:12","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T07:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/?p=6382"},"modified":"2020-03-11T10:01:07","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T02:01:07","slug":"unboxing-instant-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/?p=6382","title":{"rendered":"Unboxing The Instant Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A week after this cool toy arrived and finally I find time to unbox it. Yeah &#8230; life&#8217;s been really busy these days and there is never a dull moment but I sure miss my cameras. Anyway &#8230; the Instant Lab arrived after I totally forgotten that I pledged for one some many months back. First I received a notification that it is leaving Hong Kong on the way to my desk in Singapore &#8230; and a couple of days later the status (on the postal tracking site) indicated that it was returned to the sender. Yeah &#8230; irritating! I was later informed that there was a mix up (!!!) and they almost sent me a wrong one (!!!).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Enough of history lessons. I can&#8217;t wait to try it but &#8230; but &#8230; I have a BIG problem. I do not have an iPhone! Well I do have an iPhone 5 but it is with my partner for some product testing purposes. Not sure if my iPod Touch 5 will work but I was able to download and install the Instant Lab application on it. I have decided to put off the testing til next week because I&#8217;ll be zapping out for an appointment once I finish posting this entry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here are some photos I took when I unboxed it &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/miscellaneous-digital-4\/instantlab1.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Instant Lab is finally here!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/miscellaneous-digital-4\/instantlab2.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Hmm &#8230; it does say that it works with iPod Touch! Cool! I&#8217;ll go try it soon!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/miscellaneous-digital-4\/instantlab3.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Nice to meet you too! This cute welcome message reminds me of Lensbaby&#8217;s &#8216;Hello Mama!&#8217; when I open up the boxes of their products.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/miscellaneous-digital-4\/instantlab4.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The USB charger cable. Huh? Why do we need to charge it? Why ain&#8217;t it using the battery pack that&#8217;s in the film pack? No time to figure that out (yet). I&#8217;ll assume it is gonna use both the batteries &#8230; otherwise they could have just made cheaper film packs that don&#8217;t contain built-in batteries!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/miscellaneous-digital-4\/instantlab5.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A cloth bag to keep the Instant Lab warm and comfy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/miscellaneous-digital-4\/instantlab6.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The user manual and some cute info sheets.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/miscellaneous-digital-4\/instantlab7.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The sexy black box that contains the Instant Lab.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/miscellaneous-digital-4\/instantlab8.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Finally &#8230; the box cover is off and here is the Instant Lab! The top cover that is shaped like an iPhone with the word &#8216;IMPOSSIBLE&#8217; is supposed to be removed before we start using the camera. That&#8217;s where we place the iPhone.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/miscellaneous-digital-4\/instantlab9.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ahem &#8230; see that? Yeah &#8230; I pledged (and burned a bit more money) to have my blog URL engraved on it. Cool ain&#8217;t it? \ud83d\ude00<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/miscellaneous-digital-4\/instantlab10.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ok &#8230; the fun and weird looking part of this <del>camera<\/del> printer &#8230; pull up the top assembly and it becomes a tower. Hahaha! Yeah &#8230; it has to be extended before you start printing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/miscellaneous-digital-4\/instantlab11.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Remove this? Okay!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/miscellaneous-digital-4\/instantlab12.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Hmm &#8230; no mention of iPod Touch but I guess it will work fine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/miscellaneous-digital-4\/instantlab13.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The metal plate that you slide out before the actual printing starts. From some videos I saw online &#8230; you have to push it back in once the film is exposed. If I am not wrong, the LED light (flash) on the phone turns on when the exposing starts and goes off when it is done. That&#8217;s when you gotta push in this metal plate. I am just guessing as I haven&#8217;t got time to learn how to use it. \ud83d\ude1b<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/miscellaneous-digital-4\/instantlab14.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I opened up the front but decided to load the pack of film later only when I am ready to test it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/miscellaneous-digital-4\/instantlab15.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all &#8230; some photos from the unboxing process. It is now charging (manual says it takes 1 or 2 hours) and getting ready for some fun test shots! Stay tuned for the test results.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A week after this cool toy arrived and finally I find time to unbox it. Yeah &#8230; life&#8217;s been really busy these days and there is never a dull moment but I sure miss my cameras. 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