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Kodak Mini Shot

17th January 2025

Instant cameras and printers at CES

Walking around the halls of the Consumer Electronics Show I stopped at a second Kodak booth. After talking to one of the reps at this booth I learned that these products are produced by a third party under license to use the Kodak name and brand.

Here the company was showing off a slightly different set of instant print cameras and easy to use printers.

Mini Shot 2 makes 2″ x 3″ instant prints. Costs $129 with cartridges for 68 photos.
Mini 2 Retro printer for 2″ x 3″ prints. Costs $99 with cartridges for 68 photos.
Dock ERA for 4″ x 6″ prints. Costs $139 with cartridges for 90 photos.
Mini 3 ERA for 3″ x 3″ prints. Costs $119 with cartridges for 68 prints.
This is a cartridge containing the 3″ print paper

At this booth there were several other camera and printers with various features. For more information on these and other offerings please visit Kodak

Written by:

Arnie Lee

Las Vegas Casinos

15th January 2025

Along the Strip

Below are some of the casinos for those of you who haven’t yet visited Las Vegas.

Many of the casinos are located on Las Vegas Boulevard which is commonly known as The Strip. Together the casinos provide an exciting, colorful light show during the evening.


Nikon Zf Mirrorless

15th January 2024

Nikon at CeS<br />

A Bright Orange Camera

 

If you read my previous post, you’ll know that I recently returned from attending the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Since the 1980’s Ive been attending CES which showcases many of the newest gadgets and products that are destined to be delivered to the marketplace.

At the Nikon booth a bright orange colored camera caught my attention. This was the Nikon Zf which was introduced last November (2023).


The Nikon Zf is a 24mp full frame mirrorless camera that shares some of the looks of older classic SLRs – the familiar pyramid viewfinder, a circular shutter dial, an independent ISO dial.

I was told that it’s able to capture 11fps stills and handle 4K video at 30fps. The autofocus tracking can recognize nine types of subjects. The image stabilization is linked to the AF point. The rear screen is fully articulated. The camera also features several dedicated black and white modes.

For the fashionable photographer the Zf is available in six different colors.

The price is about $2250 with 40mm f/2 lens.

After speaking to the Nikon rep who explained the camera’s features, he walked me over to their in-booth photo studio for a demonstration.

I registered my name and email address and found myself in line to have my picture taken. Here the photographer was using the Zf camera surrounded by a set of lightboxes.

After sitting for a series of six photos I walked over to the nearby monitor where the artist assistant showed me the resulting pictures.

Whatever the artist did, the portraits turned out better than my real life visage.


Later in the day, the images from the photoshoot arrived in my email box.

Here are a couple of the portraits taken with the Nikon Zf.

 




 

My thanks go to the people from Nikon for a new set of portraits and for showing me another one of their newest capable cameras.

 

 

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