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Photo booths at weddings seem to be one part that is eternally popular, and different couples do it differently. Some leave an instant camera there for folks to shoot a photo and print it out on the spot, while others prefer to have a professional photographer capture the couples there (with their props) and print it out using a photo printer tucked away in a corner somewhere. I suppose the advent of technology makes things easier, as with the case of the £240 Impossible Instant Lab.

After all, smartphone cameras have gotten more and more impressive in their photo taking capabilities over the years, so much so that they have far outstripped the quality of entry level digital cameras of yesterday. With the Impossible Instant Lab, you will be able to turn those photos stored on your iPhone into an actual photo, and the entire shebang is extremely easy to use, printing out photos in a matter of seconds. From there, you will just need to wait for a little while and see these photos develop in the palm of your hand. Using it is a no-brainer, just select a photo on your iPhone, place the handset on the cradle, and press the eject button; and you’re good to go.
[ Impossible Instant Lab is the modern day Polaroid instant photo copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

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Going back to a physical medium isn’t just for vinyl lovers. The Impossible Project (TIP) wants to make our iPhone photos equally concrete through its extra-simple Impossible Instant Lab. Don’t worry about setting up AirPrint or otherwise jumping through software hoops: the Lab captures the screen and prints it to Polaroid-compatible instant film as a keepsake. The design is even collapsible and battery-powered in the event you’d like to hand out hard copies on the spot. It’s no hobbyist effort, either, with a Leica designer and a former Polaroid factory both involved in making the Lab a reality. TIP is planning to move beyond its initial iPhone 4 and 4S support to include future iPhones and, if all goes well, more commonplace Android hardware.

Investing in this Kickstarter project sidesteps novelties like t-shirts in favor of the real product — and provides a very strong incentive to buy early. Backers quick on the trigger can pay as little as $149 for a Lab with a voucher for free film, or about half the $299 retail price. Pay the full cost and you’ll get a special black version with an extra voucher, while $2,000 will provide both a gold edition and a trip to the ex-Polaroid factory in Enschede, The Netherlands. Cameras could be in retro photographers’ hands as soon as February, but only if TIP reaches its $250,000 funding goal by October 8th. If your parents would like a little more than a Facebook photo gallery as a souvenir, or Instagram just isn’t nostalgic enough, you can hit the source link to show support and make the Instant Lab real.

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