Canon - IVY Cliq Instant Film Camera - Mint Green

the quality, and instant photo is amazing. I've already started my little album. I love it i got the blue one and the shine is amazing.

Have you ever been taking a picture and thought wow I wish I could just have an instant picture to have and share? Well look no further Canon has made the IVY CLIQ to fill your instant picture needs! This compact lightweight camera takes a beautiful picture and prints it out in under a minute! No more uploading and going to the store! So, what are the core features of this camera you may wonder? • Snap 5 MP photos to print instantly • Take great selfies with the Selfie Mirror • Print fun 2"x3" photos in 50 seconds or less • Every photo has a peel & stick back • Save all your photos with the MicroSD card slot • Simply press the reprint button right on the camera and print an additional 2x3" photo to share with friends Unboxing the camera was straight forward and came with a 10-sheet picture pack to print on. It is recharged by small microUSB cable (included). The camera is thin and compact enough to hold in your hand or use the included strap. The camera does sport some trendy colors such as the Seaside Blue (which is the one I have), Bumble Bee Yellow or Lady Bug Red! So, whatever your personality is the color is there to fit! So, lets get to the details! Does it work? Oh, does it! This camera sports some quick printing time and looks high quality for the 2x3 format. Once you print the photos you can choose to stick them on stuff, or you can make a collage as they are a nice 2x3 size (perfect for those baby books and scrapbooking! Selfie Mode? Yes, this camera has a faux selfie mode by including a small selfie mirror on the front so you can get that perfect angle of that perfect moment. Nice thing is you can hit the reprint button and reprint that selfie again and give to your friend or loved one no need to take another photo. So how long doe sit last on one charge? 28 photos printed on one charge for me. Which isn’t that bad considering you aren’t going to be taking hundreds of these at a time. It only takes 90 minutes to fully recharge the battery. It does have an auto off feature after approx. 5 min so need to worry if you leave on by accident. The ZINK Photo paper Packs are inexpensive at 5 packs for $25 at the time of this review. My Final Impressions- This camera comes in a time where cellphones are doing the quick pictures. This camera brings back that feeling of “fun” memories with instant gratification of having a physical product post picture. You can save and share on the microSD card, but this camera really shines with its instant print features in very bright settings some colors bleed a little but minor. I really enjoyed using this for those moments I wanted a permanent memory that could be saved physically for years to come! Canon nailed bringing fun back to taking memories in a time of all digital.

Incredible pictures and the cost of film for this camera versus other instaprint cameras is unbeatable. I love it and I just flew into the Bush of Alaska to a village called nightmute and got some amazing photos that I have up on my wall already. This camera is unmatched

PROs: - Actually delivers decent picture quality for an instant, selfie-centric camera/printer...colors had a bit more pop than those old Polaroids, especially when printed on a canvas small enough that you really didn't/couldn't notice any flaws in the digital image itself - Audible sound cues and status LEDs give you indications as to current status of image proportions, power, internal printer & SD card activity, etc. - As much as I thought the little selfie mirror on the front was a bit cheesy at first, it actually does a GOOD job of allowing you to frame your subjects in the shot...a must for what seems like the target audience for this little gadget - Framing marks in the viewfinder also help you properly compose your subjects within the shot if you happen to be shooting from behind the camera - Everything you need is right there in the box including a charging cable, starter Zink paper, and carrying strap...my camera even came nearly fully charged - Built-in LED flash provides at least cell-phone level illumination in darker environments so you never miss that critical selfie or shot of Big Foot strutting past the front of your car on a country road - With an SD card on board, your images are saved even after the paper runs out so you can transfer them to a PC or other device down the road CONs: - Only delivers "decent" picture quality on a relatively small canvas (2x3 or 2x2 inches); things are a little redder, a little duller, a little darker maybe...you are getting convenience and gadget-level fun factor here--this is not a camera for capturing serious/long-term memories - Digital images saved on the SD card are grainy and loaded with digital/compression noise--okay for tiny locker frames, stickers, or scrapbook embellishments, but you don't really gain much by transferring them to a PC for manipulation in a photo editing program--think a 2008-2010 era cell-phone camera and you've got the general idea of what to expect - You have to completely unwrap the photo paper, handle it with your bare hands, and load it in the camera with the proper "smart starter page" face down...an error-proof cartridge would have been preferable to ensure you didn't contaminate the printing surface or accidentally load the paper incorrectly - If you have paper loaded in the camera, you can take pictures even without an SD card inserted, but if you only have an SD card loaded, you can't take any pictures at all--this ensures that even if that once-in-lifetime UFO landing is happening right outside your door, you're going to miss the shot unless you have some Zink paper on board...just know up front that even though this feels like a "regular" digital camera, it is ONLY useful as such for printing out pictures as you take them - Printing speed was a bit slower than the older Polaroids that inspired it (for those of you who even remember using a Polaroid camera); you can easily spit out one image in about 30-45 seconds and be ready for the next shot, but it's slow enough to take you "out of the moment" if you have a few shots in a row you were hoping to take - The "print again" button simply has a picture of a sun over some mountains with a small offset frame behind it to suggest a second image--it's not an obvious choice in iconography and could easily confuse someone you loaned your camera to ("Hey, should I reset the focus to 'nature scene'...oh, shoot--I just reprinted that photo instead, sorry!) - It's not a big deal, but if you use the recommended Canon Zink photo paper, your first photo will take at least 2x as long to print because the camera has to spit out the cardboard starter "smart sheet" before it moves on to printing from the first sheet of actual photo paper - The LED status light on top tries to do a bit too much for me to decipher without the instructions handy--status indicators from that single LED slit are white, red, blue, cyan, magenta (seriously!), and yellow with blinking, looping, and combinations of those colors all trying to tell you different things. I get it--the focus is on fun so why not use a bunch of fun colors, but would something like a little light next to an SD card icon be SO hard just to reduce the amount of stuff I have to remember? Summary review: Everything about this camera screams fun and cutesy...the color choices are cute, the selfie mirror is actually kind of cute (as well as being surprisingly more useful than I expected), the little Zink paper packets are cute, the little sounds it makes when you take a picture are cute, the changing LED colors in the status indicator are cute (if not a bit cryptic in their meaning)--the whole package is just very...cute. If that's what you're after, this is a great little gift for the budding photographer/selfie-addict in you or your family. My daughter and I had a blast shooting off photos at the Endgame premier and she loves the instant gratification the in-camera printing provides for those spontaneous "photo needs" with her friends. Sure, the images are tiny once they're printed, and the digital files left behind on the SD card aren't archival quality or really even frame-worthy, but that's not what this camera is about, nor does it ever claim to be. Just like those disposable cameras people use at parties, this is all about having a fun little record of that special moment, but with the added benefit of getting a printout of that moment while you're still IN the moment. I wish the camera could hold a few more sheets of Zink paper (only 10 per load) and an indicator of how many sheets are left in the hopper would be a BIG help; but for spur-of-the-moment, "I don't really need anything better than a cell-phone quality photo to print out for keeps or to share with someone anyway" occasions, this is a great little camera that's sure to be a hit. Easily recommended for what it does...

Instant print cameras have been around since the Polaroid Corporation introduced the Land Camera Model 95 back in 1948.  And while it may seem like instant print photos are a gimmick that fell out of fashion with the invention of digital photography, printable photos have become big business once again (as it is a way for camera & film companies to ensure consistent revenue in a similar way to how they once sold film). The Canon Ivy Cliq uses Zink paper which requires no ink.  (Zink actually stands for Zero Ink.)  Instead, the photo paper is comprised of multiple heat sensitive layers containing dye crystals that display various colors when they melt.  The camera delivers varying intensities of heat which quickly results in a colorful picture.    It is important to note that while many companies (such as HP, Polaroid, Lifeprint, Fujifilm, & Canon) offer Zink cameras – all Zink paper is made by one company: Zink Holdings.  They created the underlying technology – which has been licensed out to several companies.  So, while physical cameras or printers may vary in quality, all of the photo paper is essentially the same. Just how good is Canon’s Ivy Cliq? Well, the Ivy Cliq is Canon’s least expensive Zink camera coming in at just $99.99.  And while it is affordable – it is basically a toy.  It is large, made from bright colorful plastic, weighs practically nothing, has very limited features, and prints 5 megapixel images onto stickers.  It works just well enough to be passable. It feels as though Cannon focused too heavily on creating a flashy new device that looks fun and lost sight of actually making a good camera.  Where they really fall flat is their halfhearted attempt to make the Cliq a digital camera.  The device can accept a Micro SD memory card - and when one is inserted, it saves the picture as a digital file.  But, what is absurd is that a digital picture is only saved if there is Zink paper in the camera.  If you are out of Zink paper (or simply don’t want to print the picture) the camera will not save the digital file.  So – don’t expect to use the Cliq as a digital camera.  If you want a picture, you have to pay Canon for Zink Paper.    - Having a Micro SD card inserted also allows you to re-print the last photo that was taken – But, even this has a caveat.  If you power off the camera, it is no longer able to re-print the last image (even though it is saved on the memory card).  This is also frustrating as the device could have had the ability to work as a photo printer – if it could print pictures saved to the memory card.  This could have led to more money for canon (as it would require customers to purchase more Zink paper), but it would have interfered with leading customers to purchase the Canon Ivy Mini Photo Printer (which is also $99.99). There is a workaround to using the Cliq as a digital camera: If you would like to save a digital image to a Micro SD card, but do not want to print a photo (or are out of paper) – you have two options: 1)  Each package of Zink photo paper comes with a blue card that ejects before pictures are printed.  You can load this blue card into the camera and take a picture.  The photo will save as a digital file and the blue paper will eject as though a photo is being printed. 2) Re-use a Zink Photo Sheet.  You can re-use the Zink photo sheets (although I wouldn’t recommend doing this too many times with a single sheet).  If you load a photo that has already been taken, the camera will print a new photo right over top of the previous image, but the new picture will be saved as a new digital file.   NOTE:  Both of these options work, but it is annoying having to wait 55 seconds for each picture to “print” and save before you can take a new picture.  It is also annoying that there is no screen on the camera. I do appreciate is that Canon has kept both the camera and the picture refills affordable.  Each 2 x 3 inch photo sticker is just 50 cents – which matches the price of virtually all other Zink camera brands.  Sadly, buying larger quantities of refills does not save any money. Though the picture cost is reasonable, it is frustrating that money is wasted on accidental pictures.  The shutter button offers almost no tactile feedback and it is extremely easy to press accidentally.  Almost every person who has used my Cliq has inadvertently pressed the button while holding the camera (which is frustrating as it wastes money and 10% of the camera’s picture capacity). Here are some other things customers should know: -          The camera does not have any way of indicating how many pictures you have left.  Luckily the Zink paper is not sensitive to light – so, if you want to know how many pictures you have left – simply open the back and count the remaining sticker sheets. -          There is a rechargeable battery, but again – no way to determine just how much power you have left. -          The Cliq does have a flash, but it cannot be triggered manually and it only turns itself on in very dark conditions.  The flash results in better pictures than most other lighting conditions, so it may as well be on all the time. -          The front features a tiny convex selfie mirror.  It is laughably small, but it actually works.  What you can see in the reflection, does end up in the photo. While the Ivy Cliq is fun, I would only recommend it for kids.  Instead, I would recommend the Canon Ivy Mini Photo Printer.  It is the same price and allows you to print better quality photos taken from your phone.  And, because it prints phone pictures – you can actually choose pictures you like and edit them to your liking before you print. NOTE:  The Ivy Cliq+ is 8 megapixels and has a much improved flash.  But, it does cost $159.99.  I would still recommend the Canon Ivy Mini Photo Printer over the Cliq+. Pros: + Takes a digital copy of the image that prints (if a Micro SD card is inserted) + The most recently taken picture can be reprinted with one button press – this allows you to share identical photo pictures with friends + Photo prints are actually stickers + Photos are thin and stick well, but can also generally be peeled off of surfaces without causing damage + Only 50 cents per picture (as compared to classic Polaroid pictures which cost $2.00 each) + Zinc Photo Paper is not sensitive to light (in the same way as film).  This means you can open the back of the camera without worry of ruining film. + No ink or development chemicals to worry about + Allows double exposure prints  (Simply re-load a picture back into the camera and take a 2nd picture that prints over top of the first.  Fun & artsy!) + Photos print quickly (~55 seconds) and do not require time to develop (compared to Polaroid pictures which take up to 10 minutes to develop) + Rechargeable battery built in + Built in flash + Selfie mirror actually works reasonably well + Camera is available in several vibrant and fun colors Cons: - Camera does not save digital images unless zinc photo paper is installed in the camera **NOTE:  There is a workaround for this.  See review above. - Shutter button is far too easy to press.  It offers no tactile feedback and it is very easy to accidentally take a picture (which is a waste of 50 cents). - Camera does not have a screen - Photo resolution is only 5 megapixels - Camera does not have any indication of how many pictures are left (although you can take the paper out and count the sheets) - Flash is automatic only and cannot be manually turned on or triggered - Flash only turns on in very dark conditions - Once the camera is powered off, it can no longer re-print the last image that was taken (even when the image is saved on a memory card) - Image quality on the Zinc Photo Paper is fairly poor (this seems to be related to the 5 megapixel resolution of the camera) - Water eats through the top layer of the photo paper destroying the image underneath.  If rain touches an image, or if liquid is spilled on a photo – they will be ruined.  Keep in mind, these are stickers – so they may end up on notebooks or other areas that kids might splash or get wet. - The back of the stickers are difficult to peel away (there should be a slit on the back of the paper – instead of needing to be peeled at the corners) - No battery indicator - Does not include a Micro SD memory card - The cost of Zink photo paper is the same price regardless of the quantity you buy (50 cents per 2x3 inch sheet)

This is a great entry level camera. Especially for kids and pre-teens. They can learn basic photography techniques and have a lot of fun with the built in printer. Unboxing: The box is pretty plain but shows an accurate depiction of the device, it looks to be about full size in the pictures. The contents are basic documentation, the device, 10 ZINK sheets, a wrist strap and a micro USB cable. I wish it was USB-C but it is what it is. Product: The build quality is study plastic. It is glossy which looks great but could be an issue if you are giving the device to someone you know will abuse it, it will pick up lots of scratches over time. I think this product would have been better with a matte finish or even a cheap metal body. There is a basic viewfinder, mirror for selfies and flash on the front. The top has a power button, shutter and shutter. The bottom has a micro USB port, a micro SD card slot, charge indicator and reset button. The back has the viewfinder, a “copy” button, and a button to size your prints in 2x2 or 2x3 inches. Setup: It is very straightforward. Make sure it is charged, insert the paper in the device. I highly recommend a micro SD card for permanent copies. Use: Using the viewfinder you will have no issues lining up your pictures. It saves seamlessly to the memory card but keep in mind there is no internal memory so you will need to insert a card if you want copies for later. Most of the time the flash will go off and you will quickly get a print. I recommend you set it to 2x3 photos since it will fill up the paper but you will also have the option for 2x3 if you wish which will give you a small border on the bottom. I you put in a memory card you will get 5 MP photos which don’t look too bad for what it is. The battery is rated at around 25 photos. I assume this is with print. It takes about a minute to print out a photo after each photo. Print quality: It is a mixed bag. You have to remember this is not a high end camera and best used for kids or people who just want some picture stickers. The picture quality is not very detailed in the prints and is heavy on the red tint. I posted two photos to show you. Also, the pictures double as stickers. You can peel the back and put them in a book or on the wall. They tend to bend easily after being stuck on a wall or a while (also seen in the pictures). The prints are cheap and you can get a 20 pack for under 10 bucks, look or deals on this. Summary: Though this device is nothing to write home about, it is fun. It is exciting. Kids and family who are not that into tech will love it. Professional photographers definitely won't use this for any projects, but I would be they would have fun with it too as it makes a great toy. It is very much entry level and geared toward a young audience. Try one out if you get a chance.

Honestly, it's built well but it ends there. The photos look terrible, and you have no time to review your photo, you snap and it prints out... it's just not worth it.

I like this instant camera. It has come in handy for my daughter who is using it with her friends, printing pictures from it to decorate their rooms, add them to underneath their cell phone covers and put them in various places like folders or on refrigerators, etc. The “selfie-mirror” on the front of it has helped them get some good shots of themselves... Kids... Unlike the older instant cameras, the pictures come out quickly and are already developed, no drying time. They are only 2x2 or 2x3 photos but, great for quick shoot and stick anywhere (thanks to the peel off backing). This is not a DSLR but for a camera that is this small and thin, lightweight and ready to go with a push of a button, at 5MB, it’s fun to use with quality photos. The built in rechargeable battery lasted long enough for a 14 year old to be happy with it so I’d imagine it was a touch over 20 pictures. There is a slot for a MicroSD Card so you can save the photos and transfer / print them later in larger formats. Good luck with it!