Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo HACK - TRANSFER WITHOUT PRINTING
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 มิ.ย. 2024
- In this video I describe a method on how to wirelessly transfer images from the Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo into your iPhone (smartphone) without the need of actually printing them first. This allows you to save money on film.
The hack consists of the following steps:
#1 - When you load your film, save the black piece of plastic that is first ejected (this is called the dark slide or protective sheet)
#2 - Once you use up all you film, save the empty film cassette
#3 - Reinsert the dark slide into the empty film cassette
#4 - Load the empty cassette with the dark slide into the camera, the dark slide will be ejected
#5 - Print any images that you would like to transfer, you will get an error after printing
#6 - But the "fake printed" images are in the printed pictures folder, you can now transfer them
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:30 No Film = No Transfer
1:01 Hack Attempt #1
1:47 Hack Attempt #2
2:55 Fooled the Camera
3:02 Fake Printing
3:50 Success
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There really is no reason for them to not let you transfer photos you've not printed, especially for the cost of the camera.
I just bought this camera and I didn't know this detail. It's absurd, just to force you to buy the films
Corporate greed says to squeeze every last dime out of consumers.
Out of curiosity, if you use the SD card, could you not just eject the SD card and insert it into your computer, and then transfer them to wherever you want?
@@TheJeffBeanyou can but you wont have the white borders. But yeah, you get the digital print
@@iamdeejdiazyou can always put the white border with an app …
For the price of this camera there should be no reason you can’t transfer your photos but non the less you sir are a LEGEND🙏🏽
That seems like a lot more work than just putting an SD card in your laptop and then transfer to your phone... And a lot less stress on the motor in the camera. But hey, cool discovery. I dont discourage from stimulating ones intellectual curiosity. People like you discover awesome shit. thumbs up from me.
Thanks!
WOW thank you so much!! I got really upset I couldn’t transfer my pictures, and I don’t want to print them all. This is really helpful I appreciate it 👏🏼✨
i wonder now after this video beeing releases a year ago, did this effect the camera in any bad way? or does the cameera and printer still work fine as day one?
after watching this i am reconsidering buying a Mini Evo!! that Cannot Transfer without Printing was the deal breaker for me a 1st! Thank you! Just Hoping that this loophole haven't reach them yet!
You can if you have a SD card it just won't have the border.
Thank you for this absolutely helpful video!
Glad it was helpful!
It might be better to develop a preset with white borders that you can just overlay on your photos that you take from the sd card.
Totally love this hack! Thank you so much :)
So glad!
@matejphoto will it damage the camera
Is there a way to transfer photos thru SD card WITH the date stamp on them?
Also doing it this way wont break the camera right?
A great tip - many thanks. It gets around my problem of being unable to remove the micro SD card!
Yeah the SD card is a little hard to remove.
yeap the build quality is so bad. They focused on the outer appearance it seems.
doing the lords work, thank you!!!
Thanks!!!
Great tip, thanks so much!
Glad it was helpful!
this is a game changer :D well done
I put 11 used films on my instax liplay and it worked
Can I keep taking pictures with this camera once the cartridge is over? I was about to buy it and this video made a negative point for me because I thought I could transfer any pictures I wanted without having to print it all
Cool! Cant wait to try this
Have fun!
Brilliant! Thank you!
You're very welcome!
I saw a vid for liplay where you don't need to print in order to transfer photos. Says there u need to copy the photos thru the camera and save it on your external memory card. from there, transfer the photos from the memory card to your smart phone or laptop by inserting it. Haven't tried it tho, hope it works and i do hope this helps!
Yes, you can transfer images from the camera via an SD card.
It is described in this video:
th-cam.com/video/63YjAHY4Zrw/w-d-xo.html
The SD card transfer starts at 1:51 in the video above.
@@matejphoto I wanted to try this method but unfortunately I can't remove the micro SD card!! 🤬It was VERY difficult to install the card in the first place.
Thank you so much!! Superb!!
Glad it helped!
That’s kinda dumb on Fuji’s part to not be able to just transfer any photos on the camera to a smartphone without having to print it first. Seems like a oversight or some sort of weird limitation. Well at least there’s a hack for it 🤷🏻♂️
think its intended so to make more people buy their film
I think it is to encourage people to buy the instax mini film
As people have said below. I think Fuji meant to encourage people to print more pictures so they make more money on film.
Its not dumb.
They do it on purpose.
Its called Marketing
@@matejphoto people would still print despite having a soft copy. I for one, sometimes hate the borders if i want to post it on social media. they really should consider adding the option of transferring raw photos on the fly. this is deal breakers for some
Not sure if you tried this but maybe put in 11 of the blanks or load in 10 pictures in the cartridge you didn’t like then it shouldn’t have the error :)
what if you also put a random damage/unused film inside the cartridge?
Fill the cart with it, put it in the camera, wil the error printing message still appear?
It works!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you!
Great!
GREAT! thanks man!
Glad it helped!
Hi, does this work on mini 90 neo classic?
Hey..can you put the SD card in your phone (android) and save it your gallery?
Hehe great trick! Thanks for share it. Do you know if it is possible to do the same with the mini Liplay?
Yes. It works the same on the LiPlay.
@@matejphoto thanks!!
Yes yes thank you 🙏🏻
You are welcome:)
hi if you have a suggestion its greatly appreciated, my newly bought mini evo for my daughter bday, keeps giving print error. It gave error on new catridge, I put in another, it would print for 2 film, then after that the counter resets to 10 and wont print again
Try to press the reset button?
@@niineisra hi thanks for replying, I got it sent back, it 3as replaced with new unit
is printed films of evo , fade or de saturate over the time?
Its so stupid that you can't just transfer without printing. I call them out on it every time they post about this camera. What would be even cooler is if it could recognize what film you have inside (black border, starry border, whatever) and then transfer with that as well.
great!
Thanks for watching!
Coooool!
Thanks for watching!
If you use a micro SD, you can transfer the images to your pc right ???
Yes you can. You will get the full 5 megapixels but the images will not have the instax white frame.
Video on quality here:
th-cam.com/video/63YjAHY4Zrw/w-d-xo.html
Nice hack, do this camera have like, Acros, Classic Chrome film simulations?
No, it does not have the film simulations from the X-cameras.
@@matejphoto ok, thats to bad, but for the price I guess they will not give us that.
Is this safe for the camera?
Can you transfer the photos from Instax mini evo to phone when there are films inside the camera?
Yes
i think you can trasfer it with a sd card and then u add the border
Great tip
But i think Fujifilm should make it like point and shot.
Check out my other videos on the Mini 11.
What if you put 10 used films inside the cartridge?
Do the effects taken by the camera stays if you transfer the pictures using microSD?
Yes!
Why Fujifilm doesn't make a firmware update for this camera in order to allow transfer to the phone without printing or without hacking :( ?
Great question. Maybe the blutooth is too slow. It might take a minute per picture to transfer wirelessly
@@matejphoto don’t think this is the reason… for example with the polaroid snap touch (since 2016) you can transfer photos
I really hope they fix this. This and also the fact that transferred fotos from the smartphone have a worse resolution somehow.
Was the design flaw of not letting you save the images fixed yet?
😢
Isn’t there a slot for an SD memory card?
how do I get photos that is in the internal storage , not the sd card ? when I plug in a sd card is that going to copy the images onto that ?? thankss
If you insert an empty SD card in the camera you will have an option to copy the contents of the internal memory on the card.
Can i transfer photos on my mini evo to my apple phone using a card reader + micro SD card???
yes
Whenever i transfer the photos to my phone it ends up quite blury. Does that happenn to you too?
Yes, that is common. I have a whole video on this:
th-cam.com/video/63YjAHY4Zrw/w-d-xo.html
Will this work with the instax mini liplay?
Yes.
After a year, i have finally decided to get the evo! Your videos helped me decide what i actually prefer, and i'm really excited to finally use mine! I'll be using your instax tips :)
Can’t you just buy a micro sd and transfer photos that way?
It looks like the film pack is 'dumb'. The circles on the bottom are clearly there even after the error clearing. How does the camera know there is a black/cover film? Is it mechanical (like an old VHS tape) or a small chip?
It must be mechanical, I dont see any chips in there.
@@matejphoto it would be a cool video to walk though how that works
Is the camera not going to get damaged after doing it a lot?
It is possible. If you need to transfer a lot of images then i recommend to use the SD card.
Can you transfer images without the white frame???
yea
Did anyone face any problems on the camera doing this trick?
Given the way this "feature" is implemented. I suspect the battery is potentially not user friendly to change as well and thus it has built in obsolesce.
is there a way to do this without borders
You can remove the micro SD card directly and plug it into your computer.
Mine done work :(
Does this work with the LiPlay as well?
Yes.
🥳🥳🥳🥳
Thanks for watching:)
You can’t just pull the memory card out and save them?
Yes you can. But you will not get the instax look, it will look like an iPhone picture.
But that's really annoying that you have to turn off and back on. I think they'll be a software update soon and they will allow the pictures to transfer without printing.
They probably wont though, the reason for this is so we will buy more film and they will make more money
@@varinlinneaamundsen820 yet I've had my Evo for nearly a year. And haven't bought film.
Why so complicated... You can put in a sdxc and copy from the internal storage to this card or form the card to the internal storage... that's much easier...
I explain the SD card method in my other videos.
But if you transfer via the SD card you will not get the border.
And for people who don't have computers (only smartphones), the SD card method can be actually very complicated (need to get a SD card reader for your phone,...)
gosh, i wish i new this before i bought this camera 🫠
You can always transfer via an SD card.
could it damage the camera?
Same q, i think you can just transfer from the sd card. You just don’t get the instax frame since you didn’t print it. I hope they update this and let us transfer via the app 😩
Yes, it is possible. Only do at your own risk. As stated below, if you don't feel comfortable with it, you can transfer the images via the SD card.
@@matejphoto Hello, could you please show how to transfer images via SD card? I tried it but I'm getting the Read Error. I wish to transfer photos from my phone to the mini evo so I could utilize the print lever function.
Can't you just use the App?
You can only use the app to transfer images that you have already printed.
Or you could copy the images on the SD card and add a border. No Shenanigans!
Shenanigans are fun:)
I could care less for the border lol, I’ll still transfer my photos via sd card. Who cares about the border lol
you can transfer image using sd cars tho
*card
Yes, I have a video about that as well: th-cam.com/video/63YjAHY4Zrw/w-d-xo.html
this is probably the worst spent i have ever had. no wonder fuji is going down.
Too much work
Why though? Your smartphone takes way better photos than the Evo and there are dozens of apps to give it an instant film border. Just shoot the photo with your phone and put a border on it, done. This is a waste of time IMO.
Shooting with the Evo is a fun experience for a lot of people. It allows you to escape your phone. Not for everyone, but some people love it.