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Inside Impossible: A Factory Tour

by Jay Versluis on November 4, 2011

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We were lucky enough to get an glimpse inside the Impossible Factory in Enschede a couple of weeks ago! With way too much on my plate right now I didn’t find a chance to post this until now.

Setting off at 4am from London we first flew over to Bremen,  from where my friend Oliver was kind enough to drive us 200km over the border to Holland. Thanks, Oliver!

What can I say – it was a blast! All our questions about Impossible material were answered, we were shown how it’s made and how it all came to be. We had an amazing chat with Andre Bosman who took literally hours being the perfect host and tell us everything us fans wanted to know (he’s also CEO and Co-Founder of the company).

Thousand thanks go to the entire Impossible Team who made us coffee and nibbles so we felt right at home. Let me show you some pictures mere mortals (and Polaroid enthusiasts) can only dream of: let me take you Inside the Impossible.

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My personal Harinezumi 2+++ Review

by Jay Versluis on July 4, 2011

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A few months ago I took a wander around town with my friend Andy Toms, and we happened upon the temporary Photographer’s Gallery not far from Warren Street.

Spontaneous as I am I spent a rather shocking amount of money on a tiny little plastic camera called The Digital Harinezumi 2+++

This little piece of cheap engineering is a 3MP digital camera that’s meant to take “bad” pictures and apply off-the-wall lo-fi effects on the fly. Anything from harsh black and white to over-saturated colours is what you get for £140. Did I mention it does video too?

I’ve fallen in love with it and due to its small size keep carrying it almost everywhere I go. I haven’t experienced the willingness to take digital pictures with any other digital camera. In fact, Zumi feels and behaves like a plastic film camera!

Now that I’ve spent some time with her I can show you some funky results and talk you through the ins and outs of my first every digital plastic camera.

Most images on this page are shot using the Vivid 1 setting - just like this one. No processing was done, all pictures are straight from the camera.

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Nintendo 3DS: no glasses required. It’s like Futureworld, Dude!

April 6, 2011

Well before the European launch of the Nintendo 3DS and many announcements I kept thinking: what will the impact of this device be on the broadcast industry? 3D television is spreading like wildfire and appears to be the next “in-thing” – if it wasn’t for overpriced TV sets that require you to wear sunglasses. This [...]

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Horizon S3 Pro: my Russian Panoramic Camera from an Alternate Reality

January 21, 2011

After a long journey from the Zenit factory in Krasnogorsk near Moscow via Atlanta and Miami, my brand new Horizon S3 Pro camera has arrived here in London (with Chinese newspapers as packaging material). What an international adventure! This is a slit-exposure camera like the Widelux and Noblex – neither of which I could afford. [...]

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Lomography DigitaLiza: The Scanning Tool you shouldn’t live without

September 30, 2010

The DigitaLiza a scanning mask that lets you scan your negatives and slides including perforations on any common flatbed scanner. It works really well with those annoying curly negatives and it’s much sturdier than those flimsy masks that came with your scanner. I first heard of it when the Spinner 360 came out. Until now, [...]

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The Lomography Spinner 360

September 29, 2010

When I first heard about the Lomography Spinner 360, I knew I had to have one. I’ve been racking my brains on how they’ve made this marvel of 360 degree photography a reality without this being a “pro camera”. With a rather sharp retail price of £110, this isn’t just a throwaway toy camera.  Medium [...]

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First Flush: I’ve shot some PX100 in my new Polaroid 600 camera

April 16, 2010

Today is a very special day for various reasons: not only has my Polaroid 600 Extreme camera arrived (the one I bought for £2.50 off eBay). Also, both me and my wife are off together – it rarely happens these days. That alone was reason to celebrate. But more importantly: The Impossible Project have today [...]

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Lomo Lunch: Diana Instant Workshop at Lomography London

April 15, 2010

We had the most fantastic time on Tuesday at the Lomo Lunch Workshop about the Diana Instant Back. For only £8 per person, this is a bargain considering you get to use and test a Diana with Instax Back for the whole afternoon tips and tricks on how to use it a free pack of [...]

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First Flush: Polaroid 600 and the new Impossible PX100

April 14, 2010

At the time of writing, I’m eagerly awaiting the arrival of my first ever Polaroid camera: the 600 Extreme that I got from eBay for a bargain price of £2.50. Hey, it even was for charity! I wanted it because there’s an ever so slim chance that I can use it with the brand new [...]

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Holga: Up-Close and Personal with add-on Maco Lens Sets

April 12, 2010

If you wanted to take pictures closer than 1m (3ft) with your Holga, it meant you had to hack it and permanently mutilate your camera. Even then, putting things in close focus was a guessing game so I never bothered. Thanks to these two £10 packs of add-on lenses, you no longer need to do [...]

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