We looked at how quick they are to turn on, how the flash works, how easy they are to use, and how quickly the print is ready. The picks below are a combination of our testing and some of the best-selling and top-rated options we found online.
Instant cameras are straightforward devices, but there are a few things you may want to keep in mind before you buy:. Battery life: Some of these models charge via a USB cable and some need batteries. Flash: Every instant camera featured on this list has a built-in flash on the front.
Some of these cameras will automatically choose the best exposure and change the flash and shutter speed settings for you, while others will give you more control and let you choose whether to turn the flash on or off. The Polaroid models on this list will give you a print that looks black straight out of the camera and gradually develops over 15 minutes. Other models, like many of the Instax cameras, will give you pics that develop in just over a minute or as little as a few seconds.
Like some other Instax models, it has a built-in selfie mode and mirror so you can frame yourself and others in the shot. On test, we found the results bright, and with relatively accurate colours too.
Key specifications Battery life: prints Flash: Built-in flash Dimensions: 13 x 13 x 7 cm Print development time: Two minutes Weight: g. This is the one to pick. Missed focus on the first attempt? Try again and then pick that one to print. Like any other Instax mini options, we love that the prints are perfectly card-sized to slip into your wallet too. Key specifications Battery life: prints Flash: Built-in flash Dimensions: 4 x Its reasonable price and easy-to-use design make it a great choice if you just gotta have the classic, aspect ratio, Polaroid-style shots you remember from days gone by and from Instagram.
The Instax SQ6 has plenty of modes, from basic to double exposure. If the idea of Instax Square has you intrigued but you find the above SQ6 a little From its unique folding design to its excellent, optional attachments and built-in infrared remote, it works to justify its higher price. And if you need to save a buck on film, an adapter lets you shoot cheaper and smaller Instax Minis instead of Instax Square.
It's competitively priced and easy to shoot with. A caveat: We've had some bad batches of film, and buyers have complained about this as well. The Lab makes Polaroid images from images on your phone. It takes a photo of your phone screen, so the better phone you have, the nicer the results. What sets it apart is the smartphone companion app. As of press time, the app is not the best, but it does give you the option to use features like Tripod Mode, Manual Mode, or setting a custom f-stop in Aperture Priority Mode.
It's pricey, but it does offer a good blend of modern methods and vintage execution. Sure, it has the right features, but its huge, plasticky body isn't portable compared to a Polaroid-compatible shooter or an Instax Mini camera. Its biggest drawback is the viewfinder, which can make framing close-up shots challenging.
But if you want to go wide and don't mind the bulk, it's decent. Fujifilm's Mini Link is close to our top pick, the LiPlay, but ditches the camera functionality. Instant cameras, which produce chemical prints directly, with no processing, uploading or development, are huge fun, a little unpredictable and, for photographers of the digital age, a great experience.
Great question. When you press the shutter on an instant camera, a single frame of film is exposed. The difference between this frame of film and a frame of 35mm film is that the film in an instant camera has all the chemicals needed to develop the image built into the film itself.
To answer the inevitable question, you do not need to shake a Polaroid picture to help it develop. In fact, shaking a Polaroid picture can damage the image, as the shaking causes the film to separate — sorry, OutKast fans. There are two main players in the instant camera market: Polaroid and Fujifilm. Polaroid, meanwhile, currently produces i-Type film and the smaller Go format film for its modern crop of instant cameras, along with film compatible with select vintage Polaroid cameras.
This film has total dimensions of 86 x 54mm, similar to a credit card, and an actual image size of 62 x 46mm. Instax Mini film also has the advantage of being available in different styles: arty types can opt for black-bordered film, while the kid-friendly Candy Pop borders add a bit of pizazz. Instax Mini is also available in black and white. Fujifilm also produces Instax Square film for its Instax Square format cameras.
Here, the total dimensions are 86 x 72mm, with an actual image size of 62 x 62mm. This format has proven to be hugely popular and gives that classic instant photography look thanks to its square shape. You can also find Instax Square film with a variety of different border options, as well as in black and white. Instant photography icon Polaroid currently produces a number of film stocks for both modern and vintage cameras. Compared to Instax Mini these prints are huge, with more than twice the total area and an image size of 79 x 77mm.
This makes an i-Type picture a far more substantial product than an Instax shot. Plus, let's not forget, the film is cheaper to buy, and these costs will add up over time if you're a frequent shooter. The Instax Mini 40 is an excellent instant camera for families and parties alike.
Note: The Instax Mini 11 is pretty much the exact same camera as this, albeit without the textured finish. It's probably available for a cheaper price if you're looking to save some cash. The Fujifilm instax mini 11 is a really approachable instant-print camera. Powered by two AA batteries, it's at the cheap and cheerful end of instant photography, but its lack of sophistication is hardly a negative — here it just widens its possible audience, and families with kids in particular will find this an ideal fit.
Close-ups of 30cm away from the subject are also possible. Simplicity is the watchword here, with simple point and shoot operation.
With retro styling, it feels like it's pitched at the photo enthusiast, with some manual control over exposure and even the option to disable the built-in flash if you feel pictures are too bright. A double exposure mode extends creativity options for the curious although results can be a bit hit and miss here as does a shutter-release button above its lens, which doubles up as a selfie mirror another shutter-release button is in the usual top-plate location.
The advantage here over a cheaper instant-print camera is an LCD display strip at the back revealing your chosen settings. As usual, the viewfinder is tiny but adequate for purpose, while the faux leather finish to the bodywork adds a splash of style. Powered by four AA batteries rather than the usual two, the Fujifilm Instax Wide is the big daddy of the Instax print camera range.
It's practically medium format camera-like heft enables it to deliver larger prints it uses Instax Wide film packs rather than Instax Mini that more closely resemble standard print dimensions. A lever that encircles the shutter-release button on its bridge-camera-style handgrip powers this one up and extends its 95mm lens, while the built-in flash is similarly huge and automatic, save for a fill-in option. The Polaroid Go is a palm-sized camera that everyone will fall in love with faster than it takes a photo to develop.
Bigger instant cameras balance exposures better, and rival Instax Mini cameras deliver slightly better image quality indoors — but neither are as fun to use, or will make you as many friends, as the Go… which still produces pleasing pics. And the Go boasts double exposures, which you won't get unless you opt for pricier options like the Instax Mini A fun and funky little camera, the Polaroid Go will be the star of your next party and will deposit an endless amount of memories in your pocket or wallet.
And if you've got kids, this could be the ideal camera for little hands to get started with. Don't forget to pick up a pack of the new Polaroid Go instant film! The Fujifilm Instax Square SQ6 is powered by two small CR2 lithium batteries included that the makers claim will last a whopping 30 film packs, of 10 shots each.
Looking to tempt Instagrammers away from their smartphones, this camera apes the style of the 'gram logo and offers square-format imagery, while retaining its analogue workings.
Again, we get a selection of body colors and a selfie mode, plus three color filters that attach to the flash, along with double exposure, macro and landscape modes. Unsurprisingly, the camera uses special Fujifilm Square film, which provides a central image size of 6. A newer Fujifilm Instax Square SQ1 has recently been launched - but the older SQ6 is better value, and has more features - so this is the one you should go for.
The Polaroid Now is a welcome arrival to the Polaroid product line, and a worthy addition to the increasingly crowded instant camera world. For pure point-and-shoot simplicity, though, the Polaroid Now is hard to beat — and while the Instax Mini 11 does have it beaten on price, we definitely prefer the full-size square prints that Polaroid delivers.
And much as we love the Instax line, when you're shooting old school instant film there's nothing quite like the tactility of holding a big, boxy Polaroid. The Fujifilm instax Mini LiPlay is our pick of the litter for one reason. A hybrid instant camera that also functions as an instant printer, the LiPlay uses real instax Mini film — this obviously gives that unique and intangible retro look that's impossible to recreate in any other medium. And, since you can send images to the LiPlay from your phone, you can print any of your pictures on cool instax film.
It's also perhaps the most "wow"-looking camera here, with gorgeous design especially in the black with rose gold trim , in a beautifully compact design that measures just The 4. There's enough built-in memory to store 45 images, but the camera supports microSD cards to give you as much room as you require, so you can take a bunch of shots and pick the ones you actually want to print. The Kodak Smile Instant Print is one of the best digital instant cameras — a modern update of instant photography that combines the best of analog with the beauty of digital.
This slim-as-a-smartphone camera that sports a sleek design and uses Zink zero ink technology — it's essentially a miniature printer with a lens, producing 2x3-inch sticky-backed prints. Inside the camera is a relatively humble 5MP sensor up to 10MP through interpolation , though for images this size you don't need all the resolution in the world. Ultimately the pictures it produces look more like printer images than they do instant photographs — not necessarily a bad thing, but they don't possess quite the same magic as instant film.
The ability to add up to GB of microSD memory means that you can snap to your heart's content, then cherry pick the images that you want to print.
The integrated battery keeps the camera nice and svelte, though you only get around 40 prints per charge — a far cry from the shots you get from Polaroids. The LCD screen is definitely on the basic side, too, so don't go expecting the same kind of fidelity as in your traditional DSLR or mirrorless screen.
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