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Jackson Chen

The best instant film cameras you can buy right now

If you’re tired of cramming your phone with selfies, there’s a world of lo-fi film photography that fills the void while still satiating your urge for instant gratification.

As the market for analog photography continues to grow, instant film photography has come along for the ride and is experiencing a comeback of its own.

Instant film cameras shirk the darkroom, and offer a quick and easy way to print and actually share your snaps in a tangible way. We’ve compiled some of the best instant camera offerings on the market, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. Whichever model you decide to go with, just remember not to shake your Polaroid pictures, no matter what OutKast says.

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Fujifilm Instax Mini 90
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Fujifilm Instax Mini 11
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Polaroid Now+
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Fujifilm Instax Square SQ20
This hybrid instant camera might irk some of the purists of the lomography community, but the SQ20 allows for shooting without film loaded into the camera and offers an in-device preview and edit capability before printing. The digital side of the camera also lets you shoot a 15-second video to select a specific frame to print. The SQ20 also has the ability to 4x zoom and apply 16 filters to your “hybrid” shot.
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Lomography Lomo’Instant Automat Glass
The Lomo’Instant Automat Glass is built with a wide-angle glass lens like its name suggests. The real glass lens detracts from the oftentimes imperfect shots of instant film, but allows it to capture crisp high-quality details especially for landscapes. The lens also can open up to f/4.5, allowing it to shoot well in low-light situations without having to resort to using flash.
Lomography
Fujifilm Instax Wide 300
If you’re looking for more frame to fill than what’s offered with the Instax mini film, the Fujifilm Instax Wide 300 can probably fit that landscape shot you’re eyeing up. The camera prints a shot that’s double the width of the traditional Instax Mini film and better suits landscapes and group shots. But the Wide 300 also comes in at roughly two times the weight of most Mini cameras.
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Fujifilm Instax Square SQ6
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