1 month verdict on the Instax Mini Evo

It’s a great concept, enjoyable and fun, but the quality is rather lacking as a camera.

Sensor is equivalent to something you’d have seen in early digital cameras 20 years ago. You’ll need to line up shots really well and don’t bother with moving subjects. Fuji should really have packed better gear into this thing for the size of it.

That said, the physical prints are really cool. We’ve taken it to parties, dinner with friends, our roadtrip, and I’ve used it around the house and the collection of images on there looks nothing like my phone camera roll. We’ve got both an album and some little stands displaying the best photos on a shelf.

And people really love when you hand them a little physical picture too - I can’t think of a better $1 gift in 2024 than a printed pic.

More time needed playing with filters and also trying edits from phone before I can give it a full review but so far I’d say it’s a nice toy that other people around you will enjoy as much as you, and you’ll find yourself taking photos of things with this that you likely otherwise wouldn’t with your phone or a DSLR. nostr:note136e8css9r8yxfd3680lm2wpm9zx8gz3mz83dnww3p23pq75wq9dqu0x2m6