Fujifilm Instax Instant Camera History

April 14, 2017

This one was a lot harder to write than the history of Polaroid, and it is much poorer in information due to the fact that there is not much information about the full range of instax cameras on the fujifilm website and anywhere elese on the internet.

I managed to find a full list of the camera range and i am going to show you the Instax history right now!

Fujifilm mini 8 has turned into a big star in today`s life, you can see many influencers and bloggers as well as celebrities rocking one of them. They are cute,easy and fun to use.
But did you know that in 2000s instant photography was facing difficulties due to the rise of digital photography? But thanks to people who love instant photography we still have instax cameras. In 2015, Fujifilm sold over 5 million units of the instant camera, and its mark continues to grow.

The first camera to premiere from Fujifilm as an instant camera was Instax mini 10 in November of 1998. There is not much information about the camera on the internet but it is considered to be one of Japan`s historical cameras.
it looked a lot like the minis we see today.

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A few months later the first instax wides premieres May of 1999. This one as well as the mini 10 dont look much different than their future variations.
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Next in the Instax line is 500AF, and by the time the camera is the only fujifilm instant camera with auto focus.
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Next instax mini 30 is debuted in May of 2002, and it look quiet like the instax square.
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In December of the same year  instax mini 20 is presented to the public and is quiet different than most cameras presented at the time.
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March 2003 is the year Fujifilm releases the mini 55 with 4 manual exposure settings .LCD Display self timer and it looks like this:
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In September another camera is added to the instax line its the mini 50.
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Next generation of minies is the 7 and 7s. They are four years apart but 7s seems to be the more popular one, it is still in production. Both presented in June mini 7 is presented in 2004 and mini 7s is presented in 2008.
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Mini 7s
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Yet another year later Fujifilm debutes its next camera the mini 25.
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June of 2010 is when the wide version of instax appears in the product line again.
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In September 2009 we meet the instax mini 50s.

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In November of 2012 Fujifilm releases the mini 8 and it instantly turns into internet favorite with its vibrant colors, it becomes a modern day Polaroid classic and is absolute favorite for all generations, with its easy to use corpus and functionality. Originally comes in 5 colors White,Black, Pink, Yellow and Blues. As of  September of 2014 the instax line has two new additions to the family - Grape and Raspberry. (it comes in more limited edition colors, follow my blog to see them)
My own Instax mini 8
One year later not done with improvements Fujifilm decided to add another addition to the mini line and this one is the Instax Mini 90, it is considered to be one of the best and most functional cameras in the instant camera world due to its many options. such as selfie mirror, long exposure and other. Another positive for this camera is the vintage design that i absolutely love it comes in two color variations (black and brown) the black looks like this:
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In Spring of 2015 another wide instax makes a come back its the wide 300, at first look it doesn`t seem to be much improvement design-wise but there are a few new things added and refined to the camera.
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Next is instax mini 70 originally comes in 6 colors Black,Yellow,Red,Gold,White and Blue. In 2016 Fuji film partnered up with Michael Kors to make the camera even more iconic (the camera to be sign by Kors is the Gold one and you can still find it online)
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Next in line as of  April 2017 is instax mini 9 a bit improved version of the mini 8, mini 9 comes with selfie mirror the camera comes in 5 different colors cobalt blue,ice blue, flamingo pink  lime green and smoky white.
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the last one to premiere in April 2017 is the instax square, SQ10 brand new hybrid camera of new generation is nothing like the previous instax cameras we all have seen. The new camera has two symmetrical shutters and and is operated via LCD display, you have the opportunity to choose weather you want or not to print automatically as well as going back in your print history and re-printing up to 50 photos back. The camera can let you edit photos and then print them, you can read and find more about it later this year on my blog.
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I am not affiliated with the link mentioned in this post, nor FujiFilm. This post is not sponsored by anyone

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