Fujifilm Instax Mini 41 Review: A Stylish, Capable Budget Instant Camera Leave a comment

The old-school digital camera styling extends to some plastic knurling on the physique and across the lens. That is maybe the place the plasticness comes out probably the most. The minute you contact it, it feels not like precise knurling however like plastic imitating knurling. If that is smart. Baudrillard would find it irresistible. I discovered it purposeful sufficient, if not solely nice to carry.

One massive enchancment over the earlier mannequin is the brand new lens design, which matches what we have seen in almost each Instax launched previously yr. The lens twists to activate, then twists additional if you wish to put it in close-focus mode. That is easy and intuitive and significantly better than the push degree strategy of the Mini 40.

This lens affords parallax correction as nicely, which helps heart close-up photos (together with selfies) by adjusting the place of the “focus” mark within the viewfinder. And concern not, youngsters, there’s nonetheless a selfie mirror on the aspect of the lens.

Mini Magic

The Mini 41 is certainly mini, measuring 4.8 by 4 inches and solely 2.4 inches deep. It weighs slightly below a pound (15.1 ounces) with batteries and movie loaded. It most likely will not slot in your pant’s pocket, however it was sufficiently small that I carried it round in a jacket pocket. The batteries are AA, which is sweet. Seize your self a four-pack of rechargable AAs and you will by no means have to fret about changing the batteries.

Photographs eject out of the highest of the digital camera and take a few minute and half to develop. I discovered the automated focus labored nicely, and adjusting between regular vary and shut focus provides you somewhat additional management. (Watch out, although. The photographs the place I did miss focus have been all photos the place I forgot that I had it in close-focus mode.)