About $290: Fujifilm announces the Instax Mini Evo 2 instant camera
A hybrid instant camera with a bigger sensor and a 4.5-inch touchscreen, arriving at the end of November.
Fujifilm announced a camera that takes digital photos and prints them right away on small paper. Its screen is bigger and its sensor is better than the first model.
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Why it matters
It mixes digital shooting with instant prints, and lets you choose which photos to print.
Worth a look as a fun gift for printed photos.
The details
- It costs $290 in the US and arrives at the end of November, in black only.
- A Type 1/2.77 sensor replaces the Type 1/5 of the original; standard photos are saved at about 6.1MP.
- A 4.5-inch touchscreen replaces the 3-inch display, and the physical buttons are gone.
- A wide mode moves the view from 33mm to 23mm equivalent, and face-detection autofocus is new.
- It still prints on Instax Mini film and keeps digital copies of every shot.
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