Fujifilm’s newest instax digital camera is a film/stills hybrid

Fujifilm has unveiled a brand new instax digital camera that blends prompt prints with quick video clips, including a playful twist to its historically stills-only lineup of compact cameras.

Announced in Tokyo on January 7, the instax mini Evo Cinema is the most recent mannequin in Fujifilm’s Evo Series of hybrid prompt cameras. It captures each stills and video, however its standout trick is popping a second from a video into an instax print that features a QR code linking again to the total clip.

Scan the code with a cellphone and the video performs, giving every print a digital “extra” alongside the bodily picture.

The digital camera additionally leans into nostalgia with a brand new Eras Dial, which applies results impressed by completely different durations of movie and video historical past.

There are 10 period kinds to select from, starting from a Nineteen Sixties 8mm movie look to a Seventies TV-style impact, every adjustable in power.

Some even add delicate sound results whereas capturing, making the expertise really feel extra like utilizing an previous film digital camera than a contemporary gadget.

That retro theme continues within the design. The mini Evo Cinema contains a vertical grip impressed by Fujifilm’s basic Single-8 film cameras from the Nineteen Sixties, together with bodily dials and a print lever that give it an deliberately hands-on really feel.

A companion smartphone app lets customers edit clips, sew quick movies collectively, and print photographs straight from their cellphone, so the digital camera may also be used as a transportable instax printer.

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