Fujifilm Instax Mini 41 Review: Stylish, capable of budget instant camera

The old styling of the old school extends to some plastic cocktail on the body and around the lens. This is perhaps where the plasticity comes most. The moment you touch it, it feels not like actual, but as a plastic imitating Knurling. If that makes sense. Bodillard would like itS I found it functional enough if it is not completely enjoyable to hold.

A major improvement over the previous model is the new lens design that corresponds to what we have seen in almost every Instax, released in the last year. The lens rotates to turn on, then rotate further if you want to put it in a close focus mode. This is simple and intuitive and much better than the approach at the level of pressing the Mini 40.

This lens also offers a correction of Parallax, which helps to center the images close (including selfies) by adjusting the position of the Focus marking in the viewfinder. And don’t be afraid, children, there is still a selfie mirror on the side of the lens.

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The Mini 41 is really a mini, measuring 4,8 by 4 inches and only 2.4 inches. It weighs just below a kilo (15.1 ounces) with charged batteries and film. He probably won’t fit in the pocket of your pants, but it was small enough to carry it around in the pocket of the jacket. The batteries are AA, which is nice. Take a row a Four packs for AAS rechargeable And you will never have to worry about replacing batteries.

The images are discarded from the top of the camera and take about a minute and a half to develop. I found that the automatic focus works well and the setting between the normal range and the close focus gives you a little additional control. (Be careful however. The images where I missed the focus was all the images where I forgot I had it in close focus mode.)