MEMORY MAKERS

If you want to remember your summer holiday forever, leave room in that suitcase for a specialist camera. Who needs underpants anyway?

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FUJIFILM INSTAX MINI 12
₹7,499 / instax.in

Upset that photos have lost their tactile nature in the digital age? The Instax Mini 12 is the medicine you need. This affordable instant camera ejects a print in just five seconds, allowing you to watch it develop over the next minute and a half. Then give it to your friends or stick it to the fridge door.

This colourful point-and-shoot device is charmingly simple. Using the viewfinder is vital for ensuring your shots are framed accurately, of course (and it even has parallax correction when shooting in the new close-up mode so subjects don’t drift off to one side), but the flash, shutter settings and film ejection are all automatic.

Seat it

Instax photos are credit-card-sized and come in packs of 10 that load, cartridge-like, into the back of the Mini 12. They’re not cheap – a twin pack costs about £15 – but then, neither are decent printers.

We found the image quality was at its strongest indoors, with some sunny shots coming out overexposed; but in general they look punchy and vibrant. And the fun factor of having them in your hands in seconds is hard to beat.

Stuff says ★★★★✩

Brings joy and immediacy back to photography

ALTERNATIVELY…

DJI MINI 2 SE