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I carried around a camera called instax mini Evo released by Fujifilm in 2021 and took a snapshot of my daily life.

The first impression is cool! The design reminiscent of a classic film camera is Fujifilm, a camera maker of the past. At the time of the announcement, he posted on SNS that he wanted all the camera lovers to come, and I can sympathize with him.

The wide-angle camera of the instax mini Evo has an angle of view suitable for both snaps and selfies, and his 28mm is adopted, giving the impression that it is a versatile type that allows you to enjoy photography in various scenes.

The most important feature of this time is probably "film effect" and "lens effect". The instax mini Evo is equipped with his 10 types of "film effects" and 10 types of "lens effects", which can be combined to create 100 different photographic expressions.

As an operation method, the film effect is assigned to the dial part. The lens effect is the part of the aperture ring of the lens, which is what Fujifilm cameras call, and the lens effect can be switched like turning the aperture of the lens.

Each function is assigned to the dial and aperture ring of the old Fujifilm camera. It has a functional design that tickles the hearts of camera lovers, and you can tickle your heart just by holding and touching it. The print function is located on the film winding lever of the film camera, and the sound is good. The sound that comes to the film generation. To the extent that it is wasted when the power is turned off.

Film effects are very interesting because even one scene changes the appearance of the photo. It is interesting to express emotionally according to your own feelings at that time. How to enjoy it because Cheki is fused with digital. Then, by copying the emotional photograph on film, it becomes a photographic expression that enhances the taste again.

Because it is a check of the best of digital and analog, it is interesting to easily shoot half frames, mirrors, and fish eyes, which are usually difficult. In this photo, I used a half frame to capture "blooming flowers" and "scattering flowers" in one photo. It's interesting because it seems that the time is contained in one sheet. In the mirror expression, it is interesting to make it a surrealistic expression by making it symmetric, and it seems to break the idea of ​​the usual elaborate photograph. If you make it a campus, it is interesting to take a picture of a person on the campus as if you were drawing a picture on the campus.

The printing technology has also improved from the conventional instax, and a printing mode called instax-Rich can be selected. The range of saturation expression is wider than usual. Also, instead of printing at 800 x 600 dots in the past, with the instax mini Evo, he now has 1600 x 600 dots, and the doubled film exposure density makes it possible to see printed photos in a clearer way. I was surprised, "Is Cheki so beautiful?"

By connecting with Bluetooth, you can print photos taken with your smartphone with the instax mini Evo. If it is a photo in your smartphone, you can transfer and print the photo taken with a digital camera, and you can use it as a small printer, and you can enjoy new photos more.

Transfers from the instax mini Evo to your smartphone can only transfer photos printed with the instax mini Evo. Please note that unprinted photos cannot be transferred. However, since the microSD can be inserted into the main unit, the photos saved in the microSD can be read into the PC.

Even if you look at the photos saved on the microSD, the 100 types of photographic expressions installed in the instax mini Evo give a good taste as a simple digital photo. I even want to shoot scenes with my friends with the instax mini Evo.

Recently, as "Fujifilm single-use" has become popular, there is a return to analog. By being able to do everything from shooting to printing, it seemed that what had become an "act" of taking a picture recently has returned to something that "experiences" a picture. There is an experience that cannot be experienced by digital data expression alone, and it is accepted by the younger generation as an old and new photography experience.

One of the advantages of the instax mini Evo between digital and analog is that it is possible to express various photographs because it is digital, and it is possible to print and share the same photo many times. A camera that makes photography even more enjoyable. There are still many ways to enjoy it.