REVIEW: Fuji instax mini 7s

Fuji Instax Mini 7s

I received a Polaroid camera for my 21st Birthday and I LOVE IT!

The polaroids that comes out aren’t HD quality, but they do give me a vintage feeling, good thing about them though is that they hide away most of your imperfections! Its also great for family gatherings or events, I used it at my graduation and now my mum treasures the picture and keeps it in her purse.

Fuji Instax Mini 7s

The camera I got was an Instax Mini 7s in White, I think they come in a brown colour too. The film it uses is the instax mini 300 film, this camera only uses the credit card size films, so if you prefer the wide films this camera isn’t for you. 

Fuji Pooh Bear instax film 300

In Australia, Melbourne they sell the films in packs of 10 for around $10+ and the camera model I own for around $89+ in JB Hi Fi, but if you have the patience and can wait 2 weeks order both film and camera off Ebay, its cheaper.

Fuji Instax Mini 7s

Now functions wise this camera is alright, I would’ve preferred the later model the Instax Mini 25, but I’m happy with the one I got =]. This polaroid camera will not fit in a small handbag its quite big.

The camera comes with a strap, the camera, instruction manual (in Japanese) and batteries (mine didn’t have any batteries =S) 

The camera uses 4x AA batteries, the battery usage is quite good it lasts for quite a while I have taken nearly 30-40 photos so far and it seems to be faring quite well still (some photos with flash and some without).

To turn the camera on you pull the lens out and you will see some red flashing lights on the top of the camera surrounding the dial when the light turns a yellow/greenish color your good to good. 

Fuji Instax Mini 7s

There are 4 settings which I found are self explanatory , the camera is automatic so you can’t manually focus anything so basically its all point and shoot. 

Fuji Instax Mini 7s

There’s a counter on the back to show you how many films you have left in there and a film check window, If its yellow your good to good. The first film of every pack of film is a dummy so if you take a photo with a new pack of film the photo will be just a black piece if plastic.



I don't like how it uses 4 AA and its size, its little too chunky for my taste. To me it feels like a child's toy, which I guess it kind of is, its a gimmick  and I'm a sucker for those, but I really do love the photos that come out.