Instant cameras

andrecvs

Hi! it's my wife's birthday in 2 weeks from now and I'm thinking of getting her an instant camera. I've been looking at some cool lomo cameras and also instax and polaroids but I'm very confused now as they're all very similar and I just ended up wanting to buy them all. I realized that lomo instant has more settings (according to a friend who bought one) and can be quite tricky for people that know little about camera settings and adjustments, even though I like the quality of the pictures and the concept. I'm very inclined to buying an instax SQ1, which I really like the looks of it but I'm not sure its too basic or low quality. Any opinions? Anybody has any of these cameras? Thanks in advance!

andrecvs

Update. I also saw the Instax SQ20 which has some pretty cool features but its much more expensive...

MegaZ

Andre, apologies for a late reply - been traveling and got very busy.

Fuji Instax are great cameras. I gifted one to my daughter and she always takes it with her when we go somewhere. There are only a couple of settings worth worrying about - everything else is super easy, even for a child!

andrecvs

Thanks so much. I ended up buying the Instax SQ1 and it pretty well does the job. It’s just point and shoot, just need to choose between portrait or landscape. The only thing I didn’t like is pictures in low light. They get a bit too dark and with little detail.

Thanks again!