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Combining stills, video and on- the-go printing in a retro-inspired body that’s built around a Single- 8-style vertical grip, the instax mini Evo Cinema™ lets you explore ten decades of style with its unique Eras Dial™ and Degree Control Dial. What Is the instax mini Evo Cinema™?
● Film: instax™ mini ● Focal length: 28mm Specifications
(full-frame equivalent) ● Sensor: 1/5-inch CMOS ● Focus range: 0.1m-∞ ● Dimensions (DxL): 100.1x132.5x39.4mm ● Weight: 270g
Q. What did you think of video printing? A. I think it would make for a really cool creative archive of memories. I’m very excited to see how other people come up with creative uses for it. I think it could work as an interesting business card or party invite. And because it’s an instax™ Evo camera, you can print and share as many as you like. Q. Were there any other standout features that surprised you? A. I found myself really enjoying recording in clips. Because you’re filming short bursts, the camera asks if you want to save each clip. This gives you a chance to review and reshoot in the moment, but also means you end the day without a cluttered card as you only save the hits. I also want to give a shoutout to the sound. I’m very grateful instax™ put in the effort to create sound effects for each Era. Not only a camera noise, but if people are talking in the video it sounds accurate to the Era. That adds to this being a creative tool, reducing huge amounts of work to access these effects. Q. Who would you recommend it to? A. Anyone with a love for old film looks, old film sounds and people who have stories to tell – whether it be their lives at college, building a family or travelling. This camera offers a great way to capture and share life.
level of intentionality required, engaging the creative brain more than a quick snapshot.
Q. Tell us about the project. A. I brought the camera down to Antarctica to explore the Ross Sea and Ross Island. There, we visited Scott’s Hut, which has been standing for more than 100 years, frozen in time. I was keen to explore this historic place with the historic feel from the instax mini Evo Cinema™. I was curious to see how it would fare in the cold conditions, using it with gloves on. It worked absolutely fine, including shooting videos from Cape Evans and even printing a frame (bottom left) of a walker on the snow right there on the beach, which I could then hand straight to them. Q. What were your favourite Eras Dial™ and Degree Control Dial combinations? A. I love the variety of choices, especially because the Degree Control Dial sometimes offers degrees of intensity, but other times variants. The sixties has different colour palettes, while the nineties provides the increasing intensity of the home VHS look – which is incidentally my favourite. I’m not sure if it’s because it’s the most nostalgic for me. As a child of the nineties, my early life on video looks like that, and I think instax™ has nailed the look completely.
Scan the QR codes to explore the instax mini Evo Cinema™’s video print feature!
FUJIFILM Focus Magazine 07
May/June 2026
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