Various scenarios call for different angles. Changing it up a bit can provide a unique perspective on a simple-looking subject like food. For instance, if you want a table’s worth of meals to be your focus, then it’s best to stand on a chair to produce an aerial shot. Colorful food items like salads or cakes, on the other hand, may require a close-up detail shot. Explore

As I twist the lens barrel to the selfie / close-up mode though, notice how the viewfinder changes, showing the subject now shifted to one side. I’ll now move the subject to recentre it in the viewfinder and take another shot. Now while the final print is still not perfectly centered, it’s an improvement over the previous version and allows you to be more accurate with your framing at close-range with fewer wasted prints. For tips on setting up Instax Mini 11 for the first time see this article or see this article for how to get good images out of the Instax Mini 11 . If you’ve tried replacing the old batteries with a new set of 2 AA alkaline batteries for the Instax Mini 11 and it still won’t work. Try resetting the microcomputer in the camera by removing and reinstalling the fresh batteries while the lens is fully extended. Depending the camera, you may have to wait 2 hours before reinstalling the batteries. If the batteries are dead or dying, one of two things can happen: all the lights on the adjustment dial will blink simultaneously or the red lamp will light up beside the viewfinder.Although the Instax Mini 7s came out in June 2008, it is still a favorite among Instax lovers because of it’s manual exposure controls on the top of the camera and because it uses the inexpensive Instax Mini film . The Instax Mini 7s has a similar design and specs to the Instax Mini 7 and Instax Mini 7+. Like the Instax Mini 7, the Instax Mini 7s has exposure settings on the top of the camera instead of on the lens barrel like the instax Mini 7+, Instax Mini 8, and Instax Mini 9. An interesting fact about the instax Mini 7s is it was rebranded as the Polaroid 300 camera in the 2000’s because of Lady Gaga and thus became the only Polaroid camera that can use Instax Mini film. All of the brightness indicator lights on the Instax Mini 9 continue to flash orange and won’t stop. The INSTAX Mini 12 is the latest instant camera to use Fujifilm’s enormously popular INSTAX Mini film. Launched in March 2023 and available in five pastel colours, the Mini 12 produces small prints using a fully analogue process that eject straightaway and gradually develop before your eyes in roughly 90 seconds. When loading the film, ensure the yellow mark on the film aligns with the yellow mark on the camera.

But that’s not all the Close-up mode is good at. When activated, the adjustable viewfinder neatly pairs up with the lens, so what you see if what you get. (FYI the fancy term for this is parallax correction.) Because when you’re this close, there’s no room for error.At first glance this would appear no different to the Mini 11 before it, but in a useful upgrade, Fujifilm has now added parallax correction to the 12 where the viewfinder adjusts when you have it set to close-up mode. This allows you to more accurately frame subjects at close range and avoid them appearing off-centre. To frame your shot, you can either use the simple optical viewfinder when you’re behind the camera, or a small mirror to the left of the lens when you’re shooting selfies. If you are shooting an inanimate object like food, you can enhance its composition by adding in a few props. Still-life photography is best done by grouping together items with a similar theme. For instance, you would need to arrange a pair of reading glasses with a book. Also, avoid overwhelming your shot with a lot of props as this can lead to detracting the focal point of your image. Read this article for more about the Instax Mini 8 here . You can also find the manual for the Instax Mini 8 camera here. As for the lens, it’s the same as before: 60mm which on the Mini format delivers coverage equivalent to around 34mm, capturing a mild wide angle, that’s ideal for general use from portraits and selfies to buildings and landscapes.

Read this guide o n f i x i n g t h e m o s t c o m m o n p r o b l e m s w i t h the Instax Mini 11 . You can also read the Instax Mini 11 manual for more information about the camera. The light sensors on the front of the Instax Mini 9 camera. These sensors tell the camera how much light is in the environment. The most common cause for your camera not taking photos is that the camera batteries are too low or dead. This is because the camera won’t take an image if there isn’t enough power to fully charge the flash. However, there are some other reasons such as: NOTE: Remember to replace the batteries only while the power is turned on or the lens is extended. If you replace the batteries while the power is turned off (the lens is fully in the camera) the lamps on the brightness adjustment dial will blink after turning on the power even with new batteries. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Heather Broster/Mathieu Gasquet and Instant Camera Blog with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.Other vulnerable parts of the body are the optical viewfinder, flash bulb or the mechanical film roller used to eject the film.