Fujifilm instax recently released a heavyweight new product mini 99, this camera maintains the consistent simple and retro shape design of Fujifilm one-shot cameras, and has a powerful functional design, you can adjust the camera color effect dial to get different shooting styles, and has different shooting modes such as double exposure, bulb, etc. Therefore, although this camera is a primary imaging camera, it can meet the needs of more high-end shooting.
As a product known for its performance and shooting fun, many functions of mini 99 are inherited from the previous model mini 90, mini 90 as recognized as the "king of the Polaroid machine", with quite rich functions, mini 99 does not emasculate any popular features, but adds a lot of more interesting gameplay.
The biggest difference between using a Polaroid camera and using a mobile phone, or other digital cameras, is that we can freeze the current scenery directly and keep it forever. That is to say, each photo is unique, irreproducible, and irreplaceable.
Judging from the experience of using it in the past few days, I think the biggest value of this camera is that it allows users to control the style of photos according to their preferences or according to their mood. And if you're like me and know more about photography, this camera has more operability, for example, we can control the exposure compensation according to the current scene to get a more accurate exposure, and you can also use the bulb mode to control the exposure time yourself, so that it will be more beautiful to shoot photos such as night traffic and sunset.
Use color effects to choose and take photos with different effects
Of course, for the body, this camera also feels quite good in the grip. And what I like the most is that it has both landscape and portrait modes and two independent shutter buttons, so you can shoot comfortably in both landscape and portrait orientation. And this camera itself is very good-looking, it is not only a camera to record the beauty of life when traveling, but also a good portable decoration.
Let's enter the official evaluation,First of all, this camera is a more high-end model in today's mini series of cameras,The body adopts a black color scheme,Compared with mini 12It is more angular,The appearance is not only suitable for girls,It is also suitable for boys who love photography。
In terms of body design, this camera has a lot of unique features. First of all, the lens of this camera can choose the corresponding shooting distance, with 0.3-0.6m, 0.6-3m, 3-infinity, and three steps can be selected.
The lens has 3 shooting distances to choose from
It is worth noting that there is also a small switch on the front of the camera lens to adjust the aperture size of the lens, and when we choose a small aperture (as shown below), we can reduce the aperture and reduce the amount of light entering around the lens, thereby enhancing the vignette of the photo and strengthening the center subject of the photo.
The lens has buttons to adjust the vignette size
When shooting, the camera has two shutter buttons, one on the front and one on the top of the camera, so that we can easily control the camera to press the shutter whether we are using portrait mode or taking landscape photos.
When a side-scroll photo is taken, there is a shutter button on the right side of the top
When shooting in portrait mode, the shutter button is located in front of the body
The most important feature of this camera is that it can adjust different color effects through the top dial, and the exposure compensation can be adjusted. There are a total of 7 levels on the left dial, N is Normal normal color mode, and the others are: Green (FG), Warm (WT), Blue (LB), Pink (SM), Brown (SP) and Light Leakage (LL), of which there are 5 kinds of light leakage effects, which are randomly generated each time.
On the right side is the exposure compensation dial, which has 2 stops of underexposure and 2 stops of overexposure, as well as normal exposure, a total of five stops to choose from. Among them, the shutter button is located in the center of the exposure compensation dial, which is suitable for triggering the shutter when shooting horizontally.
The top turntable design of the fuselage
From the perspective of functional design, the mini 99 also has 4 different shooting modes, namely: indoor mode, sports mode, double exposure mode and bulb mode. We can switch it via the Mode button on the rear of the fuselage. In addition, there is a screen on the back of the fuselage, which can display the current shooting status and the number of remaining photo papers, which helps us better control the pace of shooting.
The screen on the back of the fuselage can display parameters such as the number of remaining shots, shooting mode, color effect, etc
Here's the camera's most important upgrade: color effect selection. The camera can choose your favorite shooting color by adjusting the color effect dial, and there are a total of 6 modes: Green (FG), Warm (WT), Blue (LB), Pink (SM), Brown (SP) and Light Leak (LL). Different color modes can give different shooting moods to our photos and make our photos more personal.
For example, this shows the results of shooting in Normal mode (no effect) and pink (SM). The left side is taken in normal mode, and the right side is in pink tones, and you can see that the cherry blossoms taken in pink are dyed in pink, which looks more romantic in spring.
Left is: Normal mode, Right is: Pink (SM)
When shooting, we can choose different color effects according to the current environment, or our mood. This mode is the result of the lens's built-in LED color system, and does not require special photo paper or other external accessories.
Different photos taken with different color effects
In addition to changing the color of the photo, the mini 99 can also control the exposure for better results. By adjusting the exposure compensation dial, there are five modes: D- (darker), D (darker), Regular, L (brighter), and L+ (brighter).
From left to right: D- (darker), Regular, L+ (brighter)
For example, when we want to shoot portraits, we can adjust the exposure compensation dial to L, which is brighter mode, so that we can shoot fairer and brighter skin tones of the subject. If you want to shoot landscapes, especially mountains and other landscapes in strong light, you can adjust the exposure compensation dial to D, which means darker, so that the outline of the mountain is clearer and more natural.
L (lighter) is used on the left for portraits, and D (darker) is used on the right for landscapes
For shooting, this camera also offers four different modes, which are indoor mode, sports mode, double exposure mode, and bulb mode. You can adjust it according to the actual environment through the Mode button on the back and choose the appropriate shooting mode.
Here are two of our favorite shooting modes, namely the bulb mode and the double multiple exposure mode.
With the bulb mode, we need to press and hold the shutter button, and this time the mini 99 is also equipped with a tripod screw port, which can be freely mounted on the tripod for use. The multiple exposure mode requires us to shoot twice, and we can shoot multiple exposures directly, so the photo will be more artistic.
This time, along with the mini 99, there is also a streamer photo paper, as well as a China-limited "Scorching Streamer" gift box. The streamer paper has the pattern decoration of the camera's shooting parameters, and the photos taken have a more time-imprinted feeling.
Take photos with streamer paper
This time, the "Scorching Streamer" gift box still contains a wealth of contents, including a camera backpack and photo paper organizer that fits the body, a color effect sample turntable with the same color mode as the body, and a time-stamped stamp and ink that can be stamped for the photo paper.
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This time, the mini 99 holster camera bag is designed with a quick-release buckle for easy wearing, and it comes with a photo paper bag, which can be used to put mini photo paper or store photos that have been taken. This way it is not only more convenient to take photos out of the house, but also better to store the photos that have already been taken.
Vintage holster photo paper pack
In addition, this timestamp is also very interesting, which allows us to choose the time by ourselves and accurately record the date of the photo on the photo, so that we can keep it for a long time, and we will look at the photo in the future, so that we can remember what happened on the day more accurately, so that the memory can be recreated.
Timestamps and inks can be stamped with the date of the photo
Finally, this time there is also a color mode dial, if you don't know what mode to shoot well, you can refer to this turntable to find inspiration for creation.
Color effects presentation dial
Well, the above is the experience of using the Fujifilm instax mini 99 camera that I will share with you today. On the whole, the mini 99 has a stable effect, and there are many ways to play that are worth exploring. With a wealth of functions, it allows you to create more different one-time imaging works. Whether you're new to photography or an amateur photographer, you'll be able to make more memories with this camera.
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