If you’re expecting a smartphone-like quality from it, don’t. However, you can get some nice shots if you’re out on a bright sunny picnic and the flash kicks in when needed, so it’s all sorted. Between the buttons, there are two rotary dials, one on top and one around the lens, but they’re not for zoom. However, you can zoom in, zoom out, or even change the exposure using the buttons next to the screen. The one at the top changes film effects while the other changes lens effects. There are 10 effects each. You can rotate, experiment with these effects and have fun. Once you click on the image, you can print or choose to keep it. Note that you can store up to 45 photos, or you can choose to have a microSD card if you never want to stop. How many photos can you store on microSD, you ask? About 850 photos on a 1GB microSD card, Fujifilm says. Printing the image is a whole experience. The lever on top will take you back to the old days when film cameras had a film advance lever. However, when pulled, the lever on the Mini Evo prints the image with the coolest animation we’ve ever seen. Also, it’s pretty fast so no long wait this time. Installing the Instax film is very simple – you need to line up the little yellow line on the Instax film with the same yellow line on the camera and close the door. After you finish reloading the film, do not try to open the film door after you start using the film, as you will end up pulling out and damaging a film. You may find that the on/off button is like us. So, to save time, it is in front of the lower left corner. While there are plenty of buttons to navigate the camera interface, the interface itself is painfully sluggish. It took us almost 5 minutes to figure out and delete a single image. However, there are minimal options that you can deal with, so you won’t have to suffer as much. You can find the microSD card slot and the older micro-USB port at the bottom. Hey, Fujifilm at least gives us a USB-C port on such an expensive “instant” camera. Print photos and apply Remember, in the beginning; we told you that the Mini Evo could also print photos clicked by your smartphone or other cameras. Well, it works like a charm. You can have photos in either Instax-Natural mode or Rich mode. In addition, you can also add filters, only four of them, or change the orientation. All you need is the Instax Mini Evo app on your smartphone, which is available on Android and iOS. Then connect your camera to your phone using Bluetooth and voila. The app is very minimalistic, but offers some great features. First, it allows you to print images from your smartphone or use the smartphone as a remote control and viewfinder. Later, you can also transfer images from Mini Evo. Well, not much to complain about, but why is there a different app for different cameras? Just create a companion app for each camera.
