I loved my Land camera. I especially loved the B&W format. The peeling. The way it was a regular print. No chemical pouch.

This makes getting an instant camera sound like fun.

As a 7 year old kid I got a Polaroid "Swinger" for Christmas. It's release on the market was accompanied by a huge TV commercial campaign with typical 60's hip young people - and only $19.95 (which would be $193 today - my folks really splurged)! But every time I heard "Land camera" I presumed that they were telling you that should not use it underwater.

Have you considered using a jewelry clasp/closure to connect between the remote/cap and lariat to make it easier to connect/disconnect?

I've had a Lomo’Instant since it first came out and like it... I'd love to love it, but I swear it's almost always a stop or two dark. We have a cheaper Instax camera and side by side the photos are always brighter and close to what I'd expect in most situations. Glad to hear this one seems better.

This feels like Mark Antony's speech. "Friends, Roman's, countrymen, lend me your ears."

Fuji was almost 800 instaxgrams, now it's just 400! :) Lomo is packed with functionality but replaceable lenses with no prism/mirror or matching viewfinders mean you just have to imagine how a shot would look like... unless there's a scale on the viewfinder with different borders corresponding to the lenses. I've never heard of lens caps integrated with remotes, it's very interesting. You could always hack a nice separable joint to make them more versatile. That's Franberus! Triple intellingence and triple cuteness for a price of one. Grab'em while you can!

I wish Fran would do more instant film videos.. maybe show us how to make our own pack film shots ?

Have fun, play hard!

thanks! i was going down the rabbit hole of modifying my instax wide but it sounds like the lomo one has everything I need

The leather-looking surfaces on the Lomo remind me of the collapsible Polaroid camera my grandfather had in the late 70's or early 80's. That was a beautiful design.

Very cool new product

I was really grateful that Fuji made instant film that fit into the old Polaroid film holders, both 4x5 and 3x4. The film not only worked with Polaroid cameras, but with millions of others, since the film came in holders that fit into the backs of 4x5 cameras, or 4x5 adapter backs. I used them to test lenses, cameras, and lighting situations before using traditional film in my traditional cameras. When Fuji stopped making the film, it really had an impact on folks like me who like large and medium format film cameras. Those old cameras built upon the nearly 200 years of camera , film, and lens evolution, and can still help create images that are not possible with digital technology. The cameras you show here are surprising to me in their lack of features from all that evolution that could have been included, since both companies have long histories of making cameras. It seems clear that these cameras are aimed at a certain price point, so I can understand some of the lack of features. But the Lomo looks like it does not even have lugs for a shoulder strap! It doesn't look like a camera I'd want to be carrying around in my hands for very long. But this was an excellent look at what's currently out there, so thanks very much for the detailed looks!

I have been very interested in the Instax films for some time, I would love to get an Instax back for my Mamiya RB67 to combine instant film with real high quality camera and lenses and the possibilities (real control of focus and field of depth) of an SLR. Unfortunately Instax backs are kind of expensive so I haven't been able to justify getting one for myself yet. I believe the film material itself is capable of much better image quality than most cameras made for it.

An sd card would be a handy accessory just in case you want to touch up the pictures, being able to edit photos onto the print would be cool. I could do that with my old hp photo printer.

A week ago a couple on a bridge in Amsterrdam asked me if i could take a picture of them with their Instax (or similar thingy, it was white) and the moment i pressed the button, some mere seconds later a polaroid worked it way out on the top where my hands were which startled me a bit but was fun.

Love the triple headshot made with the splitzer!

I really should snag a large format camera. Have you ever played around with the infrared film stocks Fran?

Fran, does the metal bit on the cord unscrew apart? It looked like it has a seam? If so then wouldn't it go the other way around and then the cap can unscrew on/off the cord? Please let us know! It looks like a super fun cam to play with! (I'm halfway tempted by one haha)

I missed out on getting an instax wide with 20 packs of expired film for $50 recently but thr lomo does look better, ill be looking for one of those

If you flip the lens cap strap around so that the metal clamp is on the lens cap side, can you remove the strap camera side without detaching the lens from the strap?

I still prefer my SX-70, the SX-70 film they’re producing now is pretty good. Although it could of course be better.

I'm wondering when Color became the default? I don't think I was poor, but to splurge for a color roll, and then (horror) the processing fee... This was dropping the rolls off at the drug-store, next to the tube tester.

I'm pretty sure Instax Wide has been out since 1999. I picked up a cheap used Instax 200 Wide back in 2011, wasn't impressed with the controls, and the offset viewfinder didn't help with closer shots. Looks like they didn't bother doing a decent upgrade with the 300 you have when they produced it in 2014, just shoved the same stuff in a new body. The Mini and SQ are the bigger sellers so have actually got new bodies and updates, i think Fuji have given up making a newer and better body for the Wide film.

In the '90s or early 2000s, I had an instant film camera that took postage stamp sized photos...I think Polaroid made it....I have seen Instax cameras at Wally World....thought about getting one...

Wow that is one ugly camera, but I like it.

Instax Wide exists since before Instax Square. It has been around for at least 20 year. Not new at all.

Instax is a stolen technology from Polaroid. Kodak stole it. They got partnered with Fujifilm. After Kodak lost the lawsuit, Polaroid presented Fujifilm with two choices. They stop producing the film, or they can continue the production, but only in Japan if they give their magnetic tape technology. They chosed the last possibility. After Polaroid get bankrupted and stopped producing film, Fujifilm turned out the only company that produces instant film, so they won the market to themself. Polaroid had the best instant film technology, but the worst marketing...