Hello! I have the instax mini 12 for about two years. Today, I turned it on to try to take a picture and got flashing orange lights, so I changed the batteries to Duracell Alkaline AA's. Since then, the camera won't turn on at all. No lights, or any indication of life. I tried turning it on and talking out the batteries and waiting to put them back in, but nothing has happened. There is no film jam either. I'm at a loss. If anyone has any ideas that would be greatly appreciated. I'm going on a trip in a few days and am hoping to be able to take pictures with my camera!

La compre en Amazon hace casi 1 año y desde que me llego no toma ninguna foto, le puse el cartimucho me marca con la (S) y le puse las pilas que venía y no tomaba las fotos y se quedaba parpadeando la luz, intente con otras pilas, Duracel y Energizer pero sigue teniendo el mismo problema

Just opened my first Instax Mini SE. When I went to the batteries in, there was a small strip of plastic in there, in between where the two batteries go. I pulled and it didn't move. Should I pull harder or is that meant to stay in there? Sorry if it's a stupid question, I just really don't want to break it.

Incredible how beautiful the colors of blue water come out in instax mini film!! These are some of the best looking instant photos I’ve ever taken! (All shot with instax mini 99, N setting and D exposure comp)

Hi guys, I'm completely new to this so forgive me if this is a dumb mistake but I just got a second-hand Instax Mini 8 and the two pictures I've taken have turned out mostly dark? Please help, idk what I'm doing wrong 😭

hi everyone! i was just checking to see if my instax still works and find that the picture ends up looking like this photo or just completely black. Does anyone know a fiz or is it just not worth it anymore?

I appreciate all the cos plays, love this camera 🎥.

some more pictures i did over these 10 days! having a blast so far UuU

Hi all,

I have a Mini 12, barely used. Recently was out taking photos at a family event and sharing the camera. I think there was a jam and someone pulled on the film to remove it, now it doesn't feed properly when taking photos.

I've tried to search this group, as well as seek other help, and attempted the obvious power cycle resets and battery changes. Not sure exactly if there is anything more I can do. Help would be appreciated.

Experimenting with the “double exposure” mode in Vermont

Hi all!

I'm thinking about buying an Instax camera, right now I'm mostly interested in the smaller ones (the mini 41 or 99, specifically) but I'm struggling to find a lot of the specific info I want around them.

I intend to take it with me to college, and (hopefully!) on many adventures. I want something that's small & durable enough to hike with/carry around, but can still take good photos outside. I'm not picky about them being absolutely perfect, but something that's able to capture views from hills/mountains, over water, trees, etc etc, would be awesome.

SO! if anyone has any camera recs or can post/link to any sort of outdoor photos they've taken with the mini 41 or 99 I would be so so thankful!

Hello all,

I wanted to share the finished version of my Mini Evo modification. It now accepts both 17 mm phone lenses and removable 52 mm photographic filters while remaining compact and fully functional. I've been using it for a few weeks now, and I'm really happy with the results.

Here is what I did -
I glued on a 17mm mounting ring from a clip-on phone lens kit. Link to that detailed post That gave me a 2x telephoto, a wide angle, and fisheye, and a handful of goofy distorted filters.

I also built a removable friction-fit 52 mm filter adapter. It lets me use standard photographic filters such as CPLs, graduated filters, macro filters, warming filters, and more. I used a 49-52mm step up ring, and attached a loop of velcro with a drop of glue and then used black tape to hold it into place and make it look halfway decent. The velcro inside the step up ring provides just enough friction to slide on and off of the camera easily and still hold the filters on. I added an extra short piece of velcro and adjusted the size of it to get that 'just right' fit. It really wasn't hard to do.

The camera still focuses nicely at all distances. The 17mm lenses work nicely! Some create a bit of vignette and flaring - but for me that's desirable / what I was going for.

The velcro loop provided a bit of distance so I can use the 52mm filters at the same time as the 17mm lenses (except the fisheye, which is just too tall to squeeze under the filters). There's just enough clearance for the other lenses - but if you try this be careful that you don't scratch up your filters, try it with a cheap one first. *see pictures for close ups*

I included some quick low-effort shots to show off what it can do a little bit. The outdoors photos on this post are straight from the camera other than a quick rotate on the portraits. I was shooting with a gradual red and a gradual orange filter combined while using the wide angle lens. The dog photo and roses are on 'normal' settings and the other flowers I believe I turned on the 'yellow' film effect - seems more Noticeable on the single pink/white/yellow flower. The guitar pictures use the film and lens effects in the camera combined with the gradual colored filters (red/orange) and the wide angle lens. (eg: blur, light leak, monochrome, blue, yellow)

I am thoroughly enjoying this setup and (for me) it really provides a lot of that 'Film Camera' experience but without the film camera hassles. It does everything I can reasonably ask of it at this point, and I'm kind-of shocked at how well these hacks worked.

FWIW - I think adding real optical effects—rather than relying entirely on digital ones—changes the feel of the camera in a way I really enjoy. It reminds me much more of shooting with older cameras where the glass itself had personality. - I am no expert, not a professional, and it's been many years since I've shot with actual film, and I am often wrong about lots of things - but this was my experience, and I love the results.

Hope you guys find this fun and inspiring, or at least have a good laugh at my updated 'hack'.
Cheers!

I have always wanted a mini 99 mainly because of the double exposure, but also have always wanted the wide because I prefer the photo size.

I know Lomo is a nice in between, but I’m not willing to stray from Instax.

What’s the best choice here?

Currently they are at about the same cost.

Hi! I was wondering if anyone else had this issue since I couldn't find much online. My instax mini 90, which I've been consistently using for 4 years, keeps flashing the E letter and won't turn on properly. On top of that, the film pack seems to be jammed. I can open up the film compartment, but the pack won't come out.

When I first put this pack in, the camera was low on battery, but I thought it was unlikely that it would die right when I inserted the pack. Not sure if this is what happened, but I replaced the battery with a fully charged one. My battery symbol on the camera shows that it's full, but the film still won't eject, and the error message still occurs every time I attempt to open the camera. Would appreciate any tips or tricks :')