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Easter Instax

This Easter I brought my Instax SQ61 camera with me instead of my Polaroid camera.

That's because Instax film is far more reliable, consistent and easier to use: fast development time (less than 4-5 minutes), no need to shield the developing photos from daylight nor have to pay attention to the environment temperature. Bonus: it's also cheaper.
Polaroid colours are dreamier and when the film develops correctly the overall result is better (for me at least), but too many times it's a hit or miss and I'm falling out of love.

The Instax square film is still a little too small for my taste but at the moment I don't own an instant camera that shoots the WIDE format.

Here it is a shot I took on Easter afternoon:

lemons.JPG

... and one I took the day after, on Easter Monday:

tulips.JPG

I love the resolution and details of both pictures, I used the macro mode on the SQ6.

Both pictures were digitalised via the Polaroid App installed on my old iPhone 7; it's not the best way to do it, but it's way faster than using a flatbed image scanner.

I also published them on /r/Instax: the lemons and the tulips.

If you wish to see other instant photos on this blog check this page.

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  1. Instax SQUARE SQ6, copy of the page on the Internet Archive 

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