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Nikon FE resting inside a open camera bag
The best film cameras in 2026: recapture the magic of film in the digital age

By Sebastian Oakley last updated

Buying Guide The best film cameras we've chosen are practical classics that you can still use today

Buying Guide
The Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo 2 retro hybrid digital camera
Fujifilm's newest compact camera feels like a cross between a film camera and a smartphone. The Instax Mini Evo 2 mixes digital photos, real film, and an oversized screen

By Hillary K. Grigonis last updated

NEWS The Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo 2 is a hybrid digital-instant film camera with a long list of built-in creative tools

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The Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo 2 retro hybrid digital camera
Fujifilm Instax Evo 2 review: With 100 creative combos and no wasted film, this cheap retro compact camera is a clear winner

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

INSTAX The Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo 2 is my new favorite Instax camera – but I think it also warrants a look instead of a cheap compact digital camera

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Nikon Pronea S
Nikon’s weirdest and smallest-ever SLR camera was built for a doomed Kodak film format – but it foreshadowed photography's digital future

By David S Young Published

Classic cameras The rise and swift fall of APS film: A $1 billion lesson in bad timing

Classic cameras
Man with antique large format film cameras
Photographer wins major monochrome award using massive 95-year-old wooden camera. 'The camera itself weighs 45 pounds / 20kg'

By Alan Palazon Published

news New York City-based photographer and antique camera restorer Joshua YeheNara used a Deardorff 11x14 studio camera to capture his Exposure One Award-winning frame

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Fujifilm Instax Mini 99 surrounded by Instax Mini prints
Instant film is becoming so popular that Instax is upping production (again) after record-high sales, marking a 70 percent growth over five years

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

FILM Fujifilm is increasing Instax film production again, rolling out enhancements to a factory in Japan, expected to be fully operational by 2028

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The Canon A-1 film camera
The Canon AE-1 is one of the most popular film cameras – but I bought its lesser-known sibling, and I don’t regret it

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

FILM The Canon AE-1 is arguably the most well-known Canon retro film camera, but one feature in particular drew me to the camera announced two years later

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Line drawing of Robot Royal camera
The secret history of Robot: the innovative 35mm rapid-fire camera of the 1930s became a bank surveillance tool

By David S Young Published

Classic cameras This clockwork camera took 4 photos a second in 1934 without using batteries

Classic cameras
Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo Cinema camera
The “strangest camera that I’ve ever used” has a wonderfully weird decade dial – and now it’s a 2026 Invention of the Year

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

AWARDS The Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo Cinema is one of the TIME Best Inventions of 2026

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The Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo Cinema decades camera
Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo Cinema review: I tried the Fujifilm decades camera, and I’m obsessed with the time-traveling dial

By Hillary K. Grigonis last updated

REVIEW The Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo Cinema is the strangest camera I've used, but it's also incredibly fun

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