Fujifilm Invests $30M to Boost Instax Film Production by 20%
Fujifilm is investing 4.5 billion yen (about $30 million) into its Ashigara Site at the Kanagawa Factory in Japan in order to boost its Instax film production capacity by 20%.
Fujifilm is investing 4.5 billion yen (about $30 million) into its Ashigara Site at the Kanagawa Factory in Japan in order to boost its Instax film production capacity by 20%.
Fujifilm has a new smartphone photo printer that gives the look of instant film without the extra camera.
While visiting a friend recently, I noted that his teenage daughter’s walls were lined with Polaroids of her and her friends. I expressed some surprise and inquired about what got her interested in instant photography. She tilted her head and smirked at the question, and I soon understood why. The term “instant photography” struck her as curiously redundant.
The folks over at Lomography have just unveiled the LomoGraflok 4x5 Instant Back: the world’s first Instant Back for 4×5 cameras that's designed to use Fujifilm Instax Wide film. As Lomo puts it, "large format photography just got a whole lot easier, less expensive, and more accessible!"
Fuji's Instax film is typically thought of as a "snapshot" product, not something you'd use in a studio, but Brooklyn-based photographer Anthony Tripoli hasn't let that stop him. He's figured out a way to shoot studio portraits on Instax film, strobes and all.
Fuji made two announcements today. The first, a mirrorless medium format digital camera, rocked the industry. The second... is less dramatic. Fuji is currently developing a square format instant camera and square format Instax instant film.