Instant film cameras make comeback

The instant film camera makes a comeback as sales for such devices from brands like Fujifilm and Polaroid pick up

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Miss Teo Yanning always takes her Fujifilm Instax Mini 8 instant film camera along when she travels, preferring it to her smartphone for snapping vacation photos.

"It makes for the perfect pictorial travel journal, which I can always look at and reminisce what happened during those trips," says the 28-year-old public relations manager.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on August 22, 2018, with the headline Instant film cameras make comeback . Subscribe