I think this is the ugliest camera Instax has ever made

Fujifilm Instax Pal
(Image credit: Fujifilm)

Fujifilm has announced the launch of its latest and first-ever pocket-sized digital camera, the Instax Pal– and boy is it ugly (sorry Fuji). As far as design choices go, we're a little baffled that this one made the cut, with a seemingly rudimentary attempt to make the camera cute and appealing to kids and teens, but in reality, it's giving Mike Wazowski vibes. 

As someone who owns the sauve-looking Fujifilm Instax Mini 40, this new juvenile design just isn't cutting it for me. The Instax Pal is not like any of the best instant cameras that have come before, and what sets it apart from the usual Instax range of instant cameras is not only its super small size (and ugly aesthetic, which admittedly is a first for Instax), but the fact it doesn't create its own prints either.

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Beth Nicholls
Ecommerce Writer

Beth is Creative Bloq’s Ecommerce Writer and has the fun job of finding you the very best prices and deals on creative tech. Beth kicked off her journalistic career writing for Digital Camera World, and has since earned bylines on TechRadar too. With a Masters degree in Photography, Beth loves getting to tinker with new cameras, especially camera phones, as the resident Samsung fan on the team. Her background working as a tester for CeX let her play around with all kinds of weird and wonderful products, including robots, and she’s recently gotten into 3D printing too. Outside of CB, you’ll find her gaming on her PS5, photographing local shows under the alias Bethshootsbands, and making TikToks of her dog, Tilly. 

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