Fujifilm's 2020 entry-level instant camera — Instax Mini film, 60mm f/12.7, auto exposure, selfie mode.
The Fujifilm Instax Mini 11 is an instant camera released on 5 March 2020 as the successor to the hugely popular Instax Mini 9. It shoots credit-card-sized Instax Mini film and was Fujifilm's mainstream entry-level instant camera of the early 2020s, sold in a range of pastel colours and widely bought as a gift and party camera.
It uses a 60mm f/12.7 lens and, unlike the brightness dial of its predecessors, a fully automatic exposure system that varies shutter speed between 1/2 and 1/250 second and fires the built-in flash as needed. Pulling the lens barrel out to the SELFIE ON mark engages a close-focus mode for 0.3-0.5m with a small mirror beside the lens for framing self-portraits. Standard shooting range is 0.3m to infinity and power comes from two AA batteries.
The automatic exposure is the Mini 11's big practical advantage over the Mini 8 and Mini 9: indoor and evening shots come out usable without the user choosing a setting, which makes it genuinely beginner-proof. It remains a simple fixed-lens snapshot camera with no exposure compensation or double-exposure tricks, so creative shooters may prefer the Mini 40 or Mini 90.
Instax Mini film remains in production and cheap to buy, so unlike vintage film compacts the Mini 11 is fully usable today. On used examples check the film door closes securely, the ejection rollers are clean, the flash charges promptly and the lens barrel clicks positively between normal and selfie positions. Battery leakage in the AA compartment is the most common fault on stored examples.