//PRICE//

Normally the instax mini 8 is around $99 AUD but I have noticed that a lot of the time Target has them for $89 which is how much I paid for mine. I don't think that the price of the camera is too much, but the individual film is on the pricey side. It's around $20-$25 for a pack of 20 films which works out to about $1 per photo which is quite expensive when you can buy a 8gb SD card for the same price which would hold thousands of photos. But overall I think it is worth it.

//THE DEVICE//

The instax mini 8 comes in 3 pastel colours; pink, yellow, blue and also in white and black. I honestly couldn't choose what colour to get because they are all so pretty and I wish I could buy one of every single colour. I decided to go for the blue which I super happy about because I love the colour a lot. It is a fairly chunky camera but it's small enough to carry around in your handbag or backpack. It's not a very heavy camera to hold. The layout of the camera is fairly simple and there aren't too many buttons to get confused with. There are 2 main buttons; the power on button (located near the lens) and the shutter button (located near the flash). On the top of the lens are 4 different lights which represent the setting you should use based on the lighting you are in. On the left of the camera is the flash and the viewfinder. The battery compartment can be found on the left side of the camera. On the left side of the back of the camera is the space where you put your film and on the bottom right side of that is a little counter of how many photos you have remaining.

//USE AND PHOTOS//

I would say that the instax mini 8 is a very easy camera to use. It doesn't have many settings to play around with and it's easy to understand. I have only taken a few photos with the camera so far, but I really like the way they turn out. I would say that they are a pretty good quality photo and they look really nice. The photos only take about a minute or 2 to finish developing which is super quick. The only problem I have with the photos is that the viewfinder isn't in the same place as the lens so if you are taking a picture of someone else it may turn out different to what it looked like in the viewfinder. But other than that I'm very happy with the photos.

//OVERVIEW//

Overall I think that the instax mini 8 is a really nice camera. The camera itself isn't too expensive and it is certainly worth it. The camera is a good thing to have if you are going out with some friends or family and you want to take pictures that you can cherish forever, I like the idea of being able to have a photo developed straight away because it gives you a break from always uploading selfies to facebook, twitter, instagram etc and you just get to appreciate it a little bit more. I also like the idea of being able to keep the photos for a long time which you can't do with digital photos on your phone.