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Fujifilm <\/b>has announced two new additions to their famous Instax <\/b>line of cameras and printers \u2013 the Instax Pal 2<\/b> and the Instax Link Wide<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Instax Pal 2<\/h2>\n
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The Instax Pal 2 is a bite-sized camera with no built-in picture, meant to work with standalone Instax Link printers.<\/p>\n

Image: Fujifilm<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you\u2019re not caught up with the Instax lineup, the original Instax Pal was a camera that, unlike the Instax cameras you may be familiar with, does not have a built-in photo printer. Instead, it was a palm-sized digital camera that was meant to work with external Instax Link printers.<\/p>\n

The Instax Pal 2 retains that same purpose, but takes a whole different direction when it comes to design, looking more like a proper Fujifilm camera with the two-tone matte and ribbed texture.<\/p>\n

It also comes with some additions compared to the original Pal. Importantly, this includes an (albeit tiny) viewfinder that, notably, is located on the top of the camera rather than on the back. It\u2019s an interesting way to get around the Pal 2\u2019s size.<\/p>\n

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The viewfinder on the top of the Instax Pal 2, with the command dial on the left, and lever and shutter on the right.<\/p>\n

Image: Fujifilm<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Some of the refined design cues aren\u2019t just for show, either. The Pal 2 features a command dial<\/b> and lever<\/b> on either side of the top of the camera.<\/p>\n

The command dial allows you to switch between a series of effects to apply onto the shot. There are a total of five themes with six effects in each, making a total of 30 effects<\/b>, though you can only load a single theme onto the Pal 2 at any one time, using the dedicated Instax Pal app<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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A sample image using an effect from the Digicam theme, which you can load on the Pal 2 via the Instax Pal app.<\/p>\n

Image: Fujifilm<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As for the lever, it serves two functions. Pushing the lever away <\/i>from the viewfinder allows you to switch between Mini, Square, Wide and No Frame shooting formats. Pushing the lever towards<\/i> the viewfinder turns on Instax Animation mode<\/b>, which captures a burst of up to 10 images, and combines them into a stop-motion flipbook animation.<\/p>\n

The camera hardware has been improved as well. It now has a 1\/3.06-inch sensor shooting at 10MP. The Pal 2 can now also store up to 100 photos (up from 50 in the original Instax Pal), but that\u2019s before adding the microSD card, which the camera supports.<\/p>\n

But how can you print these? Well, the Instax Pal 2 can connect to your phone via the Instax Pal app. Once that\u2019s done, you can transfer the photos to your phone via USB (the camera has a USB-C port) or Bluetooth.<\/p>\n