Colour balance and tonal range are also improved over Polaroid integral instant films.

Fuji's decision to integrate the pressure plate springs and batteries into the camera bodies rather than the disposable film pack itself helps make the Instax system more economical per exposure than Polaroid's equivalents.

Fujifilm eventually released the FinePix PR21, a digital camera with a built-in Instax mini printer, in 1999.

[7] A stand-alone printer was planned from the start but was not the primary focus, but this changed with the advent of mobile devices.

Released the year after the mini film and cameras, the negative was increased on this format to create an image size based on the golden ratio.

Instax Wide 300 has shutter release 1/64 - 1/200 s with exposure compensation ±2/3 EV (Lighten-Darken control) on ISO 800 speed.

[12][13] On September 25, 2018, Fujifilm launched the Square SQ 20[14] which has a configurable "Motion Mode" function that allows recording of video (max 15 seconds), and the selecting and printing of a frame.

Kodak ceased production of instant film cameras when it was successfully sued by Polaroid for patent infringement in 1986.

Fujifilm, through an agreement with Polaroid specifying they could not officially distribute in certain territories (such as the US) until the original patents expired in the mid-1990s, continued to manufacture and market their own line of films.