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Fujifilm Instax Wide Monochrome is Guaranteed to Be Gorgeous

Chris Gampat
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10/31/2017
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Last Updated on 10/31/2017 by Chris Gampat

We didn’t think it would happen, but Fujifilm Instax Wide Monochrome is real!

Fujifilm’s Instax Wide format never really got the love the Instax Mini format did, but with the announcement of the new Fujifilm Instax Wide Monochrome film, photographers are getting another option. The film follows in the footsteps of Fujifilm Instax Mini Monochrome in that it’s essentially the black and white version of the emulsion and designed to be used with Instax Wide cameras. The most advanced option on the market is the Lomography Lomo’Instant Wide, which we gave a lot of praise to and that other photographers modify. You can even shoot it in Land cameras.

Oddly enough, Fujifilm hasn’t announced the new Fujifilm Instax Wide Monochrome film on their website of the USA division or even the Global division. However, we’ve confirmed with reps within Fujifilm that the film is indeed real. According to reports over on R/Polaroid (which I’m a mod for) Fujifilm Taiwan leaked the film.

Fujifilm Instax Wide Monochrome, which at the time of publishing this article is only available at Best Buy, comes in packs of 10 per cassette. Like the others, Fujifilm Instax Wide Monochrome is an ISO 800 film and shoots approximately at the 3×4 inch size format. It also has that massive area underneath that is used to hold the emulsion. When the film goes through the rollers, that emulsion gets sent through the image and onto the exposed area. Then your photo appears. Unlike options from the Impossible Project (which is now Polaroid Originals), it won’t go sepia after a while if they’re using the same emulsion in Instax Mini.

This announcement is a pretty odd one to me. For a while, I’ve been under the impression Fujifilm was going to kill off Instax Wide due to declining sales vs Instax Mini and Instax Square. Square arguably competes more with Polaroid Originals’ film. However, it’s still pocketable and easy to carry around. Instax Wide, on the other hand, is huge. Fujifilm Instax Wide is mostly bought by, wait for it, the US Prison system and the Catholic church. But if you’re a photography who truly cares about the imaging area on a film plane, then you’ve probably shot on it. I’ve taught classes on how to use this film in a studio setting and I’m going to have even more fun using Fujifilm Instax Wide Monochrome.

We’ve got loads of tutorials, stories and guides to Instax cameras by the way.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.