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Instax Mini 99vs BF

GearFrame · Updated March 2026

Fujifilm Instax Mini 99 Fujifilm Instax Mini 99 (2024) Starting from £160 new Best for Creative instant photography & serious enthusiasts View Instax Mini 99
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Sigma BF Sigma BF (2025) Starting from £1799 new Best for Photographers who want to strip back every distraction View BF

GearScore™ Verdict — Which should you buy?

Creative Instant Photography & Serious Enthusiasts — Instax Mini 99 (2024): The most serious analogue instant camera Fujifilm has ever made. Manual controls, colour effects, and USB-C charging elevate it far above the rest of the range.

Photographers Who Want To Strip Back Every Distraction — BF (2025): The most radical camera in years — no dials, no buttons, just a flat aluminium body and total creative minimalism.

↓ Full specifications below

Instax Mini 99 (2024)

  • Instant photographers who want real creative control over their prints
  • Mini 12 or Mini Evo owners who want the most capable analogue Instax
  • Photographers who treat instant film as a serious artistic medium
  • Anyone who wants colour effects, vignette, and manual controls in one camera

BF (2025)

  • Photographers who find camera menus and dials a distraction from the creative process
  • L-mount system users who want the lightest, most minimal full-frame body available
  • Design enthusiasts who value the object quality and philosophy as much as the output
  • Sigma fp/fp L users ready for a more radical step toward minimal photography

Quick take: The instax mini 99 is the most affordable; only the bf is weather sealed. Scroll down for the full spec breakdown.

Full specifications

Specification Instax Mini 99 (2024)BF (2025)
Price £160 £1,799
Sensor Instax Mini film (62 × 46mm image area) 24MP full-frame BSI CMOS
Resolution 24.0MP
Video N/A — instant film camera 4K/30p, 1080p/60p
Autofocus Fixed focus with zone focus dial (0.3m / 0.5m / 1m / 2m / ∞) Phase-detect AF — face and eye detection
Stabilisation N/A 5-axis IBIS — 7 stops
Burst Rate N/A 9fps electronic
Battery Life Rechargeable internal battery (USB-C, ~100 shots) ~400 shots (CIPA)
Weight ~440g (with battery, without film) 427g body only
Dimensions 131.7 × 104.9 × 66.8mm 127.0 × 75.0 × 45.0mm
Weather Sealed No Yes
Viewfinder Real-image optical viewfinder EVF 0.75× 3.68M-dot
Screen N/A 3.15" fully articulating touchscreen — primary interface
Mount Instax Mini film pack (10 shots per pack) L-mount (Leica/Panasonic/Sigma)
Memory Cards N/A — instant film only Single UHS-II SD slot
Connectivity USB-C (charging only) USB-C, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
Genre Instax Mini 99BF
Portrait
9.0
9.0
Creative
9.0
Parties & Events
9.0
Street
7.0
9.0
Low Light
7.0
Travel
7.0
9.0
Landscape
7.0
Sports
4.0
Vlogging & Video
4.0

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