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Fujifilm instax mini 9- generic film?

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  • 03-12-2019 1:29pm
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    dinneenp
    Registered Users Posts: 8,114 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    Just wondering if anywhere online sells generic film for the Fujifilm instax mini 9?

    Thanks,
    Pa


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    sweetie
    Registered Users Posts: 9,791 ✭✭✭sweetie


    Was wondering the same, daughter just got one and I don't fancy shelling out a euro a pic!

    Edit: Just over €20 for 40 on aliexpress using new customer discount.


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    Alanstrainor
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    I'm not sure there is. There's not many companies making film at all. It's Fujifilm or nothing really. You can find decent prices online though.


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    DaireQuinlan
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    Only Fujifilm makes it. Buy it online in bulk and store in a cool place, don't freeze it. You might find 'Polaroid' branded film & cameras that look suspiciously similar, because they're just rebranded instax film & cameras.

    You might also come across new 'Polaroid Originals' which are actually the 'impossible project' crowd from a few years back who lucked out and managed to get their greasy mitts on the polaroid brand. I wouldn't touch their film with a 10 foot long pole. Or 8 foot really, since that's all the shots you get in one of their packs.


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    sweetie
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    DaireQuinlan wrote: »
    Only Fujifilm makes it. Buy it online in bulk and store in a cool place, don't freeze it. You might find 'Polaroid' branded film & cameras that look suspiciously similar, because they're just rebranded instax film & cameras.

    egg compartment in fridge cool or back of a cupboard?


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    DaireQuinlan
    Registered Users Posts: 6,681 ✭✭✭DaireQuinlan


    sweetie wrote: »
    egg compartment in fridge cool or back of a cupboard?

    Fridge is grand, so long as it's not too cold and you don't stick it in a freezy bit (i.e. if I stick something up against the back wall of the fridge it can freeze up). But take it out a few hours before you want to use it to allow it to get up to room temperature. Freezing is a problem because of the little pod of chemicals, if they freeze they can expand and burst the pod, and disaster ensues once it thaws out.


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    dinneenp
    Registered Users Posts: 8,114 ✭✭✭dinneenp


    I hunted around, cheapest I could find was on Aliexpress for €5.60 per ten.
    If anyone can find better value, please post.


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    sweetie
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    dinneenp wrote: »
    I hunted around, cheapest I could find was on Aliexpress for €5.60 per ten.
    If anyone can find better value, please post.

    The film I ordered from aliespress around the 12th december arrived.
    Not a bad wait time considering xmas and good value.


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