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5 companies make "Kodak" cameras • Instax Mini Evo Cinema • Travel lenses: is convenience worth compromise?
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- Feb 20, 2026
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Summary
Welcome to Bokeh Face! In this episode: We go In Focus on Kodak in 2026. How is it beating all the other camera companies, does it have better brand recognition than Canon and Nikon, will we get another mirrorless Kodak system and how come there are five companies making "Kodak" cameras ? Then we Gear Up with perhaps the nuttiest camera Fujifilm has ever made, the Instax Mini Evo Cinema . Are Eras the new Film Simulations for video, will we see them come to X and GFX cameras, how does Taylor Swift fit in, does a camcorder need to print photos / does an instant camera need to shoot video, and how does this camera compare to the Camp Snap CS-8 ? And closing the show with Trouble Shooting , we discuss superzooms and travel lenses . Are these all-in-one optics really worth it, or does the convenience merit the compromise in terms of optical quality? How good can an 18-400mm lens really be? ⏰ TIMESTAMPS ⏰ 0:00 Kodak has made some terrible formats! 1:33 Kodak is back in a big way 2:05 In America, Kodak WAS photography – but then it disappeared 3:33 Not a Kodak history lesson, but… here's a Kodak history lesson 6:28 Kodak had 2025's best selling compact camera 9:33 Transition film to digital, cameras to phones, back to cheap cameras 11:54 Will Kodak make another mirrorless interchangeable lens system? 12:43 How much equity is in the name? Better recognition than Canon and Nikon? 14:26 Will the compact camera bubble burst? 17:24 Meet the Instax Mini Evo Cinema 18:35 This camera is a time machine 21:15 This is how the Eras Dial works – like a video version of Film Simulations 22:10 Forget image quality – this is the industry's smallest sensor 23:40 The perfect "pub camera"? 26:26 Instax Mini Evo Cinema Specs 29:05 X-Half didn’t find an audience, b…