The best instant cameras and printers in 2026 for quickly making retro-style prints

The best instant cameras and printers make photography a physical, tangible experience again. If you’re sick of pixels and screens and want to hold a real image in your hands, these cameras from Polaroid, Fujifilm Instax and more will allow you to do just that.

Instant cameras may be designed for fun rather than pin-sharp imagery, but that doesn’t mean we don’t take them seriously. Our reviewers spend extended, hands-on time with all of the instant film and digital instant cameras that we test, to make sure we have a thorough understanding of their strengths and weaknesses. In this guide, I’ve included only the cameras that have really impressed us.

As well as instant film cameras in the classic Polaroid model, you’ll find a few digital instant print cameras. While these don’t produce…