When I first read about the possibility of the Monochrome film being released for the Instax camera on thephoblographer.com I couldn't stop thinking about how cool it would be. What Fujifilm did with the color film was amazing, but having B&W was something that always gave Polaroid (Impossible Project) the edge when it came to instant photography. Well now it's finally here, and it's safe to say this little pack of film is probably the most excited I've ever been bout a product in years. Not just in photography, but just period. But is it any good?

Gear Used

The Instax Mini 8 was used with the Monochrome Instax Film.

Image Quality & Shooting Conditions

To give you a perspective of my shooting conditions I want to state that the majority of my images were shot between 2-3PM. Mostly outdoors in harsh lighting, but a few were indoors as well. The Instax Mini 8 was set to the sunny, slightly bright mode, according to Fujifilm.com this sets the Instax Mini 8's aperture to f/22.

My goal was to photograph random street portraits, something I've done before with the Instax Mini color film. I remember when my film was extremely overexposed, so before I conversed with my first subject I decided to take a quick sample shot of my friend who was filming me that day.