With the popularity of vinyl and all things vintage, it was only a matter of time before cameras with film in them would make a comeback.

It's been a long time since I've used film. I still have a roll of 35mm 36-exposure in the back of the fridge from 2001. I haven't used it because, well, I have a couple of digital cameras and a phone. I also don't have to pay for film and processing, and then waiting to see the results.

However, I can remember the attraction of film. It's satisfying to see and hold a print, much like the feeling of holding a vinyl record in your hands.

An instant camera, one that produces prints soon after a picture is taken, may be a happy compromise. The Fujifilm Instax Mini90 Neo Classic ($199) is designed in matt silver and black.

A pack of 10 sheets of film is easy to load once you wade through the instructions.

This is a fun camera to use. You can even shoot selfies, framing them with the mirror-like power button at the front, but I wasted a fair bit of film experimenting to get a feel for the different modes such as kids, party, and particularly the long exposure shots in bulb mode.

I created some wonderfully atmospheric photos, but in most modes I found myself getting up close to the subject so it filled the frame.

Photos aren't that sharp, and they remind me of my mum's amateur Kodak Instamatic pics in the seventies. The lack of focus control is disappointing, and there is no screen to view the shot, just an irritatingly small viewfinder, and the credit-card size of the prints may be too small for some.