Do you want to keep your photos for a long time, and make some of them widely available Or do you want them to be more ephemeral, something you can give to a friend and maybe never see again

Solid build; Fun to shoot with; Printing photos is a delight

No connectivity; Most expensive Instax film yet; Digital image quality is rough

The latest Instax Square SQ10 is a hybrid instant camera that combines digital imaging capabilities and has got the ability to print photos instantly. It's an eye catching camera, and everyone noticed it during my visit to the magnificent Jama Masjid in Old Delhi.

There is no denying the Fujifilm Instax Square SQ10 is a fun piece of kit. It's guaranteed to have folk gathered around at parties, keen on taking one of the inimitable snaps home.

Easy and fun to use; Multiple instant prints

Expensive; Poor digital images; Limited ISO range

It’s the ability to perfect your photos before you print that’s the real selling point here, especially for those that bristle at the cost of the film itself, which is still around £1/$1 per print. Still, there’s a loss of immediacy here too, and it’s hard not to feel that in letting you pick the perfect shot, the SQ10 misses out on the charm of instant cameras in the first place.

If you love the social interaction that you get from an instant camera, and are a fan of the analog look from instant prints, the SQ10 is most certainly worth a look. The square format is more exciting for a generation that grew up with Polaroid than the smaller Mini or even the larger Wide format.

Makes square instant photos; 3.6MP digital image sensor; Bright f/2.4 lens; 28.5mm wide-angle field of view; In-camera filters and editing tools

More expensive than purely analog instant cameras; Instax Square film is pricey; No way to save filtered digital images; Printing from other cameras finicky

Recently, we were playing around with Huawei's P20 Pro - the world's first smartphone with a triple camera setup and presently the only one to sport the best camera performance according to DxOMark.

When the first ‘Polaroid' type camera came out it was the camera equivalent of sliced bread. The models were big and the quality of the image was not that great but to see the image immediately was what people wanted to have.

The Fujifilm Instax Square SQ10 is a hybrid analogue and digital camera, giving you the ability to shoot digital images and print off the best ones. As the name may indicate, it uses a square format of instant film - which is new to the market, and with its shape, is reminiscent of the Polaroid type...

Fujifilm has a strong library of purely analog instant cameras that use its Mini and Wide film Instax formats. But it has decided to move in a different direction with its first model that uses its Polaroid throwback Instax Square film. It sports a digital sensor and an LCD, so you can snap away, edit and filter images, and print them at will. It's fun to use and the prints look great, but I'm left wanting for a bit more from the digital side, as there's no way to transfer your in-camera edits to a computer or phone. The SQ10 is a great conversation starter, but pricey compared with purely analog instant cameras. Our Editors' Choice instant camera is still the $200 Lomography Lomo'Instant Wide, which uses film with a larger image area and costs less than Instax Square. Design The SQ10 ($159.00 at Amazon) is a squarish camera, finished in black with silver accents. It measures 5.0 by 4.7 by 1.9 inches (HWD) and weighs 15.9 ounces when loaded with film. You can slide it in a large j...

The Instax Square SQ10 is a new type of instant camera, blending digital capture with true analog film output, but images are difficult to share online.

Makes square instant photos; 3.6MP digital image sensor; Bright f/2.4 lens; 28.5mm wide-angle field of view; In-camera filters and editing tools

More expensive than purely analog instant cameras; Instax Square film is pricey; No way to save filtered digital images; Printing from other cameras finicky

The Fujifilm Instax Square SQ10 takes the fun, nostalgic shooting experience of an instant film camera, combines it with the safety of shooting digital and adds the appeal of a new square print format that's familiar to both Polaroid and Instagram users.

The Fujifilm Instax Square SQ10 is an instant film camera married with the convenience of a digital camera, but it's not without compromise.

The Fujifilm Instax Square SQ10 uses a new square format that offers larger prints while keeping the camera relatively compact; It's a digital camera letting you shoot and print only the images you want, and you can add filters or a vignette before or after you shoot.

Its low-resolution digital photos are mediocre and highlights blow out easily; The camera's controls and menus are unintuitive; There's no wireless connection for sharing or printing with a mobile device; Film packs are pricey.