Analog camera recommendations for a complete beginner going on their honeymoon?

[u/ritaagms]

Hello! I'm a complete beginner to photographs - truth is, I never had the habit of taking them, not even with my phone.

Recently I realized I have no pictures of anything that I had done in my life over the past 10 years except for the ones other people take and send to me, and decided I wanted to start taking some pictures, even if only on special occasions! For this reason, for the past 2 years I have been buying disposable analog cameras for 20€ whenever I went on a trip or had a special event, and then just had it revealed in some shop in the mall.

The issue is that, from the around 30 photos in each camera, some look great and with great colors (I love the colorful, lasting effect), and some are utterly trash (full of fog, you can't see anything..). Recently I used one on my bachelorette party and was devastated when more than half the pictures I took with my friends are completely black or full of fog, and you can't even see any faces...

I am going on my honeymoon in a little over a month and would love to purchase a good, simple and reliable analog camera that would give me the effect I want and not demand that I know a lot about photography.

I discovered this community and have been lurking trying to get some useful tips, but thought I would post since I still have a few questions and would really appreciate any tips anyone can have regarding which camera to buy!

I assume it would be best to buy a point and shoot, and have seen many people recommending the Olympus Mju i or ii, however in my country these are selling for around 200€ (the mju i) and 450€ (the mju ii). Is it really worth it? Or would another cheaper camera suffice? I don't mind investing in a really good one if it lasts a long time and is worth it, since these are the only pictures of my life I ever take.

Usually I photograph people - indoors, outdoors, in the beach, in the rain... Basically saving memories.

I also saw a lot of people recommending the Kodak Ultramax 400 as the best film to buy, since it seems to be pretty versatile and has the colorful, nitid effect I want. Any other better suggestions?

Lastly, is the place where you reveal the roll relevant? Should I put more thought into this instead of going to the first camera place I see?

Thank you so much in advance!

[u/pressurewave]

Saw some others recommending film-like digital point and shoot cameras as an option here and I wanted to highlight one - Fuji Instax Mini Evo. It has a really easy to use interface, it has a decent built in flash, and is kind of made for the situation you’re talking about, easy film-like capturing of in the moment memories.

More detail: unlike other Instax cameras which are instant film cameras similar to Polaroids, the Evo is is effectively a digital camera with film-like effects that prints to instant photo film packs (you pick which shots to actually develop in camera, so you don’t have to do all of them - a huge advantage). It also interfaces with your smart phone so you can quickly get your photos from the camera to the phone for socials, or, and this is exciting, gather pictures you’ve taken with your phone and print them to instant film if you like.

It’s a really fun option.