This is the perfect smoke machine for a photographers, entry level users and hobbyists. The SmokeNINJA is 30% smaller but has exactly the same power as the SmokeGENIE. You buy the SmokeNINJA for about half of what you pay for a SmokeGENIE. The compact SmokeNINJA has 3 functions: Fog, Steam and Dry Ice. The 3 functions are specially made for photography in such areas as portrait, food and product photography.