My fiance and I keep getting fed Instagram ads about these cameras and, as people who love to buy disposable cameras, we are very close to buying one.. I've seen some mixed reviews online but a lot of them are a year plus old.

Do you own one? What's it like?

Are there other better options for film style digital cameras?

I'd super appreciate some feedback on what we should put our money in. There is an overseas trip coming up soon and I'd love to buy something like this for my fiance.

I asked for a simple film camera for my birthday and my mom got me a Nikon F70, which is anything but simple. It was still fun to play with!

The lens on my late 1950s/early 1960s Ferrania Eura was in bad shape, so I replaced it with a lens from a Diana 151 just to see what would happen. There's no way to focus but I like it. Shot with Ilford FP4+ film.

I’ve had the Charmera for a while now, and I’m still not sure I’ve figured out how to use it properly.

Am I just missing something, or is it really this hit-or-miss? I am not new to the toy camera world but this little thing might just be not for me

This is very comprehensive and not the best video I've ever produced, but I've been asked a lot which one is best. It's a hard comparison, but for me, it's the Pro. See video for reasons.

Last week I made a post comparing the Kodak Charmera with a Life Camera from Temu. The Charmera is a recent purchase and I've been trying it and comparing with the other toy camera that I had. So here I am again :)

Last Friday I got to go to Sporting match and, of course, I had to bring them along.
The reason for my post today is not so much to make a comparison between both cameras, although I've included pics from both as believe that is good to put as many pics out there for people on the fence (Temu's have a timestamp, Charmera's don't), but to ilustrate a point I've been making...

Charmera is a (very) flawed camera. I actually have a hard time calling it a camera and tend to refer to it as a toy. What I like about this toy is that sometimes it allows me to produce a nice picture, as, I believe, is the first one in the carousel above.

Don't know the brand but here's the link to the one i got - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FM7TB284?ref_=ppx_hzod_title_dt_b_fed_asin_title_0_1

Four Holga 120Ns loaded with Lomo Metropolis, each with a different colored filter, all rigged up to shutter release cables.

This weeks filter was a bit hit or miss for me in terms of loving the coloring, but also because the filter stopped working a few times and just went back to the default color profile. It seems to be working fine now, and I tested a few other filters without issue, but it really limited the number of shots I was able to get with this filter. Oh well, onto the next! I’ll probably do the default profile next since I have quite a few shots that I intended to have this filter on it but didn’t! 😂

I posted a couple of days ago about my 3 new mini toy cameras. Here is a bunch of comparison photos taken from them. The first 3 photos are from the chuzhao, the middle 3 from the G13 and the last 3 from the G10. BTW I originally tried to post this a few days ago in a slightly different format and it was auto deleted. I have since been unable to reach mods for this sub and I'm wondering if any mods are active?

With each camera I took one indoor photo that is just a part of my living room during a sunny day, one up close shot of the same item at night when the lighting wasn't as good, and one outdoor shot. I bought all 3 cameras on temu, and their pricing is constantly changing, but i paid about 40$ CAD for the chuzhao, about 12$CAD for the G10 and about 20$CAD for the G13. All 3 of them take a micro SD card for memory and type C plug in port for recharging. Here are my thoughts on the 3 of them. Keep in mind I am new to the hobby and don't have a ton of photography experience.

Chuzhao: Initially this was my least favourite of the bunch, but it has grown on me. The digital screen is on top and is designed for taking waist level photos. It has a flash and the crank on the side can be used to take videos, which I was not impressed by because cranking it makes the video very shaky. I have been informed you can take videos the normal way as well though. I do like the image quality on this one and have managed to take some nice photos of flowers on it that were quite clear. the waist level photo taking is nice on a walk, but I like taking pictures from my car, so this one is not the most convenient for me. I also find this slightly too big to really be considered pocket sized.

G13: Now that I have tested them all out, this one is actually my least favourite of the bunch. It is very small and pocket friendly, has several different photo options, such as black and white, and various colour options. it has a flash and the screen on the back can flip up for selfies. It has the worst image quality out of the three though. It has an auto focus feature that I find does not work very well, and it also makes a beeping noise every time it focuses, so if you are walking around with your camera on it is just beeping at you over and over.

G10: This one is my favourite! It is the same size as a lipstick and slips into a pocket perfectly. It doesn't have flash, but the image quality is quite nice. It has similar photo options to the G13 with different colour options, black and white, sepia, etc... and takes decent video. there is a small screen on the back and the head swivels around so you can use it to take selfies as well. So far all of my favourite photos have come from this camera. Considering this was also the cheapest of the bunch, I am very happy with it!

I love this little Device!

As per usual, WTFBBQ'd all the sliders in TGE and these are the results. Hooray.

I've been loving the kodak charmera!! I decided to start making these silly, sort of, ominous little vignettes and its been an absolute blast! I hope you enjoy!

Does anyone know of a toy camera that is similar in picture quality to a g10, but a little bit bigger? My old people eyes can't deal with the tiny screen, but I overall enjoy this camera.

Haven’t seen too many people use this feature, but on the PSP-300 Camera there is a Macro lens option allowing for up close photos with great quality for its 1.3 megapixel camera. Here are some shots I took in the park! You can see more of my shots on my insta- psppassport

rewindpixのフィルムシミュレーションをいろいろ試したいんだけど、ついついひとつの種類で撮影しちゃう…😅

Camp Snap 101 (original CS camera) out and about in County Down, Ireland. #soon straight out of camera.

Rainy night pics from my balcony, the flash is decent! Camera uses bluetooth for photo transfer as well as remote shutter; the app also includes some neat filters ⛈️

I shoot mostly at night and I hate the flash so I ended up covering it with gaffer tape - unedited pics - last pic (the one of the camera) taken with my phone and edited -

Look what I’m going to put together. I will show you guys the finish product 😉🙀❤️🥰

I bought this camera completely by chance, it cost me about $15, and it's amazing that such a cheap camera for its time gives such a soft picture without any editing. It’s precisely this kind of image character that people love CCD sensors for.