r/toycameras • • 3h ago

DIGITAL First Shots with Paper Shoot

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Having a lot of fun with this little thing. I got Technoir cause I love translucent tech 🥰 tough to get good shots sometimes but the ones that come out well are so lovely!

IG: @artifexdemon


r/toycameras • • 19h ago

DIGITAL First month with my Camp Snap

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Camp Snap 2. Pics taken in NYC and NJ. Photos cropped and slightly adjusted in Photoshop, but taken with Camp Snap filters (mostly filters Dog Days and Expired, among others).

Pics 2 & 3 are a GFOTY concert. Pics 4 & 5 are from Darshan Day at the American Dream Mall.


r/toycameras • • 5h ago

DISCUSSION Picked this chunky fella up at a thrift store yesterday for ¢70, in box and unused

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It's surprisingly solid, surprisingly heavy (no doubt due to some added metal weights somewhere inside) and comes with a dedicated flash that is surprisingly powerful. The lens allows for multiple apertures although the shutter is fixed and while it did come with some filter 'hoods', these were just rolled up sheets of plastic with a gel taped to one end, so I ditched them.

Apparently there are bone and black and bone and orange versions available, and the shop I bought this one from had another on their shelves, but it was priced at $7 which is a bit over my toy-camera budget.


r/toycameras • • 13h ago

DIGITAL Watch Me Unbox A Camera Before Realizing It Is A Dud

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Someone else posted their pingu keychain camera recently and I couldn't help but order myself one. I was very excited to open the box and I got one of the cuter cameras in my opinion, but unfortunately it does not seem to work.

I charged it for a couple of hours and the red charging light did come on and then eventually turned off, but that is the only sign of life so far. I have tried holding the button longer, I tried 3 different sd cards in it to see if it needed a card to work, and I have also tried the tiny reset button at the bottom that is supposed to reset everything when it stops working. Nothing makes it turn on. If anyone has any other suggestions, I will give them a shot, but I have already contacted aliexpress to start a return.

Having to return a blind box item is particularly annoying. I actually really liked the one I got and there is not guarantee of getting the same one again. Oh well the others are cute too.

My unboxing photos were taken with a G6.


r/toycameras • • 15h ago

DIGITAL my esp32 digicam in action

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its fully open sourced; github: https://github.com/Bogey1309/PocketCam-Classique

(okay yeah i know the tft orientation is very weird lmao, i'll fix it soon)

for more info and pics, see my previous post!


r/toycameras • • 12h ago

DIGITAL Took the anko mini digital camera to Camperdown

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r/toycameras • • 1h ago

DISCUSSION is instax paypal still worth it?

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r/toycameras • • 1d ago

DIGITAL Made my own esp32 digicam (its sort of y2k)

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Hey ya!
Soooo i made this digicam using an esp32cam, ov5640 5mp cam module, and it has a 1.3" tft display that shows live view.

the cam is fully open sourced, you can find it on my github. (hey be sure to leave a star if you can!)
so y'all can build it yourselves, although you will have to do some soldering.

github: https://github.com/Bogey1309/PocketCam-Classique

i havent put it in a case yet- i do have the cad for it however, if any of you want to make it, you can put it in the case too.

unfortunately it does not take videos. but the photos look really y2k in my opinion.
(see the last 5th and 6th images)

also; i do not earn anything from this- just clarifying. its fully open sourced and i wanted to share this with y'all.
(credits to hack club for helping me build this)


r/toycameras • • 22h ago

DIGITAL Double exposures with the Minimo-X

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r/toycameras • • 7h ago

DIGITAL Bit the Camp Snap trend ✨

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Camp Snap V105 was on sale since the newer models are now out. I know the CS2 and the CSPro has built in filters which you can change on the go. But I love how purposeful pre loading a filter on the camera feels like what kind of film am I going to use today ☺️
Used with the Zeus Filter from Camp Snapper.


r/toycameras • • 1d ago

DIGITAL HJD-02 Silver Springs, MD (10/18/2026) and more…

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Camera: HJD-02 (“VETEK”) mini digital camera keychain (pic of camera here: https://www.reddit.com/r/toycameras/s/RcqTXPR0N9)

All images are raw off the SD card (besides rotating vertical photos).
All filters are built into the camera (I am partial to “Dusk” and “Red”).

I was fortunate to visit the amazing Regal Majestic Cinema in Silver Spring, MD this weekend to see The Devils (1971) - 4K Restoration (2026), and had to snap some pictures on my toy camera! I also included shots from the Thursday and Saturday before.
I love this camera!


r/toycameras • • 20h ago

DIGITAL Kiddizoom Print

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Thanks to u/Ponjkl's website I decided the Kiddizoom Printcam was best option for our use.

I found a second hand one for a really good price and so this was my dad's birthday gift for my son who turned 3 yesterday.

I love the quality of the pictures! I wanted something kids proof, with a thermal printer and acceptable digital photos (since I want to make a photo album of the pictures he took later on).

There first 100 pictures are of himself and his little brother and sister 😂. Yesterday he kept making pictures of grandpa (my dad), the dog and anyone who came by for his birthday party. He printed the ones from my dad and was so proud when he handed them over to him.

A thing I also love is that it has the option to put a max on the amount of prints a day. With a toddler... That's needed. The games can be put off. He doesn't know how to get there, but sooner or later he'll figure it out, so I've locked them.

Only issue I'm facing is the time/date in the digital images. The time is set up correctly, but after copying them to my computer it shows no date or time. That's also the reason I made screenshots of my Amazon photos, since they are hard to find in my endless gallery this way.


r/toycameras • • 21h ago

DIGITAL first day with CS2

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r/toycameras • • 20h ago

FILM What does this symbol mean? (Bell & Howell F3-5)

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this is a bell+howell f3•5 camera i got, but cant find any info or manuals for the thing. anybody know what this symbol means/ what it might do?

Sorry if this isn't the right subreddit for this question, let me know if I'd have a better shot asking elsewhere.


r/toycameras • • 1d ago

DIGITAL Got my two year old a Kodak Charmera. She's learned to frame her photos now.

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r/toycameras • • 16h ago

DISCUSSION Japan Recommendations

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Looking for store / product recommendations in Japan. Will be visiting soon!


r/toycameras • • 1d ago

DIGITAL Happy World Toy Camera Day!

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I saw on here that it was world toy camera day so I went out to take some shots with my G6 and G10. I've honestly had a really crappy week and it was nice to have an excuse to get out today and go on a little adventure. It wasn't a particularly nice sunset but I still had a great time watching it and snapping photos.

The first 4 pictures are from the G6 and the rest are from the G10.


r/toycameras • • 1d ago

DIGITAL My toy camera. PS Vita 1000

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r/toycameras • • 2d ago

DIGITAL I patched the Godox C100 firmware to take retro dithered pictures :D

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Hey all!

So my little hobby project the last week or so, has been hacking on the Godox C100 firmware, patching it to shrink the pictures it takes, dither, and apply retro color palettes. Here's some of the results :D I think this is now my new favorite camera haha :P

What do you think?


r/toycameras • • 1d ago

DIGITAL Took the Anko mini digital camera into Melbourne!

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Yes, we've dusted off this trusty workhorse once more 😁


r/toycameras • • 2d ago

DISCUSSION Is this anything?

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Is this a camera that has enough charm to be a toy camera? Universally derided upon release, but it might have been marketed too seriously and fallen short of Canon's own hype.

The Canon Ivy Rec.


r/toycameras • • 2d ago

FILM Some shots from various Diana cameras for world toy camera day

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Vintage Diana and Diana F+. Mostly Ektar but a few shot on Lomo 400.


r/toycameras • • 1d ago

DIGITAL Charmera millenium picture of my wife’s Halloween figure display.

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Came out pretty sick


r/toycameras • • 1d ago

DIGITAL What Holga image is better

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Ok so I put the I'm back35 on one of my holga 135s and decided to do a side by side comparison. I used my car as it was an easy subject to photograph. Now the holga digital I haven't used since probably 2016 and I was blown away by the quality of the image yet the second image with the im back just looks nostalgic and old. What does the community think


r/toycameras • • 1d ago

DIGITAL Bauhn Retro-Digitalkamera from Aldi: any tip or customisation?

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Hi there, I impulse-bought the Bauhn vintage camera from Aldi and I'm here asking if you have some tips, recommendations, customisations etc.

The worst thing is the annoying sounds it makes when turning on/off and the talking voice every time you change filter settings. Is there a way to adjust volume?

I was also wondering if there's some custom firmware to add/change the available filters and so on. I bet it's also available under other brands/names with different features 🤔

Thanks!