We live in an era of 48-megapixel phone sensors and AI-computational photography that fixes our skin before we even press the shutter. Everything is sharp. HDR-balanced. Basically, everyone is a perfect photographer.

Frankly, it’s boring.

The Kodak Charmera is some temporary relief. It’s a tiny, $30 camera sold in a “blind box.” You don’t know which of the 7 retro designs you’re getting until you lift the packaging. It shoots grainy photos that look like they were taken in the mid-2000s. And that is exactly why you need one.

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