r/toycameras • u/ggskater • 13h ago
r/toycameras • u/zzpza • Feb 05 '26
META New post flairs!
For the longest time this subreddit was mostly film photos from cameras like the Holga and Diana. We've always allowed digital photos too, such as from the Gamyboy Camera or the Harinezumi for example.
Recently there have been a number of very popular digital cameras that have introduced people to the lofi aesthetic such as the many different thermal printer cameras, but also the Chuzhao and Kodak Charmera.
This is not bad, and they are welcome here! :)
But it can make it difficult to find specific types of content. This is where the post flair system comes in, since you can filter by these.
I have kept the flair system simple to begin with, we can add or change these if we need to, but let's start with the basic system and see how that goes.
I've added the following four post flairs, and made is so you have to select a flair when you post.
- DIGITAL
- FILM
- DISCUSSION
- META
DIGITAL
For photos and video taken with digital toy cameras. This includes thermal print cameras.
FILM
For photos taken with film toy cameras.
DISCUSSION
For posts that are talking about toy cameras, such as asking advice, troubleshooting, etc.
META
For posts about the subreddit. This shouldn't see much use, it wil mostly be used by the mods for posts like this one.
Thoughts, comments, and feedback below. I want to try to keep this as simple to use as possible, so if you want any extra post flairs created, there would have to be a very good reason.
r/toycameras • u/RetroGM • Feb 05 '26
DISCUSSION Does this subreddit have a discord?
If not can you link to your favorite semi related discord if you use it?
Or if mods see this, can you guys make one?
r/toycameras • u/hello_klve • 19h ago
DIGITAL I patched the Godox C100 firmware to take retro dithered pictures :D
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 • u/Mattekat • 6h ago
DIGITAL Happy World Toy Camera Day!
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 • u/NoMango7188 • 8h ago
DIGITAL Took the Anko mini digital camera into Melbourne!
Yes, we've dusted off this trusty workhorse once more đ
r/toycameras • u/OnkelHalvor • 18h ago
DISCUSSION Is this anything?
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 • u/MissedFocusMaestro • 23h ago
FILM Some shots from various Diana cameras for world toy camera day
Vintage Diana and Diana F+. Mostly Ektar but a few shot on Lomo 400.
r/toycameras • u/Cabibbus • 2h ago
DIGITAL Bauhn Retro-Digitalkamera from Aldi: any tip or customisation?
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 đ€
Thanks!
r/toycameras • u/BrizzPalmizz • 11h ago
DIGITAL Charmera millenium picture of my wifeâs Halloween figure display.
Came out pretty sick
r/toycameras • u/that_photo_nerd • 17h ago
DIGITAL What Holga image is better
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 • u/heavy_metal_shooter • 13h ago
DIGITAL Yet another harbour :D
galleryFlashback camera (v2)
r/toycameras • u/LiamNeesonsIsMyShiit • 1d ago
DIGITAL A few unedited captures from my first day with the Pal 2
Picked up a Instax Pal 2 kinda impulsively this morning while out and about in Sydney, opened it in a park and immediately started trying to figure things out. Pretty happy with the look of the shots - just shot internal, and the transfer is capped at 1mp until they update it, but seems very promising. Looking forward to a few more fun adventures with this cam, I love the size and weight compared to other cameras I've tried.
r/toycameras • u/minMINminer • 21h ago
DIGITAL photos i took with LK019 retro trl camera
i thought that it is just chucao knokoff but the photos are nicer than i thought! only problem i had was the viewfinder is square, but the final photo is rectangular, which is quite annoying(you dont get the final image in the viewfinder!)
still nice trl style camera for Two-thirds price of the chuchao one
r/toycameras • u/theLightSlide • 20h ago
DIGITAL Sunrise walkies with the VQ1015 Entry
galleryI love toy cameras đ„č
r/toycameras • u/adri-synthetique • 1d ago
DIGITAL Altoids glitchcam
This took forever to build, but itâs self contained, and imo my finest work to date :â)
Camera is built from Chuzhao âLoopy Peaceâ print camera, using @getcircuitbentâs âeasy mode glitch camâ ribbon cable. Small potentiometers on top are âModel 91â in 2k and 500 ohms, two in front are more standard-sized ones (placed there also to protect the sensor from drops).
r/toycameras • u/NoMango7188 • 1d ago
DIGITAL Newport railway museum (Charmera millennium)
Some old trains to match the warm film filter!
r/toycameras • u/AmantDuPontNeuf • 18h ago
DISCUSSION Analog Bot
Hiiiii, I had an idea for a Telegram bot and wanted to see if anyone here would actually find it useful.
Basically, it would keep an eye on different websites and send you a message when film, cameras or lenses show up at a good price.
You could set your own preferences, like which film stocks or camera models you're looking for and how much you want to spend.
Would you use something like this? And are there any particular websites you'd want it to check?
Just trying to see if it's worth building.
r/toycameras • u/MissedFocusMaestro • 1d ago
DISCUSSION World Toy Camera day tomorrow.
What's everyone going to be shooting?
r/toycameras • u/Tofurky404 • 2d ago
FILM Japan with my Agat 18k(camera at end)
Really loving this little camera. I took this as my only camera to Japan last summer, and it was a lot of fun seeing how these turned out.
r/toycameras • u/hello_klve • 1d ago
DIGITAL Patching the C100's firmware to take retro dithered pics
I bought the Godox C100 because it seemed like a fun toy camera. But when it arrived, I found the shutter sound was so annoying that I wanted to hack the speaker out. Halfway the process of opening the camera though, I realized that although I'm not that much of a firmware tinkerer myself, AI could probably do this way easier, programmatically...
Before I knew it, some hours later, we had patched the firmware to not only remove the annoying audio (with a brief intermezzo of playing Super Mario sounds instead, until my roommate told me to please stop making the sounds so she could go to sleep) ... the camera was now also taking pixelated, dithered black and white pictures instead! Next came the retro color palettes, video recording, and cycling through the settings, now also displayed on screen.
I'd love it if you try it out too! â https://c100.klve.nl/
r/toycameras • u/Photoboots • 1d ago
FILM What do I do wrong with Holga 120n?
What do I do wrong? These light strips in my images are not the quirky effect I expected to come from my Holga 120n. I turn the film until I see the next number in the middle of the little red compartment on the back, take a picture, repeat. Is the camera a desaster?