Kodak Snapic A1 is a new film camera with a 3-element glass lens and automatic film transport.
RETO Project has released their new affordable ($99 MSRP) yet practically unique camera with a 𝒇9.5 25mm ultra-wide lens, built-in flash featuring red-eye reduction, and fully automatic film transport. The camera comes in two colours: Rhino Grey and Ivory White.
It has a fixed 1/100 shutter, which means you’ll need to be mindful of your exposures — this is not a point-and-shoot camera. You can, however, estimate your ideal film type using the Sunny 16 calculator (analog.cafe/app/sunny-16-c…) — set it to 𝒇8, 1/125.
The onboard flash is GN8 (here’s how to use it to get precise exposures in all light conditions: analog.cafe/r/a-simple-gui…).
The cameras operate on two AAA batteries.
RETO/Kodak cameras offer a good balance of affordability and build quality. While they are relatively simple devices and share a similar shutter design with plastic toy cameras, there’s often something extra (including superior build quality) that makes them more fun and more dependable. Kodak Ektar H35N+ (analog.cafe/r/kodak-ektar-…) has a glass-aspherical lens that makes it the sharpest plastic half-frame camera, while also being very affordable. RETO Pano (analog.cafe/r/reto-pano-re…) is another fun one with an ultra-wide lens and a retractable panoramic mask — I still use it today.
Kodak Snapic A1 takes the earlier designs further with an all-glass lens and motorized film transport, which should make rapid series of shots and loading and reloading the camera much faster.
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Another sample made with Kodak Snapic A1 (courtesy of RETO Production Ltd.). This camera has a built-in double-exposure switch that makes photos like this possible.
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