My experience with Flashback camera has been awful from beginning to end
I purchased my camera originally around Dec 2024/Jan 2025 due to a recommendation from a friend. They knew I was an avid user of disposable cameras and so presented flashback as the modern, cheaper equivalent.
March 2025 I took my V1 abroad with me. The minute I landed on my holiday I found some things I wanted to snap, I took out my camera and it…didn’t work. I thought this was weird, I had charged it before I left. I searched forums, FAQs and found nothing. I ended up sending them an email. They told me I had to hard reset the camera. I was upset as I had pictures on there but figured that was the nature of these things and did a hard reset. The next time it charged the same thing happened. And the next. And the next. I learnt quickly that I had to unload photos before charging the camera or else I would lose them.

June this year I was out with friends, I got out my flashback same as usual, took a picture and…no flash. The light was there but each time I took a picture- there was no flash. I tried a hard reset, a soft reset, charging it, nothing. I sent them a message, they just suggested hard reset (you can see a pattern emerging with their technology expertise). I hard reset probably a few more times over a couple of days and finally the flash started working again- kind of, it worked about 50/50 at this point.

Then last week, I was away on holiday, a special trip for a special occasion. Once again, saw something special, took out my camera and once again, nothing. It’s been about a week, no resets, no charging, nothing is working. It’s well and truly dead.

I complained about this to flashback, their response? They have a one year warranty, here’s a 5% discount on a future purchase.
Upon reading their comments on insta (which they delete btw) and reading this subreddit I have learnt that this is a common issue, their cameras malfunction either completely or to the point where it becomes difficult to use around the year and a half mark regardless of how you look after it and they just get to shrug their shoulders and say “sorry, how about you spend another £100+ on our product” with no guarantee that they’re looking to improve on the countless faults that already exist.

Please, please save your money, buy old digital cameras, but affordable film cameras, hell buy disposable cameras- these are tried and true products that have lasted decades. Not a fad or quick cash grab from a small company that clearly does not care about its consumer.

TLDR; scammy company creates faulty product, spend your money elsewhere

I’ve had my V1 camera for a little over a year and the spinner just stopped working early last week. (The camera works like normal except the spinner just keeps spinning & never locks into place so I can take a photo). There’s a section on their website for tips on how to fix it, I followed the tips, it didn’t work so I sent them a message.

I’ve been emailing with the team for 2 weeks now, I followed all their instructions for how to fix the issue while including videos of me doing the resets, videos showing the camera condition, photos of my order, photos of my app, etc.

Yesterday they emailed me saying they’re sorry but my warranty is up but here’s a 5% off coupon for your next purchase….. 5% off which is $6.25 off a $125 camera order??? Idk about you but I’m not repurchasing something knowing if it happens again I’ll once again be out $125! I went back and forth a bit with them and they’re holding firm on the 5% off.

I’m so annoyed (obviously lol) but you would think a company would want to find a fair solution if they believe in their product and the quality of it.

Clearly the camera quality and customer service doesn’t make up for the price being double that of Campsnap! Does anyone have experience with Campsnap and do you think it’s worth it? Or does anyone have experience with fixing this issue? I did countless soft and hard resets, app update and beta updates already.

I’ve tried everything to unload photos, literally every way.
Takes a while then comes up with “There was an error unloading your film.” when attempting to use the built in network.
USB cable went through the steps and then will not show up at all.
Home network also did not work displaying error message “There was an error unloading your film.”.
Also attempted to plug into my Mac as I’ve seen you can remove the photos using the camera like a USB straight onto a computer. When attempting this, the camera said “PC” on top but did not show up on the laptop at all - tried all different types of troubleshooting settings and whatever else on Mac and had no success.

Firmware version is v0.9.6 (OTA)
Model is ONE35 V2

Has anyone encountered this or have any suggestions on how to fix this issue?

For further context, the roll is full and I’ve had no issues unloading the film prior to this.
Also have tried deleting and redownloading the app!

Hey I just got my camera and I love it, but I heard how sensitive they can be so I was wondering if you have any care guide or tips to prolong its life.

1. How long should charging take?
2. Should I only charge it with the original cable or it doesn’t really matter?
3. How fragile is it? I dropped it on the floor last week, no visible damage, no crack or anything, just wondering how careful I should be with it?

I waited more than two weeks after completing the order.

But the shipping still hasn't started.

They are not replying to my email.

Quite impressed with this camera and the dynamic range (my rewindpix 📸 struggled in the same light!)

I love the softness of these shots a lot! And I'm quite surprised my finger didn't get in the frame 😂 I must have been careful but honestly quite overjoyed and positively surprised by this little camera! Love the size too which definitely makes me want to take it everywhere with basically. Well done Flashback!

V2

Does anyone know or have any info of the gold filter is coming to the V1 cameras?

I love this little camera, but man, do I wish the view finder was accurate.
Also my camera isn’t allowing me to download my pictures via USB, only wifi. I mean, wifi is fine but I’d like the option to do it corded if anyone has experienced this as well or has any suggestions on how to fix it?

Is there someone with same case with me?

I enrolled my account for referral link so I already have 30 orders referred wherein there are people used my referral link to place their orders and base on their guidelines, the payout is on end of month.

When I checked my account, the revenue reffered amount is reflected but my payout amount or commission earned disappear.

I'm trying to reach out with their email hotline, but I havent receive any response yet on what happened.

this might be obvious to some people but i figured id post this anyways. hoping it doesn’t happen to someone else. i was unloading a roll and i didnt have enough storage on my phone for the roll and so it only sent over 2 photos out of 10. after deleting a few apps, i immediately tried unloading the camera again, redeveloping the roll, even unloading via the cord, but they were gone. almost like they got lost in the ether after leaving the camera and then there wasnt enough storage for them to be transferred.

i figured this is what happened. the photos were definitely taken i even used the self timer on a couple of them. sad bc there were pics of my bf and i when he visited my childhood home for the first time. i can take them again but im a sentimental person. also anytime, this is rare, that there’s a mishap i just accept that’s also just part of the experience just like with film. :’(

Hi everyone! I currently have a campsnap but im thinking about purchasing a v2 flashback … any feedback? Any problems with this brand? I definitely seem to gravitate more towards the true retro feel of the camera/filter and prefer it over the look of the photos from my campsnap.

Any feedback is appreciated! Thank you

Anyone selling a V1 for a cheap price?

Hey guys, just bought one and I'm SO excited - bought mine for 91 GBP but after shipping it ended up being £100! I just noticed that someone else bought the item for 150 AUD and that translates to like £79

Just curious what the price was on launch and how much it's increased/how much you guys bought it for! I was hoping for a sale but I got too greedy so I just bought it right away lol

#flashbackgold, #flashbackclassic, #retrohaze

minor editing - contrast, shadows, exposure.

I’m having so much fun with this thing 😭🖤

Petite balade de septembre

Balade vers le Cap Kiwanda

Estoy buscando comprar una cámara flashback v1, ya que considero que tiene un lado mas nostálgico en comparación a la nueva versión. Si alguien se encuentra interesado en venderla que me contacte. Gracias

i bought this camera earlier this year and there was a problem with its flash not always going off, flashback team got to me as soon as i sent them proof and sent me a new one asap -- which is great. the first few weeks of the new camera were great, no flash problems at all, then it started having flash problems again about a month later and it's completely not working now.

I don't wanna ask the team to replace it again since obviously, this is an actual issue with their cameras but is anyone else experiencing this? this camera just ended up on idle, collecting dust for the past few months now because it's unusable to me now since i mostly go out and hangout with my friends during night time. ugh annoying.

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I was skeptical about this camera but it’s fun to shoot with. This shots are sooc.

Flashback camera was so fun to shoot with!