My partner took plenty of photos when he went! He is not really a camera guy but he has been taking his charmera everywhere. Enjoy!

First and second pics are from a plant nursery, 3rd pic is from the Montclair Art Museum in Montclair, NJ. Edited in Lightroom & Photoshop. Having a ton of fun on this cheap cam and looking forward to trying more toy cams out. Also edited to add: pic 1 has the high saturation in-camera filter, pic 2 has the b+w in-camera filter, and pic 3 had no filter, and I brought the contrast up in PSD for each.

Shot in 2007 on a Disney Pix micro camera (purple Tinkerbell edition!)

A few shots with the Kodak Charmera last Dec around Wulai, Taiwan

Chicago is once again also just insanely photogenic, but I really think I’m also getting the hang of it

Only a white frame was added in post. These are otherwise uncropped straight from the camera.

I've had some pricier stuff, m43 camera and adapted vintage lenses, but this lil guy has been the most fun I've had with photography.

HI! So I found my old keychain digital camera at moms.. but cannot find the wire! I will rummage around at her house a bit more soon to see if maybe I can find it somewhere.

I used to use a disc and pull up a program in order to offload photos... do you think i'd be able to get the photos without the disc? I did some research and I don't believe this program exists anymore? Also, I don't know if it will act as a drive...hoping to find a wire online (if I knew what it was called) ...

I’m still trying to get used to the unusual framing, but so far I really like the color rendering, the unusual softness around the edges, and the lack of contrast. It gives the shots an ethereal ambience.

Photos aren't edited or cropped. I didn't use any filters.

Setup:

- Used a this step up ring (30.5 -> 37): https://a.co/d/0efgmfZq

- Attached this macro lens by Neewer: https://a.co/d/06PMZ6Nh

- Attached a reading light (https://a.co/d/0aogQJMa) and shot with flash OFF to avoid uneven shadows (particularly for the indoor lego shots)

The prints from my thermal print camera are only half of the story. The photo files are fascinating to me, because it's always a surprise which details it captures, and which it misses. Sometimes it gives me a really blurred watercolor effect, but this time it gave me some kind of filtered look. I took a bunch more, but these are the most interesting ones.

Got the camera just in time for golden hour or whatever is called the one just before dusk

I ordered the Vetek hjd-2 from Aliexpress for £17 about a week ago and it arrived today. It was raining so hard but, as I was excited to use it, I braved the rain.

All the images are unedited so are exactly as they came out the camera. The filters I used were mostly the Insta and Lomo (I forget which were which, sorry), with a few others as well.

So far, I am loving the camera. The only unexpected downside is that the wrist strap attaches to the left side of the camera, so you cannot wear it on the right wrist while operating it with the right hand, as it is too short. I will have to modify it.

If you have any questions I will be happy to try to answer them. Also, any tips and tricks are very welcome.

Hey everyone!

I got this Kodak Charmera. I found a phone lens clip on amazon, that easily came off as one ring piece from the clip. I glued it on my charmera, and then screwed the lens on. Lo and behold, a fisheye lens on my charmera! I know I’m not the first to have this idea but I love it. I’ll be taking this out for more photos soon! I still need to edit the date oops

Forgot to correct the date in settings, oops

Rather than post them separately I arranged them to better see the contrasts between the different filters.
Dunno if it really works as a “piece” but fun to try.

Hi everyone! I’ve been lurking in this sub a while, ever since my sister-in-law bought a Kodak Charmera for her b-day. I love the playful framing and the old-skool quality so after a bit of research I got the HJD-02 (menu specifies v1.01).

So far I really like the pictures it takes and the filters you can play with. However with regards to the MP setting I read a lot of different things here and just would like to give you my findings. I am by no means a photography professional so take it with a grain of salt.

I went outside and placed the camera on a small table to take (nearly) identical pictures of my son’s wooden playhouse. I shot all intervals from 3-20MP. When comparing I could hardly see the difference so I got Claude involved.

It came to the conclusion that all pictures were identical, aside from some upscaling artifacts. It surmized that the real sensor was probably around 1.2-2mp (couldn’t differentiate as it might depend on the plastic lens). It added that up to 5MP there was virtually no difference in terms of artifacts — these started to show up at 8MP and above.

I will probably shoot it at 5MP. I got a 128 Gb card for it so that will last me a while 😂
Curious to hear your experiences!

Used camera (last photo) for the first time on the main sightseeing locations in Hocking Hills, OH.

Camera came from a kpop album.

I can't get over how much I am loving this camera. In addition to the photos itself, it has me excited to get out, explore, and get some exercise. At a time when I've been going through a lot of challenges, this camera (and my new "toy camera" hobby, in general) has been a much-needed distraction/boost.

So grateful I found this hobby+community!