7.3 / 10 Score Cnet Score CNET provides expert, unbiased reviews of products and services. When we assign a score, we use a scale of 1-10. Each product we score is evaluated by criteria specific to its category with most assessing pricing, quality, features and performance. Read more on: How we test Flashback One35 V2 $119 at B&H Photo-Video Pros Nails the retro vibe
Image quality is decent for a budget camera
Can function as a "regular" digital camera Cons More than a gimmick or a toy, but not by much
Phones or "real" cameras will take better photos
No settings/adjustments at all other than the filters
Do you remember disposable film cameras? If so, how's your back? Have you scheduled your colonoscopy? I certainly have fond memories of the cardboard and plastic Fujifilm disposables, back when I had more hair and less mass. In the camera world, retro digital cameras and film cameras have found new popularity. Combining both into something that harks back to that time of cheap disposables seems, in hindsight, inevitable.
The Flashback One35 looks like a cheap disposable film camera, just with more plastic and no cardboard. It even has a film advance dial and a built-in flash. Inside, however, is a 13-megapixel sensor (4,144x3,088), and it can wirelessly connect to your phone. It even has a mode that locks your photos behind a 24-hour timer while they "develop," certainly an intriguing feature for people who have never had to wait for photo development.
The result is a decent budget camera, delightfully retro in its looks and function, that's capable of sufficiently good photos considering the price. It has some quirks, but as long as you go in knowing it's mimicking a disposable camera from the '80s and '90s, you probably won't be disappointed
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