Kodak’s collectible Charmera camera is getting new Y2K-inspired designs

# Kodak’s collectible Charmera camera is getting new Y2K-inspired designs Source: [https://www.theverge.com/tech/949664/kodak-charmera-digital-camera-millennium-edition-collectible](https://www.theverge.com/tech/949664/kodak-charmera-digital-camera-millennium-edition-collectible) [](https://www.theverge.com/authors/andrew-liszewski) Andrew Liszewski is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid\. Despite being an[objectively terrible digital camera](https://www.theverge.com/tech/862122/kodak-reto-charmera-digital-camera-blind-bag-keychain-collectible), the Kodak Charmera has been incredibly popular thanks to a cheap price tag and several fun retro designs inspired by the iconic[1987 single\-use Kodak Fling](https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co203447/kodak-fling-200-disposable-cameras)\. Instead of entirely rethinking that formula,[Reto](https://retoproject.com/), the company licensing the Kodak brand, is following up on the original Charmera with a Millennium Edition\. The seven shiny new designs draw inspiration from the tech and aesthetics of the early 2000s, and at $34\.99 each, these will probably once again fly off camera store shelves\. [](https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/kodak_charmera3.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0,0,100,100) The Charmera Millennium Edition isn’t just about a Y2K facelift\. Reto has updated its software with a total of seven photo filters and four new frames that can be applied to images as they’re snapped\. While the original Charmera had a black\-and\-white mode as well as four high\-contrast color “pixel” filters, the Millennium Edition expands those filters with four new options including coral, honey, teal, and violet\. [](https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/kodak_charmera4.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0,0,100,100) Inside the new version of the camera, you’ll find the same hardware as the original, which is disappointing\. It still uses a 1\.6\-megapixel ¼\-inch sensor that captures photos at a resolution of just 1,440x1,080 pixels, while videos recorded as AVI files max out at 30fps\. That allows you to store thousands of snaps on a microSD card up to 128GB in size, but even in the year 2000, point\-and\-shoot cameras from companies like Canon and Sony had sensors capturing more than 2\-megapixels\. Reto isn’t positioning the Charmera as anything other than a photography toy, but moving forward, it will need more than cosmetic refreshes to keep it interesting\. **Follow topics and authors**from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates\. - Andrew Liszewski