This fun, point-and-shoot camera is like a cross between a Fujifilm X100VI and Camp Snap-EN now has a seductive price tag
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- Retro Compact has no LCD-LCD and Film style digital filters
- It provides immediate WiFi transfer with one button to Cloud or Mobile App
- Kickstarter campaign that, according to the “Mid-June” website
The upcoming Echolens is a digital camera that stands out for the package. Designed to find out the experience of photography on analogue film, it has no rear screen and built -in film style filters to take warm, vintage photos. And the X100VI-look-A-Like also becomes very, really affordable.
We have previously seen cameras such as the Echolens. We don’t mean compact, fixed lens and expensive cameras such as the imperious Fujifilm X100VIthe stunning Leica Q3 43 or even the recent pleasure -oriented Fujifilm XAlthough there is definitely a bit of all three in the striking retro styling of the Echolens. We mean in Pared-Back, cheap point-and-shoots like the Camp SnapThat also has no screen and a refreshingly simple approach to photography.
Although details about the lens, the sensor and other specifications have yet to be revealed, the echo runs seem to be a bit more advanced than the Camp Snap. First, it has an LCD indicator on the top plate to count your recordings.
After 54 Snaps have been recorded, you have to discharge them to your smartphone or the cloud via the built-in WiFi of the camera a function that should ‘echo’ from changing the film roll into your analog camera. This discharge apparently only takes one button pressure and no time at all.
Undressed
The Echolens website Promises a minimalist approach to photography, which speaks much of crafts that can come between the photographer and their subject.
That means simplified controls (there is a shutter button, an improvement button and a dial to switch the flash on and off, and it seems to be), a viewfinder for composition and nothing in the way of AI image improvement or over-shaking. Instead, the user can choose from a series of digital ‘film’ styles that are designed to replicate the color profiles of classic 35 mm shares.
There is also a USB-C port for charging and the makers of Echolens claim that the battery will last several days.
Although we really need more detail before we can become too enthusiastic about this camera – and all the usual crowdfunding – reservations are still applicable – we hopefully don’t have to wait long. Echolens is planned for a launch on Kickstarter mid-June 2025, with a full release on a non-specific later date.
What we know, at least, is the price: the FAQ of the Echolens site says that the camera will be around $ 150 (or about £ 110 / au $ 230), but early bird office on kickstarter can protect a pre-order for less than $ 100 (about £ 75 / au $ 155). That seems like a brilliantly affordable price tag if this thing realizes his invoicing.
Of course, backers sometimes have a long waiting time for the end product after a Kickstarter campaign is closed, so we contacted Echolens to try to find out more about their camera and campaign. We will update this story if we have more info.
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