Liberating himself from the shackles of modern technology, Benedict Brain has creative fun with his new Camp Snap camera
Think of a disposable camera but with a small digital sensor instead of a roll of film. This is the Camp Snap, a simple camera I was seduced into buying. I have a penchant for quirky toy cameras, so I was fair game for all those online algorithms.
Cheap, toy-like cameras often have a unique aesthetic that some might find frustrating. With the right frame of mind, however, their crudeness can be harnessed to creative effect. Camp Snap looks and feels like a single-use camera; while there is a digital sensor, there are only a few controls and no display screen.
The camera’s rear features a flash on/off/auto button and a primitive LED image counter. It’s rechargeable via a USB-C cable, which can be connected to a computer to download images stored on a micro SD card. Essentially, it is designed to free you from the distractions of technology and allow you to enjoy some unencumbered creative fun. And that’s what I did. More or less.
I took my Camp Snap on a recent trip to the Mediterranean –I also took my ‘proper’ camera, but using the Camp Snap was still a great experience. I even made some comparison shots with bo
