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Flashback 35 Review: Is This Better Than the Camp Snap Pro?

Chris Gampat
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Last updated on 01/12/2026
01/14/2026
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If you only focus on the specs of the recent crop of new point-and-shoots that have come out, then you’re greatly undervaluing what they’ve been able to accomplish. It really started to take off with the Camp Snap camera. Then came the Camp Snap Pro. The Echolens, in many ways, improved on that. And then the Flashback 35 V2 did everything they both did and made it so much more manageable to use. And in many ways, this is one of the only cameras I really want to take around with me. For years, I’ve wanted a higher end point and shoot camera. The camera is made thanks to the winners of Australia’s Shark Tank. With a 13MP sensor, Wifi built in, an app, and an option to have so many different film looks, what’s to not like here?

The Flashback 35 V2 is one of the latest screenless digital cameras that’s well worth the look. But not only that, it’s well worth the experience. If you’ve ever used a disposable camera of some sort, think of this almost like a digital disposable camera that can be used over and over again.

You power the camera up by turning the advance wheel on the back for what seems to be as long as it took for AOL to connect to the internet back in the 90s. Once that’s ready, the little LCD screen up top tells you how many photos you have. Each digital roll has around 27 or so photos I believe. And you load the roll using the Flashback app. You can choose from a black and white look or a variety of different color options.

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Then you’ll shoot a photo. If you have good hearing, you’ll even be able to hear the camera’s shutter mechanisms. And that’s the great part there, it doesn’t necessarily require you to use a flash. In fact, using a flash will sometimes really disappoint you. Though at the same time, the color in low light is also quite disappointing. But if you use it like a normal, disposable camera, you’ll be really happy with the images you get.

The Flashback 35 V2 has no weather resistance, no LED screen on the back, no interchangeable lenses, no zoom, etc. Instead, it’s designed as a way to shoot and get back to life. In fact, it literally gets out of the way of you experiencing life.

Is it fun? Totally. But at the same time, I feel kind of limited by only have four different looks when I only really like one. With the Camp Snap Pro, I can use a ton of looks. And Echolens has more looks coming in the future. The real advantage with the Flashback 35 is that it seems like the shutter and high ISO options have way more flexibility. Like the Echolens, it can also upload images directly to your phone where the Camp Snap Pro can’t do that.

All of these cameras do the whole screenless digital camera thing very well. And it’s hard for me to choose a single one that I like more than the others. But don’t think of them as a replacement for your phone or even for your higher end camera. Think of them as a way to healthily disconnect from staring at screens and learning to be more careful when taking photos.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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