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Nikita Achanta

Forget digital cameras — here’s why you need this retro film camera in 2025

A black and yellow Kodak Ultra F9 35mm film camera.

Despite what you might have heard, film photography isn't dead! Much like print magazines, film photography is very much alive and kicking, and I'm so grateful (you can tell I studied magazine journalism). Much like bucket hats and bell-bottom jeans that have somehow come back into fashion, so has film photography. In this age of social media where people spend hours curating the "perfect" Instagram feed, there's something charming and almost alluring about the imperfection of film.

Almost all my friends own either a disposable or reusable film camera, and boy are they fun to shoot with. I even attended a wedding where there was a disposable film camera on every table, and when the photos came back a few days later, we couldn't help but laugh at the stolen moments captured.

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