Another day in 2025, another 35mm film camera has been released. Today we’re talking about the Kodak Snapic A1! It sports a 3-element 25mm glass lens, 1/100s fixed shutter speed, f9.5 aperture, multiple exposures and a built in flash. Interestingly, what separates this from the other recent Kodak cameras, is the auto-advance and powered rewind. At 99$ I think there’s a lot to like about this camera. If it was more than that I think I would find it lacking but for cool hundo it seems like an okay deal. I still think I would rather put the money into the MC-A but also, I would be less worried about this getting knocked around. The fixed aperture and shutter speed is a weird choice - I’m sure it had a lot to do with production costs - it seems pretty limiting. I’m very glad they didn’t slap a terrible LED flash on this thing; they knew they needed the exposure because once the sun starts setting you’ll have to use the flash. And that could be great! I like flash-on-camera style portraiture and think this could work well for some fun bar-shots and nightime portraits. I’ll wait to see more hands-on reviews and impressions but look - any new film cameras coming out in 2025 is a good thing. If this keeps up it’s a sign that the ecosystem is sustaining itself. Film photography cannot exist in a vacuum, you need a lot of resources to keep the hobby alive and if companies are pouring R&D money into, that means it’s got enough juice to keep going. And that’s a good sign to me.