The digital camera renaissance is in full swing, and Reto Production, the company behind Kodak’s ultra-compact lifestyle cameras, is leaning hard into the nostalgia cycle. Following the sell-out success of its 1987-inspired original, the Kodak Charmera is trading its ’80s plastic for a dial-up era makeover.

Meet the Kodak Charmera Millennium Edition: a tiny, 30-gram keychain camera that drops the retro analog aesthetics for high-gloss metallics, pixel art, and unfiltered early-2000s energy.

Part of the original Charmera‘s viral success wasn’t just the camera itself, but how you bought it. The Millennium Edition keeps the blind-box format intact. You drop your money, open the box, and get one of six standard Y2K-themed designs at random.

If you’re lucky, you might pull the rare, “secret” seventh variant: a highly reflective Mirror Silver edition. It’s a gacha mechanic applied to consumer electronics, and it works surprisingly well for something that’s designed to double as a bag charm.

Era-accurate software meets lo-fi hardware

If you were hoping for a spec bump, you’re looking at the wrong device. The Kodak Charmera Millennium Edition is structurally identical to last year’s model, and that’s entirely the point. It is designed to be an unapologetic “potato camera.”

• Sensor and lens: A microscopic 1/4-inch CMOS sensor paired with a 35mm f/2.4 lens.
• Resolution: 1.6-megapixel JPEGs (1440 x 1080 pixels).
• Video: 30fps AVI video that looks exactly like the compressed clips you used to download on a family desktop computer.
• Storage and power: USB-C charging, a 200mAh battery, and support for up to a 128GB microSD card.

Where the Millennium Edition actually changes things up is in its image processing. Reto has overhauled the camera’s internal software to match the turn of the century. It includes seven new photo filters — including Coral, Honey, Teal, and Violet pixel overlays — along with four new digital frames that slap CRT television effects, retro media player interfaces, or old-school video game borders directly onto your shots.

Pricing and availability

If you’re ready to test your luck, the Kodak Charmera Millennium Edition is currently up for global preorder on Reto’s official website. A single blind box goes for $34.99, which converts to roughly ₱2,114, excluding shipping and whatever import taxes Customs might throw your way. To manage demand, Reto is strictly limiting orders to two single boxes or one complete six-pack set — priced at $209.94 (₱12,682) — per customer, with shipments scheduled to roll out sequentially before mid-July 2026.

The rollout is slightly different depending on where you live. For buyers in Hong Kong, Reto has set up a temporary retail exclusive: You can only grab the camera at LOG-ON physical stores between June 17 and June 23. Official website sales and direct shipping to Hong Kong will then resume on June 24.

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As for the Philippines, local retailers haven’t officially brought the Millennium Edition in just yet, but given the teasers and the sustained obsession with vintage digicams, its arrival is highly likely.

But if you aren’t married to the Y2K gloss and just want a keychain camera right now, you’re in luck. The first-generation 1987 Kodak Charmera just got a local price drop, sliding from its launch price of ₱2,450 down to a much more palatable ₱2,150.

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