Camp Snap 2 – a digital camera with no screen, on purpose

You take a photo with your phone, look at it, hate it, take nine more, and forget to enjoy whatever you were photographing. We all do it.

The Camp Snap 2 fixes that by taking the screen away. It’s a screen-free digital camera: you look through a little viewfinder, press the shutter, and you only see the photo once you plug it into your phone or computer. Like a disposable camera, minus the film and the trip to the drugstore.

I love the idea, and I’m clearly not the only one. In June 2026, Good Morning America covered the new model as the return of a viral camera.

What is the Camp Snap 2?

It’s the second version of the Camp Snap point-and-shoot. The founders, Brian and Melanie, are two former summer campers from Toronto who now live in Hermosa Beach, California. They sent their kids to camp with disposable cameras for a couple of summers, got back a handful of usable photos, and couldn’t find a digital camera for kids without a screen. So they made one.

Version 2 keeps the same idea and fixes what owners of the first one asked for.

How does it work?

You switch it on once and then just shoot. Camp Snap calls this QuickDraw: the camera falls asleep when you don’t use it, and pressing the shutter wakes it up and takes the photo. No boot-up wait.

On paper, here’s what you get:

• 8 MP sensor
• 6 built-in filters you pick with a button on the camera: Standard, Vintage 1 to 3, Analog and Black & White
• A microSD card already inside, good for about 2,000 photos
• About 500 photos per charge, charged over USB-C
• A 30.5 mm filter thread for screw-on lens filters, and a standard tripod thread
• 15% slimmer than the first Camp Snap

There’s also a parent mode, which Camp Snap calls CampLock. The filter button comes locked out of the box, and the memory card door is held shut with a screw so small hands can’t mess with the card or the date settings.

The good and the not-so-good

What I like:

• No screen means you look at the thing you’re photographing, not at the camera.
• The filter button. Camp Snap says it was the most requested feature from owners of the first model.
• The card is already in the box, so it works on Christmas morning without a second gift.
• Amateur Photographer rated it a must-buy and says the new model fixes almost everything about the first one.

What could be better:

• The photos are 8 MP shots from a tiny fixed lens. Amateur Photographer’s reviewer says images can look too sharp, and it’s not a camera for people who care a lot about image quality.
• You can’t check whether someone blinked. That’s the charm, until it’s your wedding.
• Stock comes and goes. Camp Snap’s own shop showed every color as sold out when I checked.

Who is the Camp Snap 2 for?

Kids first. It’s built for camp, school trips and anyone who should spend less time with a phone. It’s also a fun party camera for adults, and a gift for the friend who posts blurry “photo dumps” anyway.

Skip it if you want photos you can print big. Your phone is better at that. If you want something even smaller and sillier, the Kodak Charmera hangs on your keys. For the youngest photographers, the myFirst Camera 10 is another option. And the Paper Shoot camera is the arty cousin of this whole idea.

Where can I buy the Camp Snap 2?

Camp Snap sells it on Amazon and in its own shop. It comes in a lot of colors, from black and brown to “Strawberry Splash”. Check the color on the listing before you order, and order early: this one sells out.

A camera that won’t let you look at your own photos. Weirdly, that’s the best feature.