Hong-Kong based company Reto has released the Kodak Charmera Millennium Edition, a new series of blind-box keychain cameras that follows the original Charmera line launched in September 2025, which sold out within 24 hours of going on sale. The Millennium Edition retains the same hardware as its predecessor while introducing a new visual identity and an expanded set of in-camera digital effects, explicitly positioning itself around Y2K aesthetic references.

The Charmera itself is a product of the collaboration between Reto and Kodak, two companies that have worked together on a range of compact and novelty film and digital cameras. The device measures 53 × 42 × 17mm and weighs 34 grams, making it small enough to be carried on a keychain or worn as an accessory. The design resembles a miniaturized point-and-shoot, and the form factor has been part of a broader trend of keychain cameras — including products from Agfa, Lomo, and several unbranded manufacturers — that have attracted commercial attention among younger consumers in recent years.

The underlying specifications are unchanged from the original series: the camera uses a Type 1/4 CMOS sensor behind a 35mm equivalent f/2.4 lens, producing 1.6-megapixel JPEG files at 1,440 × 1,080 pixels. Video recording is supported in AVI format at up to 30 frames per second. A built-in rechargeable battery charges via USB-C, and images are stored to a microSD card of up to 128GB, sold separately. The shutter is a single fixed-speed button with no exposure control available to the user.

The principal changes in the Millennium Edition are aesthetic and software-based. The series introduces four new in-camera frames and seven new filters, all referencing the visual language of the early 2000s: a video player interface overlay, an old television tube effect, and pixelated digital filters in coral, honey, teal, and violet, alongside a standard black-and-white, warm, and cool set. The physical color range spans six standard variants, with a seventh “secret” color — a mirror silver finish — included in the lineup as a rare pull, continuing the blind-box mechanic of the original series. As with its predecessor, buyers do not know which color variant they will receive until the box is opened, a format borrowed from the collectible toy market and applied to a functional camera product.

Here are some sample pictures, courtesy of Reto: