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Gen Zs ride nostalgia wave to bring vintage digicams back in style

Young sellers of old compact cameras are setting up online and physical stores

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Published Wed, May 21, 2025 · 10:00 AM
    • Known colloquially as digicams, digital compact cameras were all the rage in the 2000s, but fell out of favour when smartphones overtook them a decade or so later.
    • Known colloquially as digicams, digital compact cameras were all the rage in the 2000s, but fell out of favour when smartphones overtook them a decade or so later. PHOTO: TAY CHU YI, BT

    [SINGAPORE] For some young Singaporeans, grainy low-resolution photographs have become a coveted aesthetic – and the outdated cameras that create them are a hot commodity.

    Just as older hipsters had a penchant for vintage film cameras, today’s 20-somethings are bringing digital compact cameras back into popularity.

    Known colloquially as digicams, these were all the rage in the 2000s, but fell out of favour when smartphones overtook them a decade or so later.

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