Using a 1 Megapixel Camera in 2025 Like It’s Normal
In 2025, when cameras casually produce files so large they need their own emotional support SSD, I once again found myself walking around the Oslo Opera House. Again. 😂
At this point it’s undeniable. That area has become our unofficial camera testing facility. New camera? Opera House. Old camera? Opera House. Questionable camera from the internet that looks like it came free with something else? Opera House.
This time, the camera was a 1 megapixel Kodak keychain camera.
A camera so small it lives on my keys, and so humble it refuses to save anything larger than 300 KB per image.
I genuinely forgot digital photos could be that small.
From the Opera House to Munch
We wandered from the Opera House toward the Munch Museum, surrounded by architecture, history, and artworks that changed visual culture forever.
In my pocket: image files roughly the size of a Word document from 2004.
Inside the museum, art preserved, restored, protected for generations.
Outside, I pressed a plastic button and hoped the camera guessed the light correctly.
It rarely did.
Each click produced a tiny, compressed memory. No preview worth trusting. No safety net. Just a quiet save and move on.
Digital Disposable vs Keychain Camera
I’ve used both the Digital Disposable (Digidispo) and this Kodak keychain camera, and honestly, if I had to choose between the two, I’d go with the Digidispo.
Eight megapixels helps.
And the images feel noticeably more usable.
They hold together better.
They survive light a little more gracefully.
They feel like photos you can actually do something with.
This keychain camera doesn’t compete with that. It doesn’t even try.
A Camera With No Ambitions
This camera doesn’t care where you are.
Opera House, Munch Museum, or a bus stop at 16:40.
No RAW.
No sharpness.
No second chances.
Every image arrives slightly confused, slightly late, and absolutely unconcerned with quality.
And that’s the point.
Why I’ll Keep It Around
A 1 megapixel camera in 2025 isn’t useful.
It isn’t serious.
It definitely isn’t future-proof.
But it makes photography light again.
In weight.
In expectation.
In file size.
And honestly, it’s been a while since a camera asked so little.
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