Rumi Cam Blog — Guides to Retro, Film & Digicam Photography

Grainy indoor selfie in the style of an early-2000s digital camera, shot in Rumi Cam

How to make your photos look like the 2000s

The Y2K digicam look is five separate things happening at once. Here is what they are, why filters alone do not get you there, and how to shoot it instead.

Night flash photo of two friends at a party, in the style of a disposable camera

Tutorial

Disposable camera photos with your phone

A plastic lens, a flash with no judgement and cheap film. How each of those shows up in a photo, and which of the two disposable cameras to reach for.

Bright poolside selfie with a pink inflatable ring, graded with a Rumi Cam film roll

Guide

Cool colour filters for your iPhone camera

Most filters fight the iPhone. The five film rolls on the Original camera change colour only — no grain, no vignette, no resolution loss.

Android

Dazz Cam for Android: the honest answer

It is an iOS-only app and it is not on Google Play. Here is what Android users are actually looking for, and how to get it.

Classic turquoise car under palm trees, shot with a retro camera look in Rumi Cam

Comparison

Dazz Cam alternatives in 2026

Most people want one of four specific things when they switch. Which apps deliver each, and where your favourite Dazz look lives in Rumi Cam.

Phone home screen showing camera apps including Dazz Cam, ProCCD, 1998 Cam, OldRoll, Rumi, NOMO CAM, HUJI, Halide and VSCO

Round-up

Camera apps worth trying in 2026

Nine apps that each do something the stock camera cannot — manual control, film simulation, video and editing — with honest notes on where each falls short.