Arai Cam

Arai Cam is a little black-and-white street camera for your phone. We made it because we wanted something that felt fun to shoot with. Modern phone cameras are incredibly good at producing sharp, clean, perfectly exposed pictures, but sometimes that can take some of the fun out of simply pointing the camera and taking a photo. Arai Cam is deliberately different. It’s grainy, contrasty and a little rough around the edges. We took some inspiration from the Japanese Are, Bure, Bokeh approach to street photography — rough, blurred and imperfect. You don't need perfect focus or perfect exposure. Move the camera. Shoot through a window. Photograph a street at night. Catch something as it happens. It's not about getting technically perfect photographs. It's about seeing what you can get. Arai Cam comes with a selection of built-in black-and-white looks inspired by street photography and gritty…