Objects · Emoji 1.0
📸Camera with Flash Emoji
Generally, when someone sends you the 📸 emoji, they’re suggesting you take a photo of something. It’s a pretty straightforward way to ask for a picture.
The 📸 emoji is a camera with a flash.
- Unicode
- U+1F4F8
- Released
- 2015
- Shortcode
- :camera_
with_ flash: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the 📸 Camera with Flash emoji mean?
People search for it under a lot of different names. All of these point at the same character.
People also look for it as flash emoji.
02 — Platforms
Camera with Flash emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character is always U+1F4F8 — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your camera with flash looks like to the person on the other side.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Camera with Flash emoji copy and paste
Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :camera_with_flash:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Escapes for the languages people actually paste this into. Every one of them produces the same character, and that character is U+1F4F8.
04 — How to type
How to type the 📸 Camera with Flash emoji
Every system hides the emoji key somewhere else. Here is where, plus the raw codes for U+1F4F8 when there is no key at all.
05 — Download
Camera with Flash emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 9. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
Microsoft
WhatsApp
06 — Combinations
Camera with Flash emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around camera with flash for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
07 — In conversation
What 📸 means from a girl or a guy
Who sent the camera with flash and what came before it change the reading more than the emoji itself does.
08 — Apps
What 📸 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the camera with flash lands changes how it is taken.
10 — Difference
📸 vs 📷 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Camera with Flash
Code: U+1F4F8 · added 2015
Shortcode: :camera_with_flash:
Generally, when someone sends you the 📸 emoji, they’re suggesting you take a photo of something.
Unicode name: Camera
Code: U+1F4F7 · added 2010
Shortcode: :camera:
Generally, when someone sends you the 📷 emoji, they're sharing a photo they took with you or referencing a picture they want to show.
11 — History
Where the 📸 Camera with Flash emoji came from
Approved as part of Emoji 1.0, the camera with flash has been on phones for years now — counting from its release, 11.
Same character every time — U+1F4F8 never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Camera with Flash was approved as U+1F4F8 and shipped in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 📸 is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
12 — FAQ