When disposable cameras first hit the shops they were seen as one of the ultimate manifestations of the throwaway, modern age. Of course, they never were 'disposable' but instead should have been thought of as recyclable. The disposed-of camera was simply loaded up with film and sold onto the next shopper. Now we find digital cameras being sold as disposable with the Washington Post reporting that CVS drugstores sell two models in this category, a $10 basic version and one that costs $20 and has a small colour display.
The term disposable is again being stretched to its limits. In this case the cameras are actually rentals. After using up the memory card you return the camera to the store and the photos are loaded onto CD for you while you wait. You don't get to keep the camera.
The cameras themselves are of such poor specification that you might be better off buying a real cheapo digital camera that you actually get to keep. The resolution is only 2.1 million pixels and you are limited to 25 pictures. The screen is there only to help you compose the shot. You can't review images or delete any from the card, thereby removing two of the major benefits of digital photography.
TechSmec.com thinks that if you really must buy a disposable stills camera, stick with film. It's cheaper and the end results are exactly the same.
However, we also have word that CVS are to stock a disposable (there's that word again) video camera. The $29.99 digital video cameras can capture up to 20 minutes of video and sound.
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No offence, but this is really old news.
The new news actuallly is the video camera.
It doesnt look like a good deal at first, but if you look on the internet, you'll realize that there are already hacks for the still camera.
I have hacked the one with the screen and attached a USB port to it. Once you get the drivers for it all set up, pictures can be easily downloaded within the aquire menu in photoshop. Its Not bad for a camera that you may want to bang around and not care about.
Cant wait till the vid camera gets hacked....plus theyre harder to find in stores than the still ones.
stupid idea....
I'm going to pass.
Only in the U.S., that they can sell any junks to consumers & people will buy them as disposable. Such a waste! :(
I found the hacking page amusing, interesting reading. Not worth my time, but interesting what you can do.Originally Posted by WE_DELIVER
Digital is going to be so cheap in the future that high resolution cameras will be dirt cheap in ten years. Unless the factories overseas making this junk revolt.
Is it not a feat sublime? Intellect hath conquered time.
I have two "disposable" cameras that I've hacked so they're not so disposable anymore. It's not a stupid idea, it's a great idea if you want a cheap, crappy digital camera.
See here for hacking information:
http://www.maushammer.com/systems/da...taDigital.html
Always a way to hack these cameras
can you post a lin to the hacking page or is that a no no?
A world of invisible people. We pass them without seeing them, as casually and indifferently as we pass our own reflections in store front windows. Do they really live among us? Or are they citizens of another country, a vast and teaming gulag of the dispossessed. No, don't turn away. Look in their faces. Do you see your brother? Your mother? An old friend? Someone you went to school with? Someone you once loved? No? You didn't see them? Not today. Tomorrow you could.
this is kind of stupid
i work at a store that does one hour processing, and i get to crack open the disposible film cameras all the time. after pulling out the film, and durring the 5 second film extraction phase, i can crack open the other side for a free AA battery. im trying to fill up a 100 cd spindle cover with these AA batteries. they actually still have a ton of juice in them and power my digital camera just fine.
not that any of this is on topic, but if you use disposable 35mm cameras, just use a flat head screw driver to pop them open when you are done with them and get a free battery. dont worry about them film, as long as you have rewound it fully.
was reading a post somewhere else about these
they sound great 2 me
i'm after 1 if price is right
Here you go:
http://vickers.homedns.org/PV2mods.htm
If this IS a no-no, mods, let me know and I will remove it.
Good question but you have to also look at what you are calling "hacking"
It looks to me all your doing is modifying the hardware not hacking anything per se.
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