Harman's Reusable Camera, what about it?

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Has anyone shot with one yet?

I would like to know how the results are, with and without flash.

Do 6x4" enlargements hold up?
It is a good "party camera"?

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I tried Googling it The review isn't bad but there are no shots with flash. It is a simple beast and comes with all the drawbacks of such beasts but at a party and even with flash where all you do is press the trigger it might be fine. According to the review there are cheaper ones out there with a few more features but the optical quality of the Ilford would appear to be as good if not better than the others

It wouldn't be for me but I have an Olympus Mju II for such occasions as parties and that is clearly a different beast altogether in terms of features and price

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Why not buy one yourself and try it out?
Have a bit of fun with it, get the film developed and then report back.
I would be of the same opinion as pentaxuser but there is obviously a market for it or Ilford wouldn't be selling it.
It would be a great intro to B&W film photography to someone with no previous experience or no film camera.
It's better than a single use camera.
If the lens is similar to a single use camera the the quality can be good, better that expected form such a camera. I have made 10x8 RA4 prints and framed them from Fuji Quicksnap single-use cameras and unless you stand up really close to the frames print it looks perfect, just like any other print made from 400 speed Fuji film.
You will get flare etc if the light hits the lens element and there can be a little chromatic aberration at the edges but unless you are looking for it, most people don't notice it.
I would even go to say that the picture quality from a single use camera ( a well lite shot) is look better than a camera phone.
 

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Is this what you're referring to? If so, I've still got a few shots left
 

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Aren't almost all cameras reusable.?
Did they mean a Cheap P&S.?
 
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CMoore said:
Aren't almost all cameras reusable.?
Did they mean a Cheap P&S.?
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Harman now has a REUSEABLE DISPOSABLE, which indeed is a very cheap P&S, so cheap in fact that I wonder if it's any good at all.
 

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Sweet! I was not aware that it existed. It appears similar to the disposable camera with fixed focus and exposure. Given plenty of light, I don't see why it couldn't produce pleasing photos.
 

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BSP said:
Harman now has a REUSEABLE DISPOSABLE, which indeed is a very cheap P&S, so cheap in fact that I wonder if it's any good at all.
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Well the review to which I referred suggested that its optical qualities were quite good so depending on circumstances it should be OK. It is certainly not in Ilford's interests to sell a camera that is no good at all The camera when all said and done sells its film.

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I am most interested in the size of the camera.
I occasionally shoot Fuji disposable cameras, and they tend to be quite small and fit easily into a shirt pocket. If this camera is about that size, I'll probably pick one up. If it is larger, then I'll probably just stick to the point and shoot camera I already have,
 

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I love disposable cameras but I hate throwing away all the little plastic bits when we get them in. I ordered the Harmon camera as well. Hopefully it will lead to less waste and just as much fun! Perfect for the ski trip I have coming up. I'm thinking HP5 pushed to 1600.
 

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It is a bit late now as you have purchased the camera and I do not want to be alarmist about this and I might be wrong. However I cannot see how you push this film in the sense of setting the EI to 1600 from the box speed of 400 with an Ilford disposable. If you mean pushing in the sense of altering the development time of HP5 then of course that is still perfectly possible. Both speed of shutter and aperture looked to be fixed so the only way to "push" in the sense of more or less speed is change the film in the camera or so I think

If I have got this wrong and therefore I am being unduly alarmist will others please jump in quickly. If I am wrong I apologise in advance

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You only push film in development. One could rate a film however they wish and still extend the development time. Typically we think of pushing film as the combination of under exposure and extended development time, but of course with some cameras you have no control over exposure (Holga, Disposables, this camera). It's still completely possible to push the film. Some shots will be dense, but many will look great.
 

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Thanks for the explanation and I am glad that what you intend to do you can do. It is the age-old problem of the definition of what pushing to a particular speed means. When you said push to 1600 I had thought that maybe you had the idea that the film's box speed of 400 could be altered.

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