Wouldn;t they be automatically recycled because you send the whole camera back to them for developing the film and making prints? Isn't that included in the cost of the camera?I haven't seen the new Kodak single use camera but from the photo posted, the body looks similar to the colour model.
IIRC the film is on the opposite side to the battery ( looking at the back of the camera the film is on the right and the battery on the left) and this should cut down on the likelihood of getting a shock from a fully charged capacitor.
I don't believe these cameras can be easily reloaded as you break open the film compartment (it is not hinged) and it won't reclose properly. I know Ilford had at one time a single-use and a reusable camera, two separate cameras.
Back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, single-use cameras were collected for "recycling" from labs. I think some of the "recycling" was more to stop empty single-use cameras being shipped to China to be reloaded and sealed with black tape( Fuji Ireland tried this). Other "recycling" was to collect cameras for shipping to China. I remember one independent film distributor offered, the lab, €0.05 per camera body collected
So are these plastic cameras going to end up in the trash or not?[/edit]
So yes, you can expect these will end up in land fill.
No.Do you mean that Kodak Alaris doesn't sell the Gold and Color Plus films? That film wasn't included in the bankruptcy settlement?
No. You send the camera to a lab.Wouldn;t they be automatically recycled because you send the whole camera back to them for developing the film and making prints? Isn't that included in the cost of the camera?
What do they do with it?No. You send the camera to a lab.
Develop the film.What do they do with it?
Open the camera, develop the film, and then access the recycling assets available to them for the camera.What do they do with it?
What is with
I noticed that the new Fuji Superia 400 replacement comes in 27 or 36 exposures. Do exposure counts now need to be multiples of 9?
- 27 exposures?
its getting closer to 1889 isn't it ?Is Kodak offering processing?
its getting closer to 1889 isn't it ?
I've thought since their dismantling of the photofinishing industry and fuji not sending back negatives to people who dropped off film at photofinishing kiosks, the 1888 model would work perfectly in this day and age, mail the camera back they check the battery/replace it as needed, refill it with a roll of film and email the images to the customer (or mail them prints whichever end media they wanted) kind of a no brainer. they could say it is the 133 anniversary of consumer photography, have some 2021 version of the box camera ( like the one described in the OP of this thread ) and what's old is new again.As a business model, a return to "you press the button and we do the rest" might benefit them.
The post office was a lot more cooperative (and cheap) in the late 1800s than it is now.
In fact, it was a lot more cooperative and cheap right up into the 1980s.
they could partner with Amazon. or some big player who own the internet and delivery. i
You are referring to the USA.I've thought since their dismantling of the photofinishing industry and fuji not sending back negatives to people who dropped off film at photofinishing kiosks, ...
of course.You are referring to the USA.
great idea !They wouldn't need to. If they made a deal with the US post office, they could make the cameras themselves postage paid - all anyone would need to do would be fill out a return address label on it and drop it in a mail box. Well over 99% would get there without being destroyed.
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