Kodak's new single use camera with Tri-X

[Alan Edward Klein]

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

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?

 

[removedacct1]

So are these plastic cameras going to end up in the trash or not?[/edit]

Current statistics suggest that about 9% of all plastics that go into recycling actually get reused in some other manufacturing process. So yes, you can expect these will end up in land fill.

Think of it as "carbon sequestration". lol

 

[DMJ]

So yes, you can expect these will end up in land fill.

...with the batteries inside.

This is from Kodakalaris' website:

"Sure. It is fairly easy to remove the exposed film roll from the camera by removing the film door. To avoid the risk of electrical shock, do not attempt to disassemble the camera."

 

[BrianShaw]

LOL. Instructions after the mandatory legal review.

 

[Wallendo]

I had a friend who did some contract work at the Fuji South Carolina plant about 20 years ago. At that time, they had a lady whose job it was to open up the Fuji single use cameras and test the battery and flash for reuse. Everything else was disposed of. Hopefully the cardboard was recycled, I don't know about the plastic and metal components.

After learning that, I limit my "recyclable" camera usage. I have a Harman Reusable Camera, but its construction and image quality is less than that of most single-use cameras unfortunately. I generally only use single-use cameras if:
1) I forgot to bring a camera
2) Inclement weather and I didn't bring my Nikonos.
3) Snorkling and beach use when I don't want to carry around a large underwater camera.
4) I need a small camera that fits in my front pocket.

 

[DMJ]

$13 back-order.

https://www.shopmoment.com/products/kodak-professional-tri-x-400-single-use-camera/

 

[MattKing]

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.
Kodak Alaris has two divisions for film. One division mostly deals with the sort of distributor that stocks general purpose stores like grocery stores and drug stores and other retailers who aren't mostly involved with photography. They tend to distribute product with different packaging and quantity requirements than stores that are photography centric.
The other division is set up to deal with the distributors that sell into the photographic retailer market. Their packaging and quantity requirements are quite different.
If you see a roll of film that is on a card designed to hang from a peg on a display, it most likely was purchased through a distributor who sells more to drug stores than "camera" stores.
Any retailer can buy from any type of distributer. In some cases, while the prices through the "Consumer" distributer may be higher, the minimum order requirements may be lower, and thus more attractive to the retailer.
Or it can be the reverse.

 

[MattKing]

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?

No. You send the camera to a lab.

 

[flavio81]

$13 back-order.

https://www.shopmoment.com/products/kodak-professional-tri-x-400-single-use-camera/

I like that pricing... Very good pricing...

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

No. You send the camera to a lab.

What do they do with it?

 

[BrianShaw]

What do they do with it?

Develop the film.

 

[MattKing]

What do they do with it?

Open the camera, develop the film, and then access the recycling assets available to them for the camera.
Some labs may be happy to return the camera to you.

 

[markjwyatt]

What is with

• 27 exposures?

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?

 

[foc]

What is with

• 27 exposures?

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?

I remember back in the late 1980s or early 1990s (the memory is not what it used to be !!), Fuji started to offer 24+3 (free) exposure films. The +3 free was a sales ploy. I can't remember which came first, the 27 exposure in a single use camera or standard 35mm film but soon Kodak, Agfa and Konica were offering 24+3 exposure films

Processing labs, both minilabs and large wholesale labs, then offered to develop and print 27 exp film for same price as 24exp. The customer received 3 extra prints free. It made 24/27 exp film the most popular and I think, to the demise of 12exp eventually.

 

[Don_ih]

No one will reload the camera if they first have to pull all the film out. There's also no reason to, at $13 for the camera+film. It's astonishing that the film is the most expensive component.
They should have made a new Instamatic camera with the drop-in 126 cartridge to really capture all that nostalgia they believe they need to focus on.

 

[miha]

Single-use cameras loaded with colour film sell for less.

 

[removed account4]

Is Kodak offering processing?

its getting closer to 1889 isn't it ?

 

[Don_ih]

its getting closer to 1889 isn't it ?

As a business model, a return to "you press the button and we do the rest" might benefit them.

 

[removed account4]

As a business model, a return to "you press the button and we do the rest" might benefit them.

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.

the rich neighborhood person who pony'ed up the 25$ in 1888 is the equivalent of the "influencers" on SM .. they just need to seize the moment .. I'm guessing there are a lot of people who want to use film but they have no idea it is still sold ( as seen by comments I sometimes get when I have a camera with me ) and even if they get a camera at a thrift store or in grandma's closet and find film they have no clue how to develop the film and are too busy or don't want to deal with processing the film themselves. im lucky I have a mini lab ( last in the region ) down the road from me. not everyone is that lucky.

 

[MattKing]

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.

 

[removed account4]

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. if I had a ton of $ and a way to do it, I'd do it myself. I mean people have subscriptions to all sorts of things
magazines, dvd's, coffee, tea, fresh garlic, personal butler/shoppers, mustache wax , fresh fruit and vegetables, TV dinners, meals in a box,
I mean a camera and a refill of film and free processing as a package deal and who cares if it takes a few extra days to get to the lab or whatever,
might make people appreciate something they had to wait for seeing modern humanity seems to have a short term memory as long as a TTvideo..
drop it in the mail and 2 weeks later " oh wow, I forgot that I even took these! .. and the camera's full again!"
seems like a no brainer to me... and it would keep the cameras from being dumped in the landfill.

 

[Don_ih]

When I was a kid, I used to mail my 110 cartridges to York Photo. I'd get the prints back a month later. That was great, actually...

 

[Don_ih]

they could partner with Amazon. or some big player who own the internet and delivery. i

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.

 

[AgX]

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, ...

You are referring to the USA.

 

[removed account4]

You are referring to the USA.

of course. . if Ilford or an European brand of film and camera + processing wants to play that's fine too.. I'm not fluent enough to talk about anyplace else (barelyfluent enough to talk about usa )

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.

great idea !