Disposable Camera

Disposable cameras are cameras that are used just once. This is why they are known as 'single use cameras'. They are a very cheap method of photography because they don't have that much special technology in them. They are simple, they have a roll of film inside them which must be rolled back after each photo is taken. This roll of film is placed on a spool inside the camera.They have a flash that can be used by sliding up a button, and they have a fixed focus lens. This means that after it is built, the focus is never changed in the lens of the camera. The cameras are unable to zoom in or out so if a close up picture is wanted the person must walk up to the object to take a  picture of it. The person is also unable to see the pictures until after they have been developed. To take the photo they must look through a viewfinder.

Disposable cameras are often used in situations where you wouldn't want a real camera to be stolen or lost e.g. on holiday. They are also often used at weddings as many decide to place them on tables so people can take photos for them. They can often be recycled as after the film has been taken out to be developed, another can be put inside to take its place. For the photos to be developed, the cameras need to be handed into a shop where this can happen. Each camera tends to have around 27 exposures.

These cameras are a cheap way to take photos and it doesn't matter as much if they get lost or stolen. They can still take good photos even though the don't have fancy equipment on them and it is easy for them to be developed as all that needs to be done is for them to be handed into a shop. However, it is harder to take good quality pictures on the camera as there is no way to change the focus or zoom in. They are also decreasing in popularity which makes them harder to find to buy and also harder to fins a shop to get developed. There is also a waiting time for the photos to be developed which you wouldn't have in a digital camera.

However, although there are many negatives to using disposable cameras, I think that they should come back and be used by more people. I think this because they are a fun, cheap way of taking photos and it means that there isn't a storage problem like there is on phones and digital cameras. There is also a hard copy of the pictures instead of seeing it on a screen which I like better. They are also good for children as it is better to let them take photos on a cheap, single use camera, than on an expensive phone or digital camera.

   This is a photo of a disposable camera inside its box:

This is a disposable camera, the flash button can be seen here, as can the small, fixed focus lens and the viewfinder:

These are photos taken by a disposable camera, they were taken at a festival. It can be seen that there is a lower quality of pictures as they are slightly blurry. However, these look like they could be a normal selfie taken by a phone as they still look quite good. This shows how fancy, expensive equipment are not needed to take a good photo and that a cheap, disposable camera works just as well:

 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disposable_camera#Common_uses

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