{"id":18445,"date":"2017-02-02T17:56:51","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T01:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=18445"},"modified":"2017-02-02T17:56:51","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T01:56:51","slug":"thrift-store-disposable-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=18445","title":{"rendered":"Thrift store disposable camera"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can’t resist a cheap camera and a cheap camera with film in it is even better. It isn’t unusual to find disposable cameras in a bin at thrift store often for $1 to $2. The results are unpredictable but it is\u00a0film so what else are you going to do.<\/p>\n

One of those what\u00a0else can you do is to recover the film for use in another camera.\u00a0 Disposable cameras tend to have the film wound out and as you expose each frame it is pulled into the canister.\u00a0 So if you cover the lens with\u00a0something\u00a0opaque or perform this in complete darkness.\u00a0 You can advance the film until it is entirely back into the canister and then break the camera open to recover the film.\u00a0 You then need to pull the film out of the canister \"film_retriever\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

( I use an Arista\u00a0film leader\u00a0recovery tool).\u00a0 I did this recently with a disposable camera that said made in China with film made in Italy.\u00a0 I found they had used an old Kodak film canister to wind the film onto and then just put a new label over it.<\/p>\n

\"DispossibleCollage\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It should be interesting to see how this plays out. However what follows is images shot right in a Fuji disposable camera.<\/p>\n\n\t\t