Disposable film cameras coming soon

I never actually thought a product like this would get made, but I guess it should be coming out soon.

But I’m sure that there are plenty of people who never thought that the disposable cameras that are made now would never get made either.

Here is an article from CNN.com:

Video cameras go disposable
Thursday, June 9, 2005 Posted: 1:51 PM EDT (1751 GMT)

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) — For years, disposable cameras have been a magnet for last-minute photographic whimsy, encouraging all manner of embarrassing pictures from weddings and other social events.

Watch out: There’s now a disposable video camera.

The $29.99 pocket-sized digital video cameras are able to capture up to 20 minutes of video and sound.

CVS Corp. stores, which has exclusive rights to sell them, will process the camera for $12.99 and return a DVD; users also can e-mail video and video greeting cards.

Pure Digital Technologies Inc. developed and designed the camera with just three buttons. One starts and stops recording, another is used to play back video and the third deletes recorded segments.

Grant Pill, director of photography and imaging at CVS, said the camera is ideal for people who don’t want to spend hundreds of dollars or fuss with too many controls.

Available now in the Northeast and elsewhere by the end of the month, the video camera looks similar to a point-and-shoot disposable camera, except it’s held vertically to film.

The camcorder weighs 5.5 ounces, Pill said, and is about the size of an MP3 player.

Users watch what they’re filming through a rectangular, 1.4-inch wide color display. There are no zoom features. After filming a segment, the user can review what’s been recorded and choose to delete the segment at any time during playback.

Pill called the film good VHS quality, but acknowledged it isn’t on par with that produced by some personal camcorders.

“George Lucas isn’t going to use this to shoot Star Wars IV,” he said, “but a budding George Lucas may use this to shoot something in his backyard.”

I personally think this is a great idea, its the perfect time to do something like this and I really think that there will be a market for things like this.

–Socram

2 thoughts on “Disposable film cameras coming soon

  1. flammable says:

    LOL I bet the person quoted didn’t realize there already is a Star Ward IV. 😉

    Wait until they hack these so you can plug them in at home and reuse them…that really might be worthwhile.

  2. socramforever says:

    I didn’t even catch on to that Star wars thing…

    that would be cool, it’ll happen sooner than later knowing the way the world works now. Why pay when you can do it for free!

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