Humm,,,interesting thought.  I will wait and see what others think on this..being only a participant.  Who knows, the digital may take poorer images than the film shooters. : )  It does seem to me to fit the criteria of no control and fixed focus.

It is cheap enough considering film processing for my film one-use camera brought it all to more than $10.

I see that TomDart identified an important issue,

It is cheap enough considering film processing for my
film one-use camera brought it all to more than $10.

Very true ... I found that processing the images from the Konica
single-use camera that I purchased at a tag sale on Saturday 
would be $12 plus $8 for burning a CD-R.

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Martin

Yes, Martin, I would say that camera fits the bill. BTW, Mrs. Lubner has joined the fray! ;']

And now Mrs. Spooner! What fun. ;'D

Dargh!!!

I got me a Kodak ISO 800 39 exp cam at £10 (yes I got it from a tourist shop!)

The view finder is tiny and scratched and I'm finding myself cursing at the lack of zoom or focus ability but I'm excited to see what Jessops can make of the film once I had it in. I'm not going to postwork anything!
And I keep on looking at the back of the Red and Yellow casing and wishing a picture would pop up!

Really a good idea, keeps us appreciating digital!

Quote - Really a good idea, keeps us appreciating digital!

Isn't THAT the truth! Looking forward to seeing what you get. I have yet to finish my second roll with the "toy" camera.

Here are the BEST I could get....no postwork!

Kingston Park (Near Princeton New  Jersey)

Lake full of ALGEA

Cape May Lighthouse

Near the Jetty Rocks

The rest of the pics..were either REALLY blurry or just not compositionally sound!  Some seemed like there was a fog on alot of them.  Also, the COLOR was very muted....not at all what I'm used to with my digital.

**Stuff I learned from this Exercise

**

• Remember to ADVANCE the FILM  (Missed ALOT of shots)
• stay to the 3 ft or more recommended range for the fixed focus lens
• Trying to PICTURE in my mind HOW a shot would turn out (YIKES!)
• SLOW DOWN
• know the limitations of the camera

Might give it another go....see if I can do better
Cool experience though!

Thx

Joe

Neat shots..now to imagine you had your normal cam and did postwork the images.  I happen to like #2 and #3 the best, a toss up on those. I am really glad to see your results.  The compo is the most meaningful thing I can see in this little special challenge. Agreed?  Your compo is just fine and quite good from my pov.      Tom.

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•  Kodak 800 ISO Film
•  27 exposures
•  Automatic super Flash with 5m coverage
•  Super sharp 2 element lens, 30 mm
•  Clear pictures as from 0.8m
•  Shutter Speed : 1/125
•  Large and easy to read frame counter
•  Sharpest lens
•  Automatic super flash
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It really helps knowing what Exposure you're shooting at!!! And it's ISO 800, looks like it was made for low light photography!

Nice work Joe! I had to laugh at the things you learned. ME TOO! ;') The last two are my faves. Very dramatic lighthouse photo. Since you put the photos here, I will link to your section of the thread from the front page.

My bro-in-law gets married in October. There will be 10 to 15 tables at the reception. I am thinking of putting out perhaps 3 one-use cameras, to be shared by guests to capture "memories are made of this" photos.   (3 is the most I can afford and that is a stretch right now.)

The cams are to be returned to me.   It might be interesting to see what the regular folks do with these things.   If it is done and works out, I will report back on those image results sometime late October.  Who knows?

That's a very good idea! Doing an 'old school wedding'.

Super idea. Make sure they sign release forms. ;'P

I wonder what TwoPynts was thinking when he suggested,

Make sure they sign release forms.

"Release forms" ... to use the cameras. 

I guess that could be dangerous. 

LOL

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Martin

Is anyone surprised that the one-use thread is this long?   I am but am glad to see it. Doing the shots was a very worthwhile experience.    Tom.

What fun. I made some of the simple errors, like rewinding (yeah it got me to) and, I had some problems with horizontal/verticle allignment. Most shots had a bit of a lean. It was fun none the less. 
My thanx to those that took the challenge . Some interesting and creative photographs.
fm ;-)

FM, have you posted your shots?  Let us know.  Yes, this was a lot of fun and a bit testing of the eye.      Tom.

Hi Tom,
I posted today. I sent a link to twopynts (I think I linked right;-). The view finder on the one use was/is a challenge with bi-focals 8-)

I relate to the specs issues..with trifocals.  That is a problem even with my digital in manual focus unless my glasses are in the same spot each time.  I will wait to see the link and check it out.  Thanks.      Tom.

Very nice work FM! You are added to the list, thanks for joining in the 'fun!'

I don't know about the rest of you but, the quality on the prints was much better than what I got off of the cd. Too bad they don't make a one use with a macro ;-)
don