Disposable camera

While some disposables contain an actual cartridge as used for loading normal, reusable cameras,[1] others just have the film wound internally on an open spool.

A company called Photo-Pac produced a cardboard camera beginning in 1949 which shot eight exposures and was mailed-in for processing.

Though incredibly similar to the familiar single-use cameras today, Photo-Pac failed to make a permanent impression on the market.

[8][9][10] Disposable cameras are popular with tourists and people traveling around the world to save pictures of their adventures.

They often have cheap plastic lenses, below average film quality, and fixed focal lengths.

Usually, the display shows the number of shots remaining, and once this is completed, the camera is returned to the store.

The motivations for such hacking include saving money and, more commonly, the challenge of overcoming artificial impositions (such as a 25 shot limit on an internal memory that can store 100 images).