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Most non-disposible point and shoot film cameras are cheaper and have much better optics when bought used. But for film companies this is a great product. They
by eclecticfrank 2y ago
Most non-disposible point and shoot film cameras are cheaper and have much better optics when bought used.
But for film companies this is a great product. They can sell their film with added plastic bits and a flash for a decent markup.
- paulryanrogers 2y agoBad for the environment though. When I worked in 1-hour photo those plastic bits went straight to the trash after extracting the film.
- jbosh 2y agoBut have you thought about the shareholders?
- yencabulator 2y agoCan we put the shareholders outside the environment? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM)
- gonzo41 2y agoHalf of all plastics ever manufactured have been made in the last 15 years. https://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2024/04/17/earth-day-2024-planet-vs-plastic/?sh=7f429c282352 https://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2024/04/17/earth-day-2024-p... it's an issue.
- rvba 2y agoDisposable garbage cameras aside.. World population was around 3 billion in 1960s, now it is more than 8 billion. More people means more plastic is manufactured. Note: I dont say anything against recycling, in fact we should do it.
- optimussupreme 2y agoMaybe we should replace plastic with aluminium where possible and reusable glassware
- darth_avocado 2y agoRecycling just doesn't work for plastics. If anything, the only parts of the recycling system that are functional today are for paper, glass and metal.
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- tacocataco 2y agoInternalize profits, externalize costs.
- darth_avocado 2y agoCan we for once, put our energy and time behind making things that last?
- ssl-3 2y agoWhen I worked in 1-hour photo, the inner metal+plastic 35mm film cans all went into one barrel, the outer 35mm plastic canisters all went into another barrel, and the disposable cameras all went into a third barrel. These were kept separated, bagged up as needed, and the bags were picked up by the Kodak truck at night along with all of the send-out orders.
- wrboyce 2y agoI have a couple of Pentax PC35AF. Great little cameras but I had to do some real bargain hunting to get them cheaper than a disposable. Film is so damn expensive these days too! A disposable 400TX with 27 frames is about £15, and a 36 of the same stock is about £12.50 I think.
- gumby 2y ago> Film is so damn expensive these days too! It's no longer a mass produced item, so the same thing that makes a phone cheap is not available in the film business.
- anigbrowl 2y agoIt was never cheap. I liked photography from an early age but did less than I wanted because film was expensive. Digital cameras were a big breakthrough for me, although I still prefer to look of film.
- kjkjadksj 2y agoAlot of film cameras exploded in price the last 10 years. You might realistically drop a few hundred dollars on a decent film point and shoot now.
- Rinzler89 2y agoThey exploded in price especially when the pandemic hit and haven't dropped since. It feels like the same disease that hit GPUs then has spread not just to film cameras, but to every retro computing or digital gadget like CRT TVs/monitors, 15 year old laptops, consoles and DSLRs. Everyone now thinks their old commodity e-waste that's not even rare is now worth it's weight in gold on ebay.
- anigbrowl 2y agoIf it is, it's because people are paying for it. This is easy to check on eBay via completed listings. The market may be irrational, but if sellers were just setting expectations too high you'd expect competition to pull the price downward.
- Rinzler89 2y agoI mean sure, but people are paying for it because now the whole market collectively jacked up the prices by 400% so you have no other choice but to buy at 400% or GTFO. Your only choice of striking a good deal now is a yard sale or something, because online, the market ahs colluded to price fixing as if every customer is a nostalgic with deep pockets. Personally, I'm not paying, because I refuse to fork up insane markups just to satisfy the nostalgia itch, but obviously some people are.
- ghaff 2y agoThe problem is likely that people selling on eBay or used camera places handling old bodies are mostly not dealing in functional but “rough” gear. I’m probably typical in that I have one or two old camera bodies at home that aren’t worth selling but still work fine.
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