Single-use Cameras
What if you will be using a single-use "cardboard" supermarket camera? You probably won't be able to capture the fireworks with it. The shutter on most of these cameras just won't stay open long enough.
SINGLE-USE CAMERA - Camera that is used only once. It is disposed of after the film is removed for processing.
Single-Use Camera
See Camera, Single-Use.
Slide
A photographic transparency (positive), usually created directly from exposed film -- no negative is created. Usually the photographer must choose to shoot either slide or print film.
A single-use camera from Kodak or Fuji meets all of these criteria except that per-exposure cost will be high due to processing fees. How can these cameras, referred to in less politically-correct times as "disposable", deliver good image quality?
Are single-use cameras any good?
What speed and type of film should I use?
Does it matter which photo lab I take my film to? What should I look for?
Why are many still using black and white film?
What do I do with free film I get in the mail?
The disposable or single-use camera is a simple box camera sold with a roll of film installed, meant to be used once. Most use focus free lenses.
This is a great place to start, especially since some of these single-use cameras are water-safe to 50 feet.
Option -- Single-use cameras.
If you only want to shoot a couple of rolls on your dive holiday, and really want little more than souvenir snapshots, maybe a $20 disposable ("single-use") camera is all you need.
These lenses are most often used in single-use cameras. They are also found in phone cameras and webcams.
Most have minimal viewfinders, fixed exposure and fixed focus. The current most basic of this type is the single-use cameras, which are the same idea as the original consumer camera, the Kodak Brownie.
 See also: Camera, Photograph, Film, Photography, Image
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