I say it took okay pictures. The thing that was really good about this camera seemed to be that motion was captured in a CLEAR freeze frame. Never a blur. You could try to duck and still be caught on camera while ducking, and the picture was CLEAR not smudged or blurred due to motion. Some cameras today do not like motion.
I have this exact camera and I still use it once in awhile when I can find film on eBay. If you get film that expired 1994 to 1999 there is a good chance the photos will come out. Dwaynes in Kansas still processes the film.
I remember my kindergarten teacher taking our class picture with an original Kodak Disk, and then I remember these ones coming out because I wanted one, but my parents wouldn't get it for me. In '87, I would've been in 1st grade, so I had to ask my parents. X-)
Too bad you dont have a film disc just for an example. It kinda looks like a CD player inside.
When I first saw the title to this video I thought this camera was going to be one of those Digital camera predecesors that saves pictures to a memory card and then makes them vewable on a TV.
I see these disc cameras at the thrift store all the time, but they never actually still have a film disc inside. Like Frritzz said, many people probably one exposed one disc, then decided it's not worth it and threw the camera in a drawer, never using it again.
I remember when my cousin got one of the first inexpensive digital cameras, back in the '90s. The picture quality was about as miserable as CBL's new $20 camcorder. :-P
one more thing,, if u watch the movie my cousin vinny,, u can see his chick,, gawd,, cant remember her name.,.. anyway yeh,, she has a bright pink one of those cameras in the movie.
I wonder if disc technology was Kodak's replacement for their successful Instamatic line of the 1970's. I had an Instamatic cartridge camera for years.
My dad got one of them back in the '90s. If I recall correctly, it was from a flea market. I can remember how the disc film very much resembled the viewmaster types. Only one disc was used on that thing and my dad decided it's not worth it. Like you've said, the disc film was discontinued in 1999.
When my aunt died a few years ago we found a camera that was using this disc system. I tried to do something with the camera back then, but it didn't worked anymore. So we threw it away. We also found some of these picture discs wich already had photos recorded on. Also these were thrown away. The photos wich were shot using the camera really have not the best quality. (The photos were not thrown away :D)
Derp.
luigi90900 2 months ago
Can I have it?
luigi90900 2 months ago
I say it took okay pictures. The thing that was really good about this camera seemed to be that motion was captured in a CLEAR freeze frame. Never a blur. You could try to duck and still be caught on camera while ducking, and the picture was CLEAR not smudged or blurred due to motion. Some cameras today do not like motion.
Tungzout 10 months ago
How would you go about processing the disk?
sgtpepper1138 1 year ago
I have this exact camera and I still use it once in awhile when I can find film on eBay. If you get film that expired 1994 to 1999 there is a good chance the photos will come out. Dwaynes in Kansas still processes the film.
chulofelipe 1 year ago
I remember my kindergarten teacher taking our class picture with an original Kodak Disk, and then I remember these ones coming out because I wanted one, but my parents wouldn't get it for me. In '87, I would've been in 1st grade, so I had to ask my parents. X-)
godelnahaleth 1 year ago
I saw a company that develops this film for over 35 bucks a disk
hattree 1 year ago
I got a disk camera on my tenth birthday! It took crappy pictures, but i loved it anyway!
cuteycindyhoney 2 years ago
My neighbour still has two of these cameras, a cheaper one and a more expensive version.
ForgetfulCollector 2 years ago
I still see these disc cameras in thrift stores all the time, but never any film for them (or ones with film still in them).
vwestlife 2 years ago
OMFG I have that exact same battery tester. You got it from RadioShack, right?
TheGeek1028 2 years ago
Yup! Unfortunately it is not very good quality... now I have to push and hold the slider part to get it to make contact with the battery.
vwestlife 2 years ago
Not only do I have one of those, but I have two!
matkovicha 2 years ago
Survey tickles me--even back then, the bastages wanted to track their customers.... :-)
batterymaker 2 years ago
What's wrong with a company wanting to know more about what it needs to do to satisfy its customers?
29vjGKfg783Gownc 2 years ago
It all depends on how invasive the survey goes.
batterymaker 2 years ago
And folks get to choose what they do and don't answer. You can't fault a company for asking a question, there's not one single thing wrong with that.
29vjGKfg783Gownc 2 years ago
Call me crazy, but I miss "fuzzy" photos and snapshots.
Today, everything's digitial and/or HD - leaving little open to interpretation.
mediamadman747 2 years ago 2
Too bad you dont have a film disc just for an example. It kinda looks like a CD player inside.
When I first saw the title to this video I thought this camera was going to be one of those Digital camera predecesors that saves pictures to a memory card and then makes them vewable on a TV.
Trance88 2 years ago
I see these disc cameras at the thrift store all the time, but they never actually still have a film disc inside. Like Frritzz said, many people probably one exposed one disc, then decided it's not worth it and threw the camera in a drawer, never using it again.
I remember when my cousin got one of the first inexpensive digital cameras, back in the '90s. The picture quality was about as miserable as CBL's new $20 camcorder. :-P
vwestlife 2 years ago
Cool piece of history man. Love when you shine the spotlight on a one retro item. Can't believe the battery is still alive, that's amazing.
Noyjeetut 2 years ago
one more thing,, if u watch the movie my cousin vinny,, u can see his chick,, gawd,, cant remember her name.,.. anyway yeh,, she has a bright pink one of those cameras in the movie.
everyonelovesbutters 2 years ago
so top vid,, interesting if somewhat fumbleing..
question when u say bad quality,, how bad was it?
was there much of a change when it came to the photo shops processing the films?
are u keeping up with the commodore?
cause the commodore is keeping up with you.
everyonelovesbutters 2 years ago
Disc film was about as good as 110 film, which means fuzzy, grainy photos -- basically the analog equivalent of "low resolution."
vwestlife 2 years ago
I wonder if disc technology was Kodak's replacement for their successful Instamatic line of the 1970's. I had an Instamatic cartridge camera for years.
bluenazz 2 years ago
Maybe so, but Instamatic 110 film actually outlived disc film. You can still get new 110 film today, although not from Kodak itself anymore.
vwestlife 2 years ago
My dad got one of them back in the '90s. If I recall correctly, it was from a flea market. I can remember how the disc film very much resembled the viewmaster types. Only one disc was used on that thing and my dad decided it's not worth it. Like you've said, the disc film was discontinued in 1999.
Frritzz 2 years ago
When my aunt died a few years ago we found a camera that was using this disc system. I tried to do something with the camera back then, but it didn't worked anymore. So we threw it away. We also found some of these picture discs wich already had photos recorded on. Also these were thrown away. The photos wich were shot using the camera really have not the best quality. (The photos were not thrown away :D)
DrCassette 2 years ago
My mom had one of those!! most pictures of me from the 80s were taken with a Disc camera! too bad she kept dropping it and it eventually broke :(
coolbluelights 2 years ago