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.
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.
it's an issue.
More people means more plastic is manufactured.
Note: I dont say anything against recycling, in fact we should do it.
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.
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.
It's no longer a mass produced item, so the same thing that makes a phone cheap is not available in the film business.
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.
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.