Disposable Kodak Camera

The disposable camera was always a cool thing to give kids when you go on vacation or to grab for the school field trip. I mean if you lost it or broke it, the camera was only a few bucks anyway, no real financial loss.

Surprisingly, or not, the first disposable, one- time use camera was developed by Fuji Films in 1986. The Utsurun-Desu, or QuickSnap, was a 35 mm film box- shaped camera that took about 20 pictures.

Eastman Kodak, then, came out with the Fling in 1987. The fling was a 110 mm film camera, which was a big improvement on the Fuji QuickSnap, but was discontinued one year later when the Kodak FunSaver was marketed. The FunSaver was a 35 mm film camera, and the first of the FunSaver line.

And, because of the appeal of the one- time use camera, Nikon, Canon, and Konica, started marketing their own disposable film camera, but Fuji was the first to introduce the camera and first to make substantial improvements to it.

Fuji Films was the first to introduce panoramic photography, waterproof cameras, and the flash.

By, the early 2000's disposable cameras were the rage for tourists, school kids, teachers, parents, and everyone in between who just wanted to take pictures of the family vacation, school field day events or field trip, sports events, ball games, and more.