Back in the late 80's to early 90's I managed a 1hr photolab, We processed 35mm, disc film & APS... the Disc film required a special processor that required constant maintenance & replenishment of chemistry since it was not used often.. We used Noritsu Film & Paper Processors and later on in my carrier I became a Nortisu tech & moved on to Kodak... both basically gone now..
Haha, I shot some Disc Film about 15 years ago. Really fun camera, very handy but - as you say - the picture quality ist bad. But again, for a 9x13cm print actually acceptable. Back then in about 2006 you could still drop the film at our local Schlecker drugstore and have it developed without a problem. What memories :-D
I picked up one of these today for $1. It is the Kodak Disc 8000 looking sexy in gold. Didn't know what it was really so this is the first video I watched on the subject. Glad I didn't spend more than $1. It is a fun little curio but I don't think I'll go out of my way to try and use it. You've already done that for me so, thanks!
This is probably the hardest format to shoot these days. All the other odd ones, 110, 126, APS, Minox, 16mm, 127, 828 are easier in my opinion. The lack of overexposing the film with the point and shoot cameras is the biggest problem, along with developing and getting proper, optical(!) prints from it.
I've still got an ancient disc camera which still appears to make all the right whizzing noises so I assume it still works. I did consider doing exactly what you did here but I'm kind of glad I didn't now lol. Fascinating none the less so thanks for this video 👍
honestly i love the "terrible"ness! it gives a really cool effect which would work well if you were going for a certain style. holiday snaps? maybe not. but purposefully gritty/spooky type photography? hell yeah!
I love the grainy, chaos of these. In a world of clinical digital images this is so much fun. Obviously it needs loads of light to get the best ‘look’ 😂.
Today i fund one look like this camera for 5 $ . But it's my first time I see a camera have a disc film , that's why I search for the video . I'm going to buy it .
My grandparents had one of these back in the late 1980s. It was ‘fancy’ in the sense that it was compact/flat and auto advanced to the next shot, in an era when motor drives on SLRs were exotic and expensive. Last time I saw one was about 1991, when a kid at school camp brought one along, he must have had it jammed in his bag in a bad way with the shutter, because it shot and auto-advanced its way through the entire disc. At least he was saved from the arse image quality ;-) These things were just another barely veiled attempt by Kodak to have monopoly control over the ‘standard’ consumer film format, under the guise that regular 35mm film was too difficult for halfwits to load themselves. Sad thing is after 126, 110 and then DiscFilm, they still had another shot with APS…
here still in 2022! Love the video man! I just found a Kodak from 1933, gotta get a new battery because the one inside it expired in 1999 (when I was born). This video helped me with what to expect. Keep these videos coming. You are the only video that had exactly what I wanted to see. Bravo.
Ah well. You had try try. I read a piece about a guy who eleborately cuts sheet film, essentially making & reloading disc film cartridges with new stock film. A real labour of love. Didn't Minolta make a disc camera with a mirror on it? The first selfie camera?
I have been unable to figure out how to change the batteries. The manuals I have found online say to take it to a camera shop, but that doesn't seem like it should be the only way.
Today it's so ugly it's cute. It made money for Kodak and that's what they wanted. At the end of the film era all manufactures wanted to make as much as possible before the ship went down.
My mum had one of these cameras when they came out in the 80's and they were crap then lol. The images were so grainy and low resolution even compared to the most basic normal point and shoot film camera.
It'd make sense if they had disc - slide film and after developing you could view them in a view master toy thingy. I do appreciate your tenacity to make it work haha.
it's funny, I scanned mine the same way, but with a D750 and a 60mm Micro Nikkor AF-S G, but same thing, light table I did make a square mask for the light table though to keep out stray light. My discs were from when I was a kid and developed as freshly taken pics in the mid to late eighties. I was a kid at the time so I remember when these came out, it was my parent's "upgrade" for my 110 camera, same tiny negative same crappy picture... But hey who was going to buy their pre-teen kid a nice 35mm?
I bought a bunch of disc film before I even got a disc camera and now that ive run out of money and high speed color film im using it. I have the 1030 everflash, I got for 99 cents lol. I had to do a bit of weirdness with the battery cover to revive the flash but it works like new now and even had my initals scratched inside when I got it! Idk how im gonna scan it, maybe with a digital camera? my scanner barely can do my half frame shots... lol. Gonna push them a bit in development cause I shot on cloudy days and its fixed exposure
This was great man! I see these pop up for sale all the time for silly high prices considering that they're impossible to actually use, so interesting to see exactly how rubbish they actually are! Met my expectations perfectly hahaha
This was actually SUPER helpful for aiding my attempt to develop some disc film I just shot, thanks man!
It looks surprisingly good for its formats size, more than adequate for family snaps
It's incredible you got anything off those negatives. Pretty inventive way to develop the discs as well.
Back in the late 80's to early 90's I managed a 1hr photolab, We processed 35mm, disc film & APS... the Disc film required a special processor that required constant maintenance & replenishment of chemistry since it was not used often.. We used Noritsu Film & Paper Processors and later on in my carrier I became a Nortisu tech & moved on to Kodak... both basically gone now..
Haha, I shot some Disc Film about 15 years ago. Really fun camera, very handy but - as you say - the picture quality ist bad. But again, for a 9x13cm print actually acceptable. Back then in about 2006 you could still drop the film at our local Schlecker drugstore and have it developed without a problem. What memories :-D
I picked up one of these today for $1. It is the Kodak Disc 8000 looking sexy in gold. Didn't know what it was really so this is the first video I watched on the subject. Glad I didn't spend more than $1. It is a fun little curio but I don't think I'll go out of my way to try and use it. You've already done that for me so, thanks!
This is probably the hardest format to shoot these days. All the other odd ones, 110, 126, APS, Minox, 16mm, 127, 828 are easier in my opinion. The lack of overexposing the film with the point and shoot cameras is the biggest problem, along with developing and getting proper, optical(!) prints from it.
I love the aesthetic of these pictures though
I've still got an ancient disc camera which still appears to make all the right whizzing noises so I assume it still works. I did consider doing exactly what you did here but I'm kind of glad I didn't now lol. Fascinating none the less so thanks for this video 👍
I was born in 1991 too lol hahahah
honestly i love the "terrible"ness! it gives a really cool effect which would work well if you were going for a certain style. holiday snaps? maybe not. but purposefully gritty/spooky type photography? hell yeah!
I love the grainy, chaos of these. In a world of clinical digital images this is so much fun. Obviously it needs loads of light to get the best ‘look’ 😂.
Today i fund one look like this camera for 5 $ . But it's my first time I see a camera have a disc film , that's why I search for the video . I'm going to buy it .
I had one of these as a kid and loved it. Easy to use and lots of fun. The pictures came out a lot better when the film was unexpired.
My grandparents had one of these back in the late 1980s. It was ‘fancy’ in the sense that it was compact/flat and auto advanced to the next shot, in an era when motor drives on SLRs were exotic and expensive. Last time I saw one was about 1991, when a kid at school camp brought one along, he must have had it jammed in his bag in a bad way with the shutter, because it shot and auto-advanced its way through the entire disc. At least he was saved from the arse image quality ;-) These things were just another barely veiled attempt by Kodak to have monopoly control over the ‘standard’ consumer film format, under the guise that regular 35mm film was too difficult for halfwits to load themselves. Sad thing is after 126, 110 and then DiscFilm, they still had another shot with APS…
Please keep making videos man you're great
And so I shall. I have a few in the oven. The pandemic lockdown is dragging them out tho.
hiya, where the hell can you get disc film, in uk ireland today and where to develop?
I've just bought the same one! But I can't find discs anywhere a little bit cheaper than those I found. Where did You buy Yours disc?
here still in 2022! Love the video man! I just found a Kodak from 1933, gotta get a new battery because the one inside it expired in 1999 (when I was born). This video helped me with what to expect. Keep these videos coming. You are the only video that had exactly what I wanted to see. Bravo.
I just found one in my grandmas estate! I can’t wait to develop the discs she had!!!!!!
Ah well. You had try try. I read a piece about a guy who eleborately cuts sheet film, essentially making & reloading disc film cartridges with new stock film. A real labour of love. Didn't Minolta make a disc camera with a mirror on it? The first selfie camera?
There not the wores photos I seen some were the hole disc wasn't usable
I've got loads of these discs, undeveloped, from the 80s. Might try and develop them after watching this! I'll set my expectations low though!
Just ordered a couple discs on eBay. I’m going to try to too. I kinda like the bad look of it.
I have been unable to figure out how to change the batteries. The manuals I have found online say to take it to a camera shop, but that doesn't seem like it should be the only way.
They are soldered in..... the logic
Honestly, for 8x10mm and outdated, the scans that came out don't look too bad compared to 110.
Does that mean I can say I shot 8x10 film?
*what is the surface size compared to 110 cartridge film?*
It's very close to one frame of super 8 film
Today it's so ugly it's cute. It made money for Kodak and that's what they wanted. At the end of the film era all manufactures wanted to make as much as possible before the ship went down.
Thanks for trying to show us what a shit disc film is 🙂
I really enjoyed this video 😍😍😍😍😍😍
My mum had one of these cameras when they came out in the 80's and they were crap then lol. The images were so grainy and low resolution even compared to the most basic normal point and shoot film camera.
It'd make sense if they had disc - slide film and after developing you could view them in a view master toy thingy. I do appreciate your tenacity to make it work haha.
There was a special camera and kit that did exactly that. Analog Resurgence did a video on it a while back.
The camera doesn’t take terrible images the photographer does
I have film still 5.99 from Walgreens USD lol
A hateful technology!
The attitude you have towards the medium is kind of annoying, please refrain from making videos on stuff you don’t like
Nah
@@SprocketHoles LOL
it's funny, I scanned mine the same way, but with a D750 and a 60mm Micro Nikkor AF-S G, but same thing, light table I did make a square mask for the light table though to keep out stray light. My discs were from when I was a kid and developed as freshly taken pics in the mid to late eighties. I was a kid at the time so I remember when these came out, it was my parent's "upgrade" for my 110 camera, same tiny negative same crappy picture... But hey who was going to buy their pre-teen kid a nice 35mm?
I bought a bunch of disc film before I even got a disc camera and now that ive run out of money and high speed color film im using it. I have the 1030 everflash, I got for 99 cents lol. I had to do a bit of weirdness with the battery cover to revive the flash but it works like new now and even had my initals scratched inside when I got it! Idk how im gonna scan it, maybe with a digital camera? my scanner barely can do my half frame shots... lol. Gonna push them a bit in development cause I shot on cloudy days and its fixed exposure
15:43 dude, the picture looks good. Why you said it terrible? You are totally WRONGGGGGGG
OMG! I used to have one of these! Lot's of memories.
Do you remember those red, plastic, 3d slide disc viewers from the 80's? They were pretty cool.
A master viewer? It does look like that
@@SprocketHoles Yeah, that's it!
This was great man! I see these pop up for sale all the time for silly high prices considering that they're impossible to actually use, so interesting to see exactly how rubbish they actually are! Met my expectations perfectly hahaha