Editing Disposable camera (section)

==History==
[[File:Fujifilm QuickSnap Flash.jpg|thumb|Fujifilm QuickSnap, 2003]]
A company called Photo-Pac produced a cardboard camera beginning in 1949 which shot eight exposures and was mailed-in for processing. Cameras were expensive, and would often have been left safely at home when photo opportunities presented themselves. Frustrated with missing photo opportunities, H. M. Stiles had invented a way to enclose 35mm film in an inexpensive enclosure without the expensive precision film transport mechanism. It cost {{US$|1.29|1949}}. Though incredibly similar to  the familiar single-use cameras today, Photo-Pac failed to make a permanent impression on the market.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/05/the-first-disposable-camera/ |title=The First Disposable Camera |access-date=2008-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927174836/http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/05/the-first-disposable-camera/ |archive-date=2011-09-27 |url-status=dead |magazine=[[Modern Mechanix]] |date=September 1949 |issn=0025-6587}}</ref>

In 1966, French company FEX introduced a disposable [[bakelite]] camera called "Photo Pack Matic", featuring 12 photos (4×4&nbsp;cm).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Halgand |first1=Sylvain |title=Fex Indo Photo-Pack Matic |url=http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=10860 |website=www.collection-appareils.fr |access-date=23 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030433/http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=10860 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |language=fr |date=14 February 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The currently familiar disposable camera was developed by [[Fujifilm]] in 1986. Their QuickSnap line, known as 写ルンです (''Utsurun-Desu'', "It takes pictures"<ref>{{cite news
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/01/business/throw-away-cameras-gain-a-loyal-following-in-japan.html
|title=Throw-Away Cameras Gain A Loyal Following in Japan
|access-date=2007-12-27
| work=The New York Times
| date=1993-01-01}}</ref>) in Japan, used [[135 film|35 mm film]], while Eastman Kodak's 1987 Fling was based on [[110 film]].<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/kodakHistory/1980_1989.shtml
 |title=Kodak: History of Kodak: Milestones 1980 - 1989
 |access-date=2007-12-27
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111131223/http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/kodakHistory/1980_1989.shtml
 |archive-date=2007-11-11
}}</ref>  Kodak released a 35&nbsp;mm version in 1988,<ref>{{cite news
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/20/style/camera-this-newcomer-is-disposable.html
|title=CAMERA; This Newcomer Is Disposable
|access-date=2007-12-27
| work=The New York Times
| first=Andy
| last=Grundberg
| date=1988-03-20}}</ref> and in 1989 renamed the 35&nbsp;mm version the FunSaver and discontinued the 110 Fling.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/products/techInfo/aa13/aa13pg2.shtml
 |title=KODAK: History of KODAK Cameras: Tech Pub AA-13
 |access-date=2007-12-27
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114170655/http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/products/techInfo/aa13/aa13pg2.shtml
 |archive-date=2007-11-14
}}</ref>

In Japan, annual sales of disposable cameras reached a maximum of more than 89 million in 1997. Annual sales declined to less than 5 million in 2012, but increased to more than 9 million in 2019. The revived popularity of disposable cameras, such as the Fujicolor Utsurundesu (1986) is an example of [[Showa retro]].<ref>[https://mainichi.jp/articles/20211029/k00/00m/040/113000c たまごっち、写ルンです…　昭和から平成、レトロを楽しむZ世代]. [[Mainichi Shimbun]]. 30 October 2021.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20241127025144/https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=bboXOad2VgM Retro Japan: Disposable Cameras Back in Style - Dig More Japan]. [[NHK World-Japan]]. 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.news-postseven.com/archives/20211011_1697871.html?DETAIL なぜ昭和レトロな商品やサービスがヒットするのか　「写ルンです」や「商店街」など]. [[w:ja:NEWSポストセブン|News ポストセブン]]. 11/10/2021.</ref>