CVS disposable camera...

[iLens]

hey, has anyone experimented with these new re-usable digital cameras from CVS? they use an old Palm usb connector, a friend of mine has hacked one of the Video cameras. so for $30 you can get a digital still camera or a video camera. they are pretty small and lightweight.

 

[loopy]

no haven't tried them... although I imagine the quality is horrid.

 

[iLens]

yea maybe a quality compromise, but you would feel comfortable taking it into 'dirty' situations...

 

[Meysha]

nope, I've never heard of it even. Should be interesting to see how many hacks come out for it though, and also the quality of the camera.

I figure my little compact digital, eventhough it wasn't 'cheap' per se, it is cheap enough that if I do wreck it I won't be devestated.

The video camera version of this disposable thing has me interested though. I'll have to look into that a bit more.

 

[darin3200]

Well, the business model for this probably relies on most people returning the cameras so they could resell them. To me it seems like paying $30 to rent a camera, I would be really interested to see the hacks for this.

 

[duck4321]

i've seen some stuff they've done with the video cameras. some guy attached one to a model rocket. from what i understand the video camera is harder to crack then the still camera. also you get a DVD back when you bring in your video camera.