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The Walgreens forever camera is a disposable camera that you reuse over and over again. After using up the film they include in the camera, you return the camera and get the film processed. They load a new roll of film in the camera for free. The deal is that as long as you bring the camera back to them for processing they'll put a new free roll inside. The trick is that you can take the film out and put it in a different camera without much trouble. This allows you to pay $2.15 + tax for film processing and a roll of 27 shot color 400 film.
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When you get the camera it will already be loaded with film. The camera works opposite of how a normal 35mm film camera works. With a 35mm camera you put the film in the canister holder then take take pictures and pull the film out of the canister to get to the next frame. When you're done you wind the film back into the canister and take it out. With the Forever Camera and many other disposable cameras the film in inserted, then wound out of the canister. when you take pictures you're winding the film back into the canister.
If you were to open the film door you'd expose the roll. You need to "take" pictures and just obstruct the lens and make sure no light gets in. After going through all 27 frames you'll get to the E in the frame counter on top of the camera. Now the film is wound into the cartridge and ready to be removed.
If you were to open the film door you'd expose the roll. You need to "take" pictures and just obstruct the lens and make sure no light gets in. After going through all 27 frames you'll get to the E in the frame counter on top of the camera. Now the film is wound into the cartridge and ready to be removed.
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Youz trollin'.
If your film doesn't turn out, like if you put old film in there, they don't charge for dead rolls, so they'll just give you a new roll for free. So if you have some mystery rolls, at least some walgreens don't mind trading them for new film for free if there's nothing on there.
It takes the walgreens employees a while to load the film and wind it for use, you can just say that you'll wind it yourself to save time and often they'll just give you the film and the camera.
I do still prefer my own SLR lenses to fixed focus. But then I still do my own film processing when I want something special!
the benefit is you pay 2.15 or the going rate for the film and processing and a set of prints? thanks
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