Slave Flash from a Discarded Disposible Camera

Step 6 Step 5: The "guts" of the disposable camera

The internals of the disposable camera is made of two main pieces; the circuit board and the internal plastic frame. These two pieces need to be separated. To do this, the lens sub-assembly needs to be removed. There’s a clip on the left and right of the lens assembly to release. Underneath the lens sub-assembly is the shutter. What’s neat about the shutter is that it’s also the trigger for the flash. This is what we’re going to take advantage of for this Instructable.

Pop off the shutter and the tiny spring that’s attached to it. There’s a small clip that’s holding the circuit board to the internal frame. Pop this and separate the two pieces.