Disposable camera from 2006

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Cleaning out some old junk from my parents this evening and found two Kodak disposable cameras that I think were from a trip to Paris with my best friend in 2006. They’ve an expiration date of 06/07 on them.

Does anyone know if there’s any chance I could still get the photos off the film? They’ve been stored in a cool dry dark place for the past 14 years if that helps.

Should I just take it to Boots and see what they can do or is there another option?

I have the same question - I found a little trove of 35 mm film and disposable 35 mm Kodak cameras and would absolutely love to know if there's any hope of successfully developing them.

We found a VERY old 35mm film. Took it to Jessops. They found there was nothing on it, so didn't charge us anything.

(Pity - it was about 70 years old!!)

@mathanxiety funny isn’t it that we’ve all these potential photos stashed that we’ve never seen. DS can’t get his head around the concept of taking a photo and then not being able to immediately see it.

@ICouldHaveCheckedFirst Ohh there’s a Jessops a few towns over. I may have to make a pilgrimage. Nice of them not to charge you.

You could try, but I wouldn’t be optimistic. My friend found disposable cameras from her 2014 wedding last year and took them to be processed - it cost about £50 and there wasn’t a single retrievable image.

Although the quality of the disposable camera might matter!

Blimey £50 ouch. It doesn’t bode well for my 2006 cameras.

Boots and Jessops both don’t charge if there is nothing on the film so definitely worth a try! Don’t get your hopes up too much but it would be lovely if you were able to get the photos

I took my ten year old film to snappy snaps and they got most pictures off them although some didn’t work but that was probably because I messed up taking them!

My friend found disposable cameras from her 2014 wedding last year and took them to be processed - it cost about £50 and there wasn’t a single retrievable image

Fascinated by the idea of a 2014 wedding having disposable cameras - can’t remember the last time I went to a wedding with those on the tables! Definitely not since iPhones etc came about.

My father found a box brownie that still had film in it. The local camera club developed it for him and he got old photos of his father as a young man!

If it’s been in the dark then there is a chance. Light is the worst thing for photographic film. Worth a go!

Oh this is exciting! I have one too. Mines from 18 years ago & I want to get it developed as it’s from my last day of secondary school!

I also have a Hi 8 to watch - no idea how!!

If its been used then yes you will get images. The quality very much depends on the brand of film in it - if its Scotch/3m it will be the worst. Kodak and Fuji probably the most stable. Its a good few years since I ran labs but from memory I had one over 30 years old that we got prints off. Various colour casts, usually magenta, and not great quality but magical to retrieve that bit of lost history! From memory I didn't even charge for it as I was so fascinated by it.

Black and white film way older has been processed successfully, but required push processing as it lost sensitivity over time if I remember rightly.

Take it to a lab, it's not going to break the bank.

Last year I found about 10 undeveloped rolls of film and a couple of disposable cameras that were between 10 to 15 years old, and yes they did come out ok. I took them Jessops and it was really lovely to see photos of my now adult children on various holidays. It cost s a small fortune to get the films developed, but worth it. I think I spent about £70

Mine is all Kodak or Fuji and it's been in the dark for all these years so I am now feeling a little more hopeful than I did when I first discovered it all.

Useful thread -thanks! Will take mine in and see if anything g comes off!

I finally got some rolls of film that were easily 5 years old. It was lovely and there were some fantastic pictures of my dog that had died some years earlier.

I decided against disposable cameras on tables in 2009, but they were still popular then.