+Queeny Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Disposable cameras in caches for visitors to snap a piccy. Does anyone do this and what do they do with the pics; scan them onto the cache page??? Just thinking if its a 24 film one it could take a year to get that many visitors if its quiet area. Does the film deteriorate? Thinking about it for a kids cache of mine. Cheers. Quote Link to comment
+Donnacha Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 I have them in a few of mine. When I go to get them developed I just get them put onto CD-ROM. It was something like 2 years when I went to get a full one. Cold weather, or hot can affect the film. The pictures come out a bit weird sometimes! Quote Link to comment
+Alibags Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Cold weather in itself should not be a problem to film. I store my 35mm filmstock in the freezer/fridge, but damp and fluctuations of temperature may prove more problematical. I completely agree about getting the photos put onto CD at the time of processing. I paid 95p to get a camera film developed and printed onto 3 x 5" prints (the smallest and cheapest option) and £1.99 to get them copied to disk. I have got a scanner, but it seemed cheap enough to me to be worth the time and effort it would save me scanning them myself (and if they scan from the negative, the quality would be better). I also got a free film with my developing and printing. I am now considering finding an ancient point and shoot 35mm camera and leaving that in the cache as a cache cam, and using up the film. I have one of these laying around from ages ago, when a disposable camera was about a tenner and you could buy an el cheapo camera for about the same price. I do like cache cams, and my one experience so far has not yielded any pictures of muggles bums, as I had feared! Quote Link to comment
+Queeny Posted August 22, 2005 Author Share Posted August 22, 2005 LOL oh good then I will have a go and put a camera in. Was wondering if people took silly pics too! Quote Link to comment
+Birders Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 <<Was wondering if people took silly pics too! >> Come off it, Queeny..... cachers take silly pics? Are you kidding? If we plan to visit a cache with a camera I put on my best £20 John Collier suit and Ruth wears her matching ballgown with gold lame boots!! Quote Link to comment
+bobuk Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 <<Was wondering if people took silly pics too! >> gold lame boots!! Woooo boots ......dont mention boots.... B. Quote Link to comment
+Queeny Posted August 22, 2005 Author Share Posted August 22, 2005 (edited) Funnily enough I took a piccy of my boots at Dead Mans Bank cache I think it was...thought it easier than trying to do a self portrait ;-) Dont get excited they are only Doc's!!! Edited August 22, 2005 by Queeny Quote Link to comment
+Couparangus Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 I put a camera in one of my caches. I don't think the flash ever worked properly and this is the main problem. That and the camera was a piece of dung. Many of the cheapie disposable cameras are re-used disposable cameras so its a bit of a crap shoot whether you'll have much success. I have seen waterproof cameras in caches and these would appear to be a better idea. Here are some pictures from one of my caches. Coupar Angus Cache with Pictures C-A Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 I've put cameras in a number of my caches. All those that have so far been processed can be viewed HERE That includes all the silly ones.... hang on a mo... they're ALL silly ones!!! Quote Link to comment
+Travers Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 I think cameras in caches is a brilliant idea. If you're concerned about how long the films will last, you could always encourage people to take more than one. What about one of the team/individual and one of their favourite view? Quote Link to comment
+Travers Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 BTW, if you haven't already bought one, I noticed today that Boots have a 2 for 1 offer on disposables at the minute. Quote Link to comment
+Queeny Posted August 24, 2005 Author Share Posted August 24, 2005 Great ideas! I'll have a look tomorrow at Boots, cheers! Freya is all for having the cameras now ;-) Quote Link to comment
nobby.nobbs Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 i went for a slightly differnet appraoch. i set up a travel bug that's a disposable camera so evenone who grabs it takes a photo. seems to have been well recieved so far. Quote Link to comment
+Nellies Knackers Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Pharisee, sandy warren-frame 33, I can shed some light on that one, it's the gruesome Nellies Knackers at their prettiest(trust me it don't get any better). Quote Link to comment
+DomHeknows Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 i went for a slightly differnet appraoch. i set up a travel bug that's a disposable camera so evenone who grabs it takes a photo. seems to have been well recieved so far. I've done that too - and its the only tb i have out there that is still being logged - the others have gone missing. Quote Link to comment
+lest44 Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 We had one in one of our caches "The Final Raid"...however it seems to have gone walkabout (the camera that is not the cache). Seems strange as it was apparantly almost full! Quote Link to comment
Deego Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 I have NEVER seen a good cache cam photo of me...................... oh wait I have never seen a good photo of me at all Quote Link to comment
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