Disposable
The QuickSnap Flash is a single-use 35mm film camera with a built-in flash, pre-loaded with Fujifilm Superia 400 (typically 27 or 39 exposures). The body is recyclable plastic and cardboard wrap. There's a single fixed shutter speed, fixed aperture, fixed-focus plastic lens, and a flash powered by one AA battery. You shoot the roll, return the camera to a lab, the lab opens the body, develops the film, and recycles the casing.
Reference
Recommended film stocks for the 35mm format your camera takes.
C41
The Kodak Disposable 800 (Power Flash) is a single-use camera pre-loaded with ISO 800 high-speed color negative C-41 film, designed for low-light and flash photography. It provides 27 exposures with a built-in flash and is currently in production.
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The Fujifilm QuickSnap (Simple Ace 400 in Japan) is Fujifilm's flagship ISO 400 single-use disposable camera, loaded with a Fujifilm 400-speed C-41 color negative emulsion. It remains in current production and is one of the best-selling disposable cameras worldwide.
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About this camera
The disposable that made disposables a billion-unit category. Plastic lens, fixed everything, and the most-shot camera in summer-camp history.
| Field | Value |
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| Format | 35mm |
| Lens | 32mm f/10, plastic single-element |
| Years | 1986 onward (flash model 1987) |
| Shutter | ~1/120s, single speed |
| Flash | Built-in, AA battery |
| Film | Pre-loaded Fuji Superia 400, 27 or 39 exposures |
| Body | Recyclable cardboard + plastic |
| Weight | 110 g |
Fuji introduced the original QuickSnap in 1986 — a paper-wrapped plastic body with film, no flash, marketed as "the photo card." The flash model arrived 1987. By the early 2000s the QuickSnap line had sold over a billion units cumulatively. Production continued through Fujifilm's film-business contractions of the 2010s; QuickSnap remains Fujifilm's largest film SKU by volume in 2026, partly because Instax pricing pushed budget shooters back to 35mm disposables.
Three things keep disposables culturally relevant:
The QuickSnap is the introduction to film for an enormous share of Gen Z film shooters. It's also the camera that makes "film looks" deliberate — soft focus, hard flash, color casts — visible enough that people learn what film actually does.
None — sealed plastic body. Lab-side, the cassette inside the QuickSnap is a standard 35mm cartridge that can be loaded into a refillable disposable shell ("camera reuse" services do this, though Fuji discourages it).
Kodak Portra 400 is a professional C-41 color negative film known for flexible exposure latitude, natural skin tones, and fine grain.
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Kodak Tri-X 400 is a classic black-and-white film known for strong tonality, visible grain, and documentary character.
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Kodak Gold 200 is a daylight-balanced C-41 color negative film with warm color, moderate grain, and a classic consumer-film look.
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