Cameras with discontinued film
I’ve learned a lot since owning these and if I had them back now I would figure out a way to shoot with them because if you’re willing to make the effort you can “make” film for almost any camera.
Kodak Brownie No 0 Model A, 1928
Using 127 film that Kodak stopped making years ago, this Box Rollfilm camera was produced from 1914 – 1935. It’s made out of cardboard and wood, and originally sold for $1.25.
UPDATE: A company in Canada just started making 127 film again. Wish I had this one back to shoot with!Univex Model A, 1933
A small plastic camera made in New York by Universal. It has a wire-frame finder with the rear sight moulded onto the body and the front frame folding onto the lens barrel. Original cost was only $0.39, and it used Universal's no.00 roll film at $0.10 per roll - leading it to sell over three million cameras in three years.
Sony FD Mavica MVC-FD97, 1981
The All Time Winner of the World in my UGLY camera contest. This is a digital camera, so technically the problem isn't a lack of film, it's the inability to read the storage medium. It has two options - some kind of 3"ish disc, or the original Memory Stick. I bought two different kinds of Memory Stick readers, but none of them seem to work with this older style.
Minolta-16, 1956
In the 50’s this camera was marketed as the hiker’s camera because it was so compact. Then in one fateful James Bond movie he was seen in a Russian Diplomat’s office clandestinely photographing classified documents with it and it was forever more thought of as a spy camera. Uses 16mm film which is pretty hard to replicate these days (the 35mm canister is just there to show how small it is).