It was done ages ago with an offer from Staples Mail order. The offer got
closed down pretty quickly - you could buy a ruler for 20p and get a free
camera (plus shipping).

The camera that turned up was an ATiPix LS300 (300k pixels)

Very cheap and cheerful - no flash but operates (briefly) on a single AAA
battery.

And as someone else has said - the pound coin is upsidedown not mirrored ;)

-----Original Message-----
From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of
Howard Winter
Sent: 09 June 2005 11:37
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: RE: [EE] Disposable camcorder

Dominic,

On Thu, 9 Jun 2005 09:33:02 +0100, Dominic Stratten wrote:

> I've had some suprising results from these "cheap" cameras.
> 
> I got one free when I purchased over 30gbp worth of products from a 
> stationery store. I wasn't overly happy with the focus so stripped it 
> down to see if I could improve it a bit.

Can I ask where this was (was it one of the chains like Rymans or Staples),
and is the offer still going?
 
>...<
> I also had a play with fitting it with my Canon 35mm lens which with 
>the  help of a toilet roll core brought up some good results as well.
> 
> If you're really bored I've uploaded some sample pictures to my site - 
> worth a quick look for a <$10 camera :-)

Very impressive (and useful!).  The watch photo, in particular, is amazingly
good quality.  

Just one thing, howcome the pound coin in picture 6 is reversed?

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, Herts


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