• DIY summarised

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This is for those who find themselves looking for a flash, but at the same time find the budget running a bit thin. The flash from a disposable camera can be used as a slave flash through a bit of simple DIY. It also won’t be that hard to find not even spend a cent if one can find a disposable camera which has already been used. Though most people throw away disposable cameras once done with them, the thing that they don’t know is that they can still use the flash with more expensive digital cameras for some extra flash.

DIY summarised

To pull off this interesting and budget saving project, it’s necessary to have the tools required to pry open the camera like a drill, 3/8 inch drill bit, needle nose pliers, a soldering iron, utility knife and a small screw driver. These tools will be necessary to pull the camera apart separate the flash unit from the camera and reattach the flash to a new trigger to complete the project. It is, however, also necessary to make sure that the flash unit inside the camera is still working. It can be tested by pushing the trigger inside the camera.

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Once sure that the flash and battery are in working order, the battery can be removed from the camera. The next step in the DIY project then becomes separating the circuit board from the plastic body while at the same time opening the lens hole to fit the size of your jack. The jack then needs to be extended to the exposure cavity and rewired to the jack, before the camera can be reassembled and anyone can get snapping away with extra flash.

The full set of instructions is available here, and this photography project should save you a lot of money and provide a who lot of shooting fun.