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Disposable Cameras
写るんです - Next to a coffee machine on the left, this is a vending machine selling single-use cameras (or film with lens). 

FujiFilm was the first to introduce these cameras (in 1986). Their single-use camera brand is called "Utsurundesu" (the red characters on the machine) meaning "it takes photos." It comes from the word "utsuru" which means capture (an image). It is also the first character in the word "shashin(写真).

Other film makers came up with their own cutsey names. These cameras, though, are on its way out as digital cameras and camera phones dominate.

Disposable Cameras

写るんです - Next to a coffee machine on the left, this is a vending machine selling single-use cameras (or film with lens).

FujiFilm was the first to introduce these cameras (in 1986). Their single-use camera brand is called "Utsurundesu" (the red characters on the machine) meaning "it takes photos." It comes from the word "utsuru" which means capture (an image). It is also the first character in the word "shashin(写真).

Other film makers came up with their own cutsey names. These cameras, though, are on its way out as digital cameras and camera phones dominate.

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