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I have a Smith & wesson disposable camera. 35mm marked for law enforcement. It's in a sealed bag, in a Smith & wesson marked blue box. Cannot find any information online about these. Anyone have information or know of these....
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01-30-2018, 10:48 PM
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They were given to LEO's for documenting crime scenes. I've never seen paperwork on them.
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I was at a SHOT show in Las Vegas about 15 yrs ago and a small vendor was displaying a bunch of these, marked for Law Enforcement. He was focusing on getting orders from S&W and dealers who would sell to law enforcement organizations as they would be handy to have in patrol vehicles for photoing accident to crime scenes. The vendor was in discussion with S&W licensing staff to make the cameras a catalog item for S&W. At that time, the San Diego Sheriff's Office was still using Poloroid cameras and they never worked all that well, so these disposable camera would be a step up. The vendor gave me about 1/2 doz. examples the take back to the SDSO for trial. I gave one to Roy Jinks for his collection. He said he had never seen one before. I don't think the negotiation with S&W licensing worked out, as I never saw them listed in a factory publication. I eventually sold the other examples at S&WCA meetings. Ed.
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Here are 2 I have. Film supposed to be developed by June 2000.
Neither package has been opened. I have not seen any printed advertisements on these yet.
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01-31-2018, 05:55 PM
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Dave, Did you get those from me? Ed.
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Ed, I am not sure where I got these. Very well could have come from you.
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Ed, I got the ones I have (had) from various Smith & Wesson employees. Seems everyone at the factory had a handful of them.
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I can guess the quality of the pictures after being carried around in a squad car for a year or more, in the hot sun and freeztng cold.
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They were meant to record an incident that needed pictures. They weren't meant to be carried for a year or more. Once the incident was photographed, you took the camera in and the pictures were processed. I just remembered, mine came from Fred Pickler and Milton Walsh. I know Milton had a case of them.
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I have one or two of those somewhere. I was tempted to throw them away more than once. I don't remember where or when I acquired them.
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Sal. Are those the two for which you traded me a nice set of Registered Magnum Roper's stocks yrs. ago at a S&WCA meeting? You may have taken a "selfie" of us with one of them! Ed.
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I have never heard of those, let alone seen one. Actually, film cameras are preferable for crime (or accident) scene photography, at least for use as reliable and accurate courtroom evidence. You can't screw around with an original negative on film like you can with a digital image file by using Photoshop, etc.
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I have never heard of those, let alone seen one. Actually, film cameras are preferable for crime (or accident) scene photography, at least for use as reliable and accurate courtroom evidence. You can't screw around with an original negative on film like you can with a digital image file by using Photoshop, etc.
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I may be wrong, but, I think the camera we were talking about were made before digital technology.
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