As a Nikon fanboy, I by no means fairly received the entire “Nikon is a potato” factor. However this McDonald’s digicam actually is a potato. Effectively, a big order of fries. It’s a 110 movie digicam, with a molded physique that appears like a carton of McDonald’s well-known, golden fries.
The short-lived point-and-shoot digicam was launched in 1997 and is mighty exhausting to search out these days, making it one thing of a collector’s merchandise. Data is skinny on the bottom however, in line with Previous Cam (which auctioned off an instance in 2022), it was initially out there in Europe as a Completely satisfied Meal toy. Now that is a fairly cool free present!
Classic electronics specialist Retrospekt had the McDonald’s Fries digicam listed at $249 (though it’s at the moment offered out).
ABOVE: See the McDonald’s digicam in motion
A YouTube video from Goal Shoot Develop exhibits the digicam in motion. Firstly, it is available in a neat-looking field in ‘Mickey D’s’ yellow with a crimson ribbon printed on it.
The digicam itself encompasses a entrance flap, which lifts as much as reveal the lens and viewfinder. There’s a movie development wheel on the entrance of the digicam and a well-hidden shutter button on the aspect. A small flap opens on the again so you may load the 110 movie, which you’ll be able to nonetheless purchase at this time through Lomography. And if you happen to’re into 110 cameras, Lomography introduced out the Lomomatic 110 Digicam final 12 months.
It’s definitely not the one McDonald’s-themed digicam to have been launched over time, with numerous standard-looking point-and-shoot movie cameras that don’t look as cool because the fries. One other instance of an uncommon ‘Mickey D’s’ digicam is the Polaroid 600 McDonald’s, which, by all accounts, is extraordinarily uncommon.
Ensure you watch Goal Shoot Develop’s entire video to see this bizarre little digicam in motion!
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