Handy for holidays, disposable cameras (which cost nearly as much as the real thing) have become big recently and solve the problem of buying wads of film. However, the pictures are usually pretty dire and most sophisticated snappers use digital cameras these days. To satisfy both, US company Pure Digital Technologies and chemist chain CVS have started selling digital disposals. They can create photos of two megapixels, which will do for large pics, have a flash and memory that can hold up to 25 photos. These cannot be downloaded onto a PC - they have to be developed at the chemist or photo shop, although this can be done on compact disc as well as paper-format. Far less complicated than their ‘non-disposable’ counterparts, they cost around 16 euros (8 euros for a really basic one) and will be on sale from early 2005 in major theme parks and in Boots in the UK. Although they are described as ‘disposable’, they can normally be recycled and used up to eight or ten times.
