KODAKEKTAR H35 Half Frame Film Camera, 35mm, Reusable, Focus-Free, Lightweight, Easy-to-Use (Brown) (Film & AAA Battery are not Included)

I got this as a gift for my dad who is not a photographer but loves taking phone photos of his dog and sending them to me. He LOVES it. It is definitely the best gift I've ever given him!! The camera really works best in daylight and has virtually no low-light capacity, but for a point-and-shoot it is exceptional. I got Kodak color film to go along with it and the photos came out beautiful. The first roll which was developed at CVS was pretty worse for wear, but once I got him connected with a high-quality professional film developer, we got back the gorgeous photos attached. I'm now coming back and buying one for myself!!

This is a great little camera for fun shots. I wanted to take some film pictures on my trip but didn't want to carry around my regular film camera. This was small and light enough to just throw in my purse or coat pocket. It's essentially a reusable disposable camera, but it's cute and easy to use and I was pleasantly surprised with some of the pictures I got.I wouldn't recommend using it indoors or in any mid or low light situation. I took about half the roll indoors, some of them in very well lit areas, but none of those shots were usable at all. I'm not too upset about that. I wanted to experiment with the limits of the camera, so I knew not everything would turn out. These pictures are on Kodak Gold 200 film.

Absolutely LOVE this camera! It’s the perfect handheld size, and looks so cute. The amount of times someone has complimented the camera and asked where I got it! The quality is amazing, it works great and is super easy to set up and use! The battery life is great BUT if you leave the flash turned on it does kill the battery. Took me quite a few times to figure out I was the problem there. Super durable and again, super cute!10/10 recommend!

I got this for a useable prop in my photography for clients. I have a Nikon FM that I don’t want clients to use as it’s very sentimental to me.It’s cute, it’ll work, but the plastic feels super cheap and flimsy. It feels more like a toy than a camera. Super lightweight which is nice but also I like a little bit of weight. I have a Fujifilm insta9 that feels so much better. The plastic between these two cameras feels very different. I have camera cases and still feel like this needs its own protection even inside my camera bags.Functionality remains to be seen but seems pretty straightforward.After use I will report back. I do plan on keeping it as it should fulfill the reason i bought it.

Ok so qualifications: I've spent the past year or so getting into 35mm film cameras and the like and have done lots of research and accumulated many point and shoots (P&Ss) and SLRs. No, I haven't been in film photography my entire life or since the '80s but I'd consider myself fairly observant to know that this camera is not worth it.DISCLAIMER: I did not test the camera's functionality in terms of producing film images. I returned it within the hour I received it based on its build quality alone.THE POSITIVES (or the reversals, pun intended):For starters, I'll list out my comments so it's easier to read/skim:- This camera looks nice and the packaging is very sleek.- I love the color of the Sage green and the overall design looks very retro and cool.- It's also a half frame camera, meaning you get twice as many shots out of a roll of film at the cost of a little less than half the normal resolution.- The flash being powered by a AAA and not some weird proprietary battery is also nice and more user-friendly.THE NEGATIVES (if you even decide to use this camera)To be frank, my name would have to be Frank. But it's not. But if I were Frank, I would probably consider this camera a piece of garbage for a few reasons:- Did you see the weight? It's 100 GRAMS. That's the weight of a small box of paperclips or a half a cup of sugar. I suppose if you dropped it into the ocean it might float but if you drop it on the pavement I imagine it would just shatter (I don't know this for sure but man is it light).- Yes, weight is not always indicative of quality but in this case it seems Kodak used the cheapest, lightest plastic possible in making this camera. When I unboxed this camera an hour ago, to the right of the viewfinder is a silver scratch that came for free on the camera (2nd picture). Lovely.- The film rewind crank is made of that same cheap plastic. You can see in the 3rd picture that the bottom cap section and the rod inside of the actual camera appear to be bonded from two separate pieces. I've read reviews of this rod breaking (or the arm coming off the cap section), rendering the camera useless. Every time I pulled the crank away from the body I was met with a lot of tension and I do not trust the strength of the arm nor the rod to stay intact for a long period of time.- One possible issue I found is that if the film canister isn't seated at the bottom of the camera body, the film might not be able to rewind. Maybe it's a personal issue but it seemed like the rod that grabs the film spool wasn't long enough if the film roll was too high up. You would otherwise have to use a darkroom or changing bag to open the camera back and adjust the film roll.- Many of the P&Ss I have picked up from Facebook marketplace or eBay have usually been on the range of $10-20. This camera DID retail for $49.99 USD as of last night (5/27) with a 9% discount at $44.50, but they've since updated the price today to reflect $44.50 without any discount. Pretty sleazy in my opinion.CONCLUSIONS:- This camera is not worth $45. Maybe $15-20 but I suppose its appeal as a "reusable" disposable film camera would pay itself off with two rolls.- I can't speak to its image quality but the build quality itself leaves a lot to be desired. It feels very fragile and there's little issues that I encountered having opened it for 10 minutes.- I do not recommend this camera. I recommend you find a nice Canon Sureshot on eBay or some other P&S for $45-50 because I wouldn't consider this a P&S but a POS.TLDR: overpriced, poor build quality, not worth it.