KODAK FLING Camera

The Kodak Fling, sold from 1987 to 1989, was one of Kodak's earliest single-use cameras, introduced as a direct response to Fujifilm's QuickSnap, which had reached the Japanese market the previous year. Priced at just $6.95, the Fling came pre-loaded with 110-format film and was not designed to be reloaded or reused; it had a simple fixed-focus lens and was compact enough to be barely larger than the box its 110 film cartridge was sold in. Its smaller 110 negative produced lower image quality than the 35mm film used in competing disposable cameras, a shortcoming that limited its commercial success and led Kodak to introduce a 35mm version in 1988 before retiring the original 110 Fling in 1989 in favor of the 35mm-based FunSaver. The “Fling” name itself appears to have been retired around this time amid growing public unease over disposable, single-use consumer products. As an early and relatively short-lived entry in the single-use camera category, intact surviving examples of the Fling are considered uncommon among collectors today, since most units were processed for their film and discarded by photofinishers rather than kept.