Well, I've converted several "near-disposable) cameras (the $1 give-away type 35mm cameras from thrift stores) by taking them apart, removing the shutter blade(s) while leaving the shutter button & film wind/lock mechanism. I then use black tape (my favorite) or a home-made cardboard "lens cap" as the shutter. This allows even spacing of the photos: you press the shutter botton to allow film advance after taking a photo. I've found that many of these cheapo cameras have quite sturdy film advance mechanisms and are held together with screws, making this sort of modification easy. The shutter mechanisms vary wildly (and I'm charmed by the little blocks of pot metal glued into the cameras to give them that "quality heft") but the modifications have worked well. I've opened up a few disposable cameras as well, and the same principle should work, but the shutter and film advance mechanisms are more fragile and thus a bit harder to modify.
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