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Disc film is long gone, although there are one or two labs in the world that will develop outdated rolls, at enormous expense. The other camera presumably takes 35mm film, so you will be able to try it out.
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Just a wild and crazy thought courtesy of Monday morning caffeine... The back of the Kodak looks like it might accommodate a cartridge similar in construction to a 3½" floppy disk - If you could devise a reloadable device, you could use just about any currently available sheet film cut to suit.
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 Originally Posted by Brac
Disc film is long gone, although there are one or two labs in the world that will develop outdated rolls, at enormous expense. The other camera presumably takes 35mm film, so you will be able to try it out.
Disc film was discontinued in 1999. Dwaynes in the US will develop disc film at reasonable cost.
To those here who don't think much of Disc film, you might want to re-consider.
A lot of the problem with the format relates to the fact that with it's relatively tiny size, it really required specialized equipment in order to properly print it. Many of the labs who did Disc prints tried to use regular equipment.
The other thing to realize is that in order to develop the Disc format, Kodak did a tremendous amount of research and development, which resulted in improvements to emulsions and other facets of film production that served to benefit larger formats as well.
Matt
“Photography is a complex and fluid medium, and its many factors are not applied in simple sequence. Rather, the process may be likened to the art of the juggler in keeping many balls in the air at one time!”
Ansel Adams, from the introduction to The Negative - The New Ansel Adams Photography Series / Book 2
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Brac: yeah, I don't have any hopes of shooting disc anytime soon haha...if I can find a place to develop it I may...but I really just bought the camera for its weirdness factor haha. So far, everyone I've shown it to has replied with a "wow...I've never even heard of one!" Also, yes, the B-1 takes 35mm film, but with 3 digital bodies and 9 film bodies and counting, it's not at the top of my list to shoot with. If and when I start developing my own film again I'll probably shoot a roll of B&W through it for kicks, but that won't be anytime soon.
Paul: That was exactly what I was thinking, but I doubt it would work because of the position of the eyepiece. If I had time I'd probably give it a shot (or even just put a single piece of negative in there and shoot it, then take it out and develop it), but I'm much too busy these days for that haha
Matt: thanks for the info  what's the "reasonable cost" for developing it?
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Originally Posted by LowriderS10
Brac: yeah, I don't have any hopes of shooting disc anytime soon haha...if I can find a place to develop it I may...but I really just bought the camera for its weirdness factor haha.
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Matt: thanks for the info what's the "reasonable cost" for developing it?
You are welcome
It looks like that Dwayne's charges $9.00 for develop and one set of prints (plus shipping and handling).
Here is a link where they discuss their specialized services (note service times and special rules for blank films):
http://www.dwaynesphoto.com/newsite2...-126-film.html
Matt
“Photography is a complex and fluid medium, and its many factors are not applied in simple sequence. Rather, the process may be likened to the art of the juggler in keeping many balls in the air at one time!”
Ansel Adams, from the introduction to The Negative - The New Ansel Adams Photography Series / Book 2
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Thanks, yeah, that's getting a bit too much for me...that's $13.50 (plus shipping it there) just to get it developed and it's a low-quality point and shoot...if I find a cheap (even if exposed) film disc for it, I'll pick it up for illustration purposes, but I doubt I'll shoot it anytime soon...but that's okay, I just bought it to add to the collection and to be able to flex my uber-dork muscles in front of anyone who'll pay attention 
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