Retail research 26 July 2026 Denmark & Czechia Self-scanning · dev-only

Five cameras for the wedding tables

Disposable versus reusable film, priced across both markets and carried all the way through to a developed negative. Because you scan at home, development is a flat per-roll fee — which turns out to settle the whole question.

Buy five Kodak Power Flash 27+12. Develop them in Prague if you're passing through.

€122all-in, 195 photos

Reusable cameras lose on every measure that matters here. They cost 2.5–3.5× more up front and — apart from the half-frame Ektar — don't even win on cost per photo, because you pay for the body and the film and the same development. They only make sense if you genuinely want to keep shooting film afterwards.

Among disposables, the 27+12 packs are the ones to get. They hold 39 exposures instead of 27 — 44% more pictures — on the same ISO 800 film, and critically they still come back as five rolls, so the development bill doesn't move at all. The Power Flash also throws its flash 1.2–4.5 m against the plain FunSaver's ~3.5 m, which is exactly the difference between a lit table and a dark one at a reception.

Sixty extra frames and a metre of extra flash reach cost €22 over the 27-exposure FunSaver. On cost per photo it isn't a premium at all — it's the cheapest route on the board at €0.63.

Where the money actually goes

Every route below produces five rolls to develop. Development is charged per roll regardless of what shot it, so the bar you're really choosing between is the camera.

Cameras Film Development (5 rolls, dev only) Bars scaled to €340

Kodak Power Flash 27+12 ×5 + Prague devDK Foto/C · ISO 800 · 39 exp · 195 frames

€122€0.63 / photo

Kodak Power Flash 27+12 ×5 + Copenhagen devDK Foto/C · ISO 800 · 39 exp · 195 frames

€142€0.73 / photo

Kodak FunSaver 27 ×5 + Prague devDK avXperten · ISO 800 · 27 exp · 135 frames

€100€0.74 / photo

AgfaPhoto LeBox Wedding ×5 + Prague devDK CompuMail · floral · 135 frames

€92€0.68 / photo

Ilford XP2 Super ×5 + Prague devCZ Alza · B&W on C-41 · 135 frames

€92€0.68 / photo

Fujifilm QuickSnap ×5 + Prague devDK Foto/C 5-pack · latching flash · 135 frames

€110€0.81 / photo

Yashica MF-1 ×5 reusable, film includedCZ FotoŠkoda · 120 frames

€151€1.26 / photo

AgfaPhoto Reusable ×5 + ColorPlus 200DK Proshop · 180 frames

€223€1.24 / photo

Kodak Ektar H35 ×5 half-frame + KentmereDK Proshop · 72 shots/roll · 360 frames

€305€0.85 / photo

Kodak Ektar H35 ×5 half-frame + ColorPlusDK Proshop · 72 shots/roll · 360 frames

€311€0.86 / photo

The half-frame trap, and why it doesn't pay off here

What changed

Your scanning at home removes the half-frame penalty entirely. Labs charge +70 to +99 DKK per roll to scan half-frame (Polagraph in Prague wants +200 CZK). None of that applies to development, which is purely chemical and priced per roll whatever is on it.

But

The Ektar H35 still costs €241 for five bodies. Even producing 360 frames it lands at €0.85/photo — worse than a €92 box of disposables at €0.68. The format advantage is real; it just can't outrun the hardware bill across only five rolls.

Practical

72 frames per table is a lot to shoot out, and a part-used roll can't be developed. If you do go half-frame, load 24-exposure rolls (= 48 half-frames) rather than 36.

Hard requirement

Half-frame film must come back uncut. An auto-cutter set for full-frame slices straight through the middle of every half-frame pair. Silkefoto's "rulles" is free; Shutterbug rolls it into a bag by default.

Cameras — five units, delivered

Prices as of 27 July 2026, at 7.46 DKK/€ and 25.2 CZK/€. Read the stock column carefully — a ✓ means the shop publishes a unit count or its cart genuinely enforces stock. A ? means the shop only says "in stock" with no number, which is not the same thing.

Camera	Type	Best source	Per unit	Five delivered	Frames	Stock ≥5	Note
Kodak Power Flash 27+12	Disposable, ISO 800, 39 exp	Foto/C DK	154 kr	809 kr · €108	195	? shop stock	Flash 1.2–4.5 m — longest reach here. Best €/photo. Phone to confirm five.
Kodak Fun Flash 27+12	Disposable, ISO 800, 39 exp	Foto/C DK	159 kr	834 kr · €112	195	✓ in stock	Same 39 exp, standard flash reach. Power Flash is better and cheaper.
Kodak FunSaver 27	Disposable, ISO 800, 27 exp	avXperten DK	119 kr	644 kr · €86	135	? "På lager"	Cheapest entry. At price floor, 4.2/5. Flash ~3.5 m.
Kodak FunSaver Flash 27+12, 10-pack	Disposable, ISO 800, 39 exp	Foto/C DK	149 kr	1 490 kr · €200	390	✓ but ten	Only 5 kr/unit cheaper — not worth doubling the order.
Kodak FunSaver Flash 27+12	Disposable, ISO 800, 39 exp	AnalogStore CZ	599 Kč	2 995 Kč · €119	195	✓ 78 units	Only 39-exp source with a published count. €11 dearer than DK — worth it for certainty.
AgfaPhoto LeBox Wedding	Disposable, ISO 400	CompuMail DK	109 kr	584 kr · €78	135	✓ 20 units	Cheapest. Floral. No image on listing; ships 5 Aug.
Ilford XP2 Super	Disposable, B&W on C-41	Alza CZ	395 Kč	1 975 Kč · €78	135	✓ >10	Genuine markdown. €138 for the same thing in DK.
AgfaPhoto LeBox Flash	Disposable, ISO 400	CompuMail DK	112 kr	599 kr · €80	135	✓ 20 units	3.0/5 rating, 29% one-star. Ships 29 Jul.
Fujifilm QuickSnap	Disposable, ISO 400	Foto/C 5-pack DK	135 kr	714 kr · €96	135	✓ 5-pack	Latching flash switch — most foolproof for guests.
Kodak Tri-X	Disposable, true B&W	Foto/C DK	159 kr	834 kr · €112	135	⚠ last units	Needs true B&W dev. XP2 is cheaper and easier.
Yashica MF-1	Reusable, film included	FotoŠkoda CZ	690 Kč	3 450 Kč · €137	120	✓ >5 ×4 colours	Cheapest reusable anywhere. Film in the box.
AgfaPhoto Reusable 35mm	Reusable, full-frame	Proshop DK	228 kr	1 140 kr · €153	180	✓ verified	Film extra. Free shipping over 1 000 kr.
Kodak Ektar H35	Reusable, half-frame	Proshop DK	360 kr	1 800 kr · €241	360	✓ 3 black + 2 sand	Only 3 black in stock — mix colours to reach five.
Kodak Ektar H35N	Reusable, half-frame	Proshop DK	429 kr	2 145 kr · €288	360	✓ verified	Glass lens, bulb mode. 1% off all-time low.

Development — five rolls, develop only, no scanning

Czechia is genuinely cheaper, but the gap is about €20, not the 3–4× a first pass suggested. Worth using because you travel there anyway — not worth a trip.

Lab	C-41 / roll	True B&W / roll	Five rolls	Uncut?	Disposables?	Turnaround
Shutterbug Copenhagen	50 kr	50 kr no surcharge	250 kr · €34	✓ rolled or cut	✓ stated	1 working day
Silkefoto DK mail-in	39 kr	59 kr	195 kr + post · €33	✓ free	✓ no fee	1–2 days
Bě FOTO Prague 7	70 Kč	120 Kč	350 Kč · €14	ask	ask	C-41 fast, B&W 3–5 days
FILMSTORE Prague	50 Kč	150 Kč	250 Kč · €10	ask	ask	B&W in 24h
Polagraph Prague + Brno	130 Kč	130 Kč identical	650 Kč · €26	ask	✓ in writing	Next day; B&W ~1 week
CEWE / fotolab.cz	159 Kč	not offered	disqualified	auto-cutter	—	—

C-41Ilford XP2 Super is the shortcut to black and white. It's B&W film that runs on the standard colour line — monochrome look at colour prices and colour speed, no B&W surcharge, no slow queue. True B&W (Tri-X, HP5, Kentmere, Fomapan) costs more and waits longer nearly everywhere.
CZTrue B&W is unusually cheap in Czechia — Foma being Czech shows up. Polagraph charges identical prices for C-41 and true B&W, which is rare anywhere.
AskNo Czech lab publishes its cut-vs-uncut policy. Say it at the counter: Prosím nestříhejte film — vraťte ho nerozstříhaný, v celku.
TrapFILMSTORE keeps your negatives by default. Plain drop-off means they stay at the lab and are destroyed after two months — you must select a return option. Polagraph holds negatives 30 days.
X-rayExposed film goes in hand luggage, never checked. Ask for a hand inspection at CT scanners — those damage film even at ISO 400. Develop within a few weeks; latent images drift.
SkipHome development isn't worth it for five rolls. A Paterson kit is ~995 kr in DK or ~1 065 Kč in CZ — break-even is around 9–10 rolls, and a wedding is a bad place to learn a new process.

Traps found along the way

Things that look like the right answer and aren't.

No flashKodak Daylight is the cheapest Kodak in both markets and has no flash at all — the Czech listing says it outright: jednorázový fotoaparát bez blesku. Useless for an evening reception despite its tempting ISO 800 / 39 exposures. Same for AgfaPhoto LeBox Ocean.
Read the countKodak sells near-identical bodies in 27 and "27+12" packs, and shops list them under four different names — FunSaver, FunSaver Flash, Fun Flash, Power Flash. The 27+12 is 39 exposures for a few kroner more and develops as one roll either way, so the 27-exposure version is almost always the worse buy. avXperten lists a 39-exposure FunSaver at 125 kr — six kroner over its 27 — but it's Ikke på lager.
ExpiredFive expired-film listings surfaced: an Ilford XP2 on fotomaterial.sk dated 07/25, an Ilfocolor 10-pack from 05/2025, a FotoŠkoda LeBox Ocean expiring this month, and idealo's €9.99 LeBox Wedding dated 01/26. Almost no retailer publishes expiry — these were the honest ones.
PhantomPriceRunner's cheapest LeBox Flash is backordered at the shop despite showing as the winner. CompuMail at 112 kr is the real in-stock floor.
MultipackMultipacks are mostly worse, not better. Every CZ 10-pack and 2-pack prices at or above 5× the single. On amazon.de the Fujifilm 2-pack costs more per unit than the single. Only the LeBox 5-pack genuinely wins.
BlockedThree amazon.de film listings can't ship to Denmark — sold by "Amazon US", including a Kodak Gold 12-roll bundle at €4.57/roll that looks like the deal of the century.
Qty capThe Fujifilm QuickSnap single on amazon caps its quantity dropdown at 2, and its cheaper "New & Used" offers mix in used units. The Ilford Sprite 35-II caps at 2 as well.
SpecThe Kodak Ultra F9 is full-frame, not half-frame. It uses the same 31mm lens as the M35 — only the H35 and H35N are half-frame. It's badly overpriced for what it is.
UnusableFoma's own factory 6-roll set is cheap because five of the six rolls are bulk-wound with no cartridge — they need darkroom loading. Not something you hand a guest.
Sight unseenCompuMail's LeBox Wedding listing has no product image. It was verified by matching EAN 4250255103810 against another shop, not from the listing itself.
False proofA basket test proves nothing at Foto/C. Their cart accepted 500 Power Flash cameras — 77 000 kr — without a murmur, so "it let me add five" is not evidence of stock. Only shops that publish a number (CompuMail 20, AnalogStore 78, Allegro 47–97, Alza >10) or whose status visibly flips (Proshop's H35 went to Bestillingsvare between 3 and 4 units) actually tell you anything. For the two Danish picks, phone before relying on five — Foto/C is on +45 33 14 24 14.

What to do

Ring Foto/C on +45 33 14 24 14 and ask for five Power Flash 27+12 — 809 kr delivered. Their listing says "På lager i butik, 1-2 dage", meaning the units sit in the Copenhagen shop rather than at a supplier — but they publish no count and their cart doesn't enforce stock, so one call is worth more than any online check. 195 frames, ISO 800, longest flash reach here. If you'd rather not phone, AnalogStore in Prague shows 78 units of the same 39-exposure camera for €119 — €11 more for a number you can actually see.
Put a card on each table. Foto/C's own listing is blunt about it — "Manuel flash – skal lade før hvert billede": the flash must be charged before every shot, which is the number-one reason guest cameras come back full of black frames. If that worries you more than film speed or frame count, the Fujifilm QuickSnap's flash is a switch you set to ON once and leave, at €96 for five.
Develop dev-only, and ask for the negatives uncut and sleeved. Shutterbug in Copenhagen is 250 kr for all five, one working day, disposables explicitly accepted. If a Prague trip lands within a few weeks of the wedding, Bě FOTO does the same for about €14 — carry the cameras in hand luggage.
Don't buy the reusables unless you want them afterwards. At €223–311 for the same job they're a hobby purchase, not a wedding purchase. If you do want one, the Ektar H35 at 360 kr is at its all-time low and the half-frame format now costs you nothing extra to develop.