scrapping a digital camera?

**Bear** · 06-05-2012, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by Jeremiah

If working, not worth scrapping. Many buyers pay .04 per pound for them whole. if you scrap it, you will get between 1-2 quarters worth of high grade stuff. Throw them in a pile and sell them as a lot on Ebay or as a lot on craigslist.

I'd say that was the best option. Some people do use them for parts, and some people do collect them. If it's still working, others may even want to use it for a camera ; )

**scrappyjoe1** · 01-24-2023, 05:05 PM

somehow stumbled across this old thread and thought i'd ressurect it just to highlight the one post that said just hang on to them if they work. they,ve become fashionable again thanks to an instagram post by a jenner.

**Kalvlin** · 01-26-2023, 05:25 AM

I have a large box of these now . I'll look into it to see if anything worth saving/selling. Never paid much attention to them but now since everyone uses cell phone camera these
are obsolete but maybe becoming "collectible" ?

**PhilosoScrapper** · 09-24-2025, 11:05 PM

I'll take a crack at resurrecting this thread too. Might just be screaming into the void, but I enjoy a good exercise in futility.

I have pulled apart hundreds of digital cameras, and even a fair amount of old film cameras. Most of the ones I've pulled apart have what I would consider to be comparable to laptop or cell phone components for PM content, pound for pound. Maybe better.

I really like the digitizer chips. They almost all have gold/gold plated legs, and they have a really cool look to them. I'm stockpiling them in hopes of creating a line of ewaste sourced jewelry. These chips would make really cool "gems" for pendants or rings.

Otherwise, lots of good gold plated pins, ribbon wire, leds, circuit boards with gold flashing and ic/bga chips. I have a whole bunch of lenses that are ideal to use as loupes, and there are many glass prisms, mirrors and other, small lenses that are pretty cool that I'll try to find uses for.

Base metals include aluminum outer cases, lots of little bits of stainless steel, and what I'm pretty sure are nickel battery contacts.

It's also fun when you come across one with a memory card left inside. I've only come across one that still had pictures on it, nothing crazy, but I have a big pile of working, SD, micro SD, and some older type memory cards.

Anyway. If you like microscrapping, I definitely recommend digital cameras. They are my second favorite small electronic item to scrap, after hard drives.