To provide a camera electronic system for use in a family of recyclable cameras each having a set of desired electronic functions.

In one aspect of the present invention, the camera electrical system has a first electronic circuit for charging a flash capacitor and discharging the flash capacitor through a flash tube to artificially cause a flash of light during photography; said first electronic circuit having a first set of electrical contacts. More than one second electronic circuit is provided. Each second circuit has contacts to engage at least one of the first set of electrical contacts, wherein the first electronic circuit and each of said second electronic circuits are adapted to cooperate in a combined circuit comprising the first electronic circuit and more than one of said second circuits to perform the set of desired camera functions.