Item Reference: 001786
Category: Photography
Format: Camera
Description: Plastic camera with black casing and a silver front, the first in Kodak’s popular Instamatic range of cameras. Features a connector for flashbulbs and two shutter speeds (1/40 secs and 1/90 secs), though only the first is syncable to flash. Takes 126 film at 28mm x 28mm.
Date: 1963-1966
Further Information: Kodak Instamatics enjoyed immense popularity as low-end, easily accessible ‘point-and-shoot’ cameras throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. This popularity extended to the easy-loading 126 film that the Instamatic range utilised. The Instamatic line was in production til 1988 and 126 film did not cease production until 2008
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