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Kodak Instamatic 500 (1963)

Kodak Instamatic 500 (1963)

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This is a Kodak Instamatic 500, a fully manual, but high end Instamatic camera built in Stuttgart, Germany by Kodak AG between the years 1963 to 1965.  The Instamatic 500 was one of Kodak’s few Instamatic cameras built in Germany, by the same German division responsible for their premium Retina…

April 13, 2021 April 13, 2021 Photography / Reviews  126 / Germany / Kodak
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Reloading Instamatic Film (The Better Way)

Reloading Instamatic Film (The Better Way)

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The Eastman Kodak Company’s daylight loading 35mm film cassette made it’s debut in 1934.  With the release of the first Retina camera, Kodak’s type 135 film format took the world by storm and within a few short years was the dominant format of easy to load 35mm film for miniature…

March 3, 2020 March 3, 2020 Guides / Photography  126 / Kodak
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Bell & Howell Autoload 342 (1969)

Bell & Howell Autoload 342 (1969)

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This is a Bell & Howell Autoload 342, a compact camera made by Canon of Japan that used Kodak’s type 126 Instamatic film cassettes.  The Autoload 342 had an innovative Focus-matic system that used a delta rangefinder that worked using a moving ball bearing that would trap the focus distance…

March 3, 2020 August 7, 2020 Photography / Reviews  126 / Bell & Howell / Japan
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