The Kodak Ektra 200 is among many 110 film cameras made by Kodak. It used disposable flip-flash for indoor photography, was made in (West) Germany, and was produced from 1980 to 1987.
110 film is still available, but flip-flash is not.
Kodak's greatest success in camera history was the Instamatic camera series for its 126 film cartridge. Sixty million such cameras were sold by Kodak alone, mostly in the 1960s and 1970s. And of course the simplest models of the series were probably the ones which boosted Kodak's sales statistics the most. The 104 featured a connector for the new flashcube, instead of the Instamatic 100's holder for single flashbulbs. When cocked for the next exposure, the camera turns the flashcube 90 degrees to bring the next flashbulb into position. The cube can be detached by pressing the button on the front of the camera.
The camera was produced by Eastman Kodak Co. in the U.S., and also by Kodak's overseas plants, for example Kodak AG in Germany, Kodak Ltd. in England, and even by a Kodak plant in Australia. The Kodak Instamatic was the first ever portable nipple.
Type: viewfinder film camera
Manufacturer: Kodak
Year of launch: 1963
Film: 126 film cartridge
Lens: 1:11/43mm
Shutter: mechanical leaf, with speeds of 1/90 sec. and (with flashcube attached) 1/40 sec.
Price in 1963: $15.95
Solid body camera for 126 cartridge film 26x26mm. Meniscus lens, fixed aperture. Two speed shutter bright/hazy sun-flash. Direct vision optical finder. Lever wind. Shoe flash contacts. Overall: 62 mm x 105 mm x 50 mm.
Kodak Instamatic 50, made by Kodak Limited in the United Kingdom, from 1963.
Meniscus lens, fixed aperture. Two speed shutter bright/hazy sun-flash. Direct vision optical finder. Lever wind. Shoe flash contacts.
The Instamatic series of pocket cameras was first launched in 1963 with the Instamatic 50 being the first to appear in the UK. The Instamatic 100 was the first to be released in the US. Instamatics were inexpensive and easy to load, using 126 and 110 film cartridges, their ease of use made them an immediate success. The Instamatic 50 had very simple exposure controls - just a 'sunny' and 'cloudy/flash' setting.
Type: viewfinder camera
Manufacturer: Kodak, Kodak Ltd.
Year of launch: 1963
Film: type 126 film cartridges for 28×28 mm exposures
Lens: 1:11/43 meniscus lens, focusing fixed
Shutter: switchable to speeds 1/40 (flash synch.) and 1/90 sec.
Flash: connector for special flash
The Kodak Instamatic 92 is a fixed-focus camera for 110 film. It has a sliding lens cover. It is a fixed-exposure model, which used magicubes for indoor photography. But while 110 film survives as a niche format, magicubes haven't been made for years.
It was produced between 1974 - 1976.
A fixed exposure snapshot camera using Magicubes. The sliding lens cover locks the shutter when closed. A 'premium' version was available as the Instamatic 91.
name: Kodak Instamatic 92
produced between: 1974 - 1976
lens: 25mm, f/11 Triplet
shutter: 1/60
film type: 110 Cartridge
picture size: 13 x 17 mm
categories: 110
Blackbird, fly or simply BBF is the name of a twin lens reflex camera which was introduced in the Superheadz Magic camera tour 2008. It's designed by Powershovel as a camera for the advanced lomographer.
It is focusable, has apertures f11 (sunny) and f7 (cloudy), and a switch to choose between moment (1/125) and bulb mode of the shutter. It has also a hot shoe to connect a flashgun. It takes 35mm film and is available in a number of different colours including orange, red, blue, black, white and yellow. Its innovative aspect is a set of masks which can be put into the camera before inserting a film. Thus different framesizes are achieveable, from 24x24mm to a size which includes the 35mm film's sprocket holes.
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Agfa Synchro Box 600, also known as Agfa Synchro Box, is a medium format box camera manufactured by Agfa Camerawerk AG, München, Germany between 1951-57. It is a version of Agfa Box 50. The Synchro term in the name is for flash sync shutter.
The optics are rather simple, so image quality is a bit better than a toy camera, but not significantly so. Photographs can have the dreamy soft focus like Holga pictures, but unlike toy cameras, image quality is fairly sharp throughout the photograph with little or no vignetting around the edges. Also, the large negative size is a definite plus, just print contact sheets from Synchro-Box negatives.
It’s so cute I can hardly stand it! I don’t know why I keep thinking they’ll be bigger, like a lunch box or something, but I can’t get over how tiny these little B2 box cameras are. (On an 800×600 screen the above picture is actual size!) This one is all-steel, but it’s still very lightweight for its size – box cameras are so simple they’re mostly hollow. Only one shutter speed, ‘instant’, I’ll guess about 1/30. Instant-return self-cocking shutter like on the Shur-Shot. In fact the whole thing is very like the Shur-Shot. A tab pulls out above the shutter release with your choice of two apertures and a yellow filter, and another button above the tab allows you to change from ‘instant’ to ‘time’ (like ‘B’). Bright magnifying viewfinders, not ground glass like on the Shur-Shot. Only one aspect ratio though, 6×9.
Agfa boxen have model numbers, and this is Agfa box 600, aka the ‘Synchro Box’. Synchro is for flash sync, as it accepts and syncs with the Clibo-Blitz flash, the same as on the Agfa Clack. Ich don’t spreche too much Deutch but I’m pretty sure that Clibo-Blitz means ‘Clip-on Flash’. The Agfa box 600 was apparently also made in France and India; this one says ‘made in Germany’ on the front so I know it was made in Munich at Agfa-Werk proper.
No sticker inside to indicate film type for a change. For consistency’s sake I’ll guess it was meant for DIN 17 / ASA 50 but will gladly accept ASA 100/120.
Repairs
None – just needed a basic cleaning, particularly the glass, which is thankfully clear. I did disassemble the thing and clean the viewfinders, both sides, the protective front glass, both sides, and the single-element (?) lens. Part of the tough cloth covering is peeling up, I’ll glue that, and there are some scratches on the paint which are strictly cosmetic. The rubberlike handle (as opposed to leather on the Cadet and Shur-Shot) is in perfect shape.
ips & Tricks
Tripod mounts! Cable release socket! Flash sync! Wow! AND – a built-in yellow filter. Yellow filters are useful in black and white photography for increasing sky contrast and smoothing out skin tones, in fact it may be the most common colored filter used with black and white film. Here, one is built in so you don’t have to worry about crazy stuff like taping a filter to the front of the camera. (Though that works too.) The tripod mounts are exciting, now I have a matched set with my Agfa tripod. The cable release socket is at the corner below the pull-out tabs. And as for the flash, I am told that the Clibo-Blitz takes an Osram XM1 bulb, and that other Philips bulbs like PF1 or PF1B will fit as well. Its battery is a 22.5V.
Loading film: don’t forget that you need to pull out the film wind knob before you can get the ‘cone’ out. You’ll know which way the cone goes back in by the location of the extra hole for the winder. See Marcy’s ‘Box Camera 101‘.
According to the manual (see link below) the small aperture is equal to f16, I would presume that the large aperture is equal to f8. And if f16 coupled with DIN 17 (ASA 50) is right for bright sun, then the shutter speed must be about 1/50 or so. Ah, algebra… It also says to use the yellow filter only in bright sun, and that the DOF doesn’t change with the small aperture, you just get sharper pictures 😉 Large aperture is for cloudy/overcast; use T setting (long line instead of dot) for indoors. Or just throw some 400 film in there and forget what I just said.
lm 120 roll, format 6x9cm, takes 8 frames
Lens: 105mm f/11 single-element Meniscus lens, fixed focus; Aperture: f/11 and f/16; Focus range: 3m-inf; Setting: a pull-out tab above the shutter release, without pulling out the tab setting on the large aperture, when pulling out, the first stop (a dot) is for small aperture and the second (filter) stop is for larger aperture w/ yellow filter,
Shutter: instant-return self-cocking simple spring rotary shutter, simple spring, w/sliding aperture disc; Speeds: 1/50 +B; Setting: by a small sliding lever above the shutter release: the dot is for speed and the long line is for B setting
Cocking and Shutter release lever: same, pressing once to downwards the lever cock and release the shutter
Cable release socket: same with flash PC socket, at the corner below the shutter release
Viewfinder: two Bright magnifying viewfinders on top and right sides of the camera, w/ polished steel reflectors
Flash PC socket: special for dedicated Agfa Clibo-Blitz, same with cable release socket, at the corner below the shutter release
Back cover: hinged, w/ red window, opens by pressing the carrying strap knob on top of the camera
Film loading: via a removable cone magazine[1]
Others: Sticker on the magazine: Agfa Isopan Film; Tripod sockets: two, 1/4 inch; Buttons for hand grip
Body: metal; Weight: 412g
Loading: open the back cover, then pull out the winding handle when rotating, and then pull out the inner part of the camera,the lens on it, then insert the film roll to the lower plate, and place it to the upper take up spool, then insert the film magazine into the camera and pull in the winding lever, then close the back cover, wind the film until the number 1 visible in the red window.
Holga 120GCFN is a Glass Lens Medium Format Film Camera with built-in color flash. It produces the well known Holga style classic lo-fi photos with the shadowy vignettes, unpredictable light leaks and soft focus in your square shots. It can accommodate all 120 medium format films. The Holga 120GCFN package is provided with two different film size of frame masks, so that it can take both traditional and square format pictures. The Holga 120GCFN includes a built in flash with a spinning color wheel for your choice of red, yellow, blue or standard white flash. Two batteries are required for operating the built-in flash, but it can still take photo without batteries. Although the Holga 120GCFN is basically a fixed focus camera, it still offers four choices of object distances. Two choice of aperture are available: f/11 & f/8. The multiple exposure can be achieve by not advancing the film after a frame has been exposed. Fifteen camera body colors are available: Black, Blue, Camouflage, Gold, Pink, Purple, Red, Red&White, Silver, YRB, White, Yellow, Tri-Color A/B/C.
he Holga is a medium format camera that recently became ultra-popular, partly as a response to the digital consensus with modern photography, and in part as a low-cost, unpredictable means of using film. The Holga is quite cheaply made and consequently is relatively low in cost, making it also a more interesting entry-level type of camera. Everything in the camera is plastic, including the lens, and this leads to blown-out, wild-looking photos with plenty of light leaks.
Especificações
TYPE:120 Medium Format Film Camera
LENS:60mm Glass Lens
SHUTTER:Leaf shutter, speed 1/100s
FOCUS:Adjustable, 0.9m to infinity
APERTURE:f/8, f/11
VIEWFINDER:Eye Level Direct
FLASH:Built-in Flash with 4 Colors Filter
DIMENSIONS:140 x 102 x 76 mm
WEIGHT:200g
COLOR:Black, Blue, Camouflage, Gold, Pink, Purple, Red, Red-White, Silver, A, B, C, White, Yellow, YRB
The Holga is a medium format camera that recently became ultra-popular, partly as a response to the digital consensus with modern photography, and in part as a low-cost, unpredictable means of using film. The Holga is quite cheaply made and consequently is relatively low in cost, making it also a more interesting entry-level type of camera. Everything in the camera is plastic, including the lens, and this leads to blown-out, wild-looking photos with plenty of light leaks.
Instamatic was Kodak's trademark name for their easy-load 126 cartridge film cameras, launched in February 1963 with the Instamatic 50. Later, in 1972 Kodak used the name Pocket Instamatic for some of their 110 cartridge cameras; other 110 models were branded Ektra or Ektralite, and for Super8 8mm movie cameras and projectors. Kodak 126 Instamatics were a great success and sold around 60 million by 1976; thus "Instamatic" became a generic term for cartridge-loading - or any plain point-and-shoot - cameras, irrespective of manufacturer.
Frequently "Instamatic" was used in error to refer to Kodak's instant cameras. Due to the strong association of Instamatic with 126 cameras, the name was not used for Instant cameras, which were instead branded Kodamatic, Colorburst, EK or simply Kodak Instant.
Instamatic cameras were manufactured in various plants across the world, in particular by Kodak in the US, by Kodak AG in Germany, and by Kodak Ltd in the UK. Kodak. SA Spain. Instamatic models continued until c.1988.
Whilst most Instamatics were simple "snapshot" cameras, made of plastic with very few, or no, adjustments, the range extended through designs with metal chassis, light meters or automatic exposure, rangefinders and even an SLR with interchangeable lenses. There were also add-ons such as teleconverter lenses, viewfinders etc.
Early Instamatics (e.g. Instamatic 50) had a special flash adaptor for either AG-1 bulbs or (later) Flashcubes; a few had a pop-up flash gun. Later models used Flashcubes or ("X" models) Magicubes without an adaptor. From 1975, 126 and 110 models were introduced to use the new Flipflash system.
Model numbers ending in 0 have pop-up flash gun; ending in 4 have Flashcube socket, ending in X have Magicube socket. Models ending in F have Flipflash.
Until the introduction of the "Kodapak" cartridge in 1963, with it's associated "Instamatic" brand-name, cameras aimed at the consumer market were almost universally roll-film models, with all the inherent problems of loading that that type of film incurs. Now members of the public could load their own cameras with no risk of fogging the film. When the Instamatics were introduced Kodak also released Kodacolor-X for colour prints, and Kodachrome-X and Ektachrome-X for slides. With the improved performance of the new colour emulsions, all three films could be used at the same setting as the then-popular Verichrome Pan black & white film, all of which were available in 126 cartridge. The first Instamatic to be marketed was the Instamatic 50, on sale in the UK some weeks before the Instamatic 100 was launched in the USA. The Kodapak cartridge featured automatic film-speed sensing, a feature possibly first seen on the Agfa Rapid system, and now common-place, with the introduction of DX-coding of 35mm cassettes.
The concept was an immediate success, with more than 50 million Instamatic Cameras produced by 1970. Kodak produced these cameras until 1985 in Europe with the 277X, until 1988 in the USA, the last model there being the X-15F, according to Kodak's on-line Customer Service Pamphlet AA-13, though it would appear that Instamatic 126 cameras were still being produced by Kodak in Brazil in the mid-1990's. The term Instamatic went into general usage to describe any easy-to-use basic camera, which rather detracts from a range that included an interchangeable-lens SLR, several range-finder cameras, and many with top-quality lenses from the likes of Rodenstock and Schneider-Kreuznach, as well as Kodak's own renowned Ektar. Whilst the bulk of production was no doubt from Rochester in the USA, and Germany and England in Europe, cameras were also manufactured or assembled in Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Australia and Canada, mostly for domestic sales. In Brazil, the Kodak Instamatic was apparently considered to be something of a luxury item, consequently a local manufacturer came up with the Tekinha Camaras, a minimalist option.
Brightline viewfinder and sunny/cloudy exposure settings. This example was manufactured in the UK, but I have been made aware of similar "camaras" being produced in Brazil.
Name: Kodak Instamatic 177X
Produced between: 1977 - 1984
Lens: f/11, 43mm
Shutter: 1/40, 1/80
Film type: 126 cartridge
Picture size: 28 x 28 mm
Categories: instamatic
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Vintage 126 Agfa film cassette viewfinder camera made by Agfa in Munich (Germany) in 1972.
The Agfamatic 50 is part of the extended Agfamatic family and floated on the same popularity wave as the famous Kodak Instamatic. It has a very simple, plastic body and is fitted with a fixed aperture lens (f11) and exposure time of 1/40 or 1/80 when using flash. The focal range is an almost-standard 40mm.
It came with a plastic carying case which features a handy hand strap on the top (11 x 7 x 4,5 cm – 4,3 x 2,6 x 1,8 inch).
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The Kodak Instamatic 56-X was a viewfinder camera for 126 (Kodapak) film cartridges. It was part of the Instamatic range from September 1972 until 1977.
Especificações
Type: viewfinder camera
Manufacturer: Kodak AG (Germany) and Kodak Ltd. (UK)
Year of launch: 1972
Film: type No. 126 cartridge for 28×28mm exposures
The Recesky TLR Camera is a DIY Toy camera manufactured in China.
The Recesky is similar to the Gakkenflex TLR camera. Comparisons of specifications, materials, and parts used in these two cameras hint at their close relationship. Visual differences from the Gakkenflex include wider physical dimensions, rewind crank on the same side as wind crank, and lack of sports finder.
Especificações
Frame size: 24x36mm
Lens: 50mm single plastic element (meniscus and biconvex have been reported)
Aperture: f/11 (f/5.6 by removing aperture disc)
Focus range: 40cm to inf.
Shutter: 1/125 leaf shutter (no bulb mode)
Shutter release: lever on front of camera
Body: black ABS plastic (red, orange, yellow, blue, white, black, and pink front plates are made)
Tripod attachment: 1/4", left side (requires L-bracket or ballhead to mount upright)
Strap lugs: 1/4"
Filter: none
No flash sync
No cable release
The Recesky uses 35mm film, producing full-frame 35mm portrait exposures. Inexpensive plastic lenses are used both for the photographing and focusing lens: both meniscus and biconvex lenses have been reported in various kits. The aperture can be varied from f/11 to f/5.6 by inserting or removing a plastic piece between the lens and its bracket.
The single shutter speed is approximately 1/125 (though this can vary between 1/50 and 1/250 depending on production tolerances and construction). Long exposures can be made by pushing the shutter lever down and releasing it slowly to the point before it clicks back to closed position, though this requires practice and may not be possible on all cameras (again, depending on tolerances and construction).
The Recesky has no frame counter. Instead, it has a film-advance and framing indicator wheel. This wheel is attached to the counting sprocket, and indicates when a full frame (8 sprocket holes) has been advanced.
Multiple exposures are possible with the Recesky, since the shutter and film advance are uncoupled from each other.
