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Revision as of 15:29, 11 June 2010
The model 100 was one of Kodak's first Instamatic camera released in the USA.
It used the 126 film (Kodapak) cartridge.
The button on the front released a pop-up flash holder for a single AG-1 peanut flashbulb. Elevating the flash holder changes the shutter to 1/40th of a second whether there is a flashbulb in the holder or not.
http://photos.fotonomy.com/m/f/7/3/f734f404.jpg
Specifications
- Type: viewfinder film camera
- Manufacturer: Kodak
- Production Dates: March 1963 - 1966
- Film: 126 film cartridge
- Lens: 43mm f/11
- Image: nominal 26×26mm (hence 126), actual 29×28mm, masked to 26½×26½mm for printing
- Shutter: mechanical leaf, 1/90 sec. and 1/40 sec. with flash popped up
- Price: $15.95
- Designer: Frank A. Zagara
- Power: 2×AAA batteries for flash
- Tripod Mount: none
Links
- George Eastman House
- Industrial Design Soc.
- Pbase sample image
- Instamatic 100 on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand
- Kodak Instamatic 100 listed at number 20 in Jason Schneider's Top 20 Cameras Of All-Time on Shutterbug.
