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The '''Kodak Instamatic 44''' was a very cheap camera for the easy-to-use [[126 film|Kodapak film cartridges]], released by [[Kodak]] into the [[Instamatic|Instamatic range]] in 1969. It was made either in the USA or in Canada. A similar model was the promotional '''Hawkeye Instamatic II'''. The camera had a 1:11/43mm lens with fixed focusing, and a single speed shutter with speed 1/50 sec.  It had a characteristic thumb wheel as means of film advance on the top. It could fire [[Flashcubes|flash cubes]].
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The '''Kodak Instamatic 44''' was an inexpensive (US $9.95) [[Instamatic]] camera for the 126 [[126 film|Kodapak film cartridge]]. It was sold from 1969 to 1973 and made in the USA and in Canada.  
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The camera had a fixed f/11 43mm plastic [[meniscus lens]], and a single 1/50 sec. shutter speedA manual knob instead of the usual lever was used for film advance. It could fire [[Flashcubes|flash cubes]] using two [[PX825]] batteries.
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A similar model was the promotional [[Kodak Hawkeye Instamatic II]].
  
 
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Revision as of 15:08, 3 October 2008


The Kodak Instamatic 44 was an inexpensive (US $9.95) Instamatic camera for the 126 Kodapak film cartridge. It was sold from 1969 to 1973 and made in the USA and in Canada.

The camera had a fixed f/11 43mm plastic meniscus lens, and a single 1/50 sec. shutter speed. A manual knob instead of the usual lever was used for film advance. It could fire flash cubes using two PX825 batteries.

A similar model was the promotional Kodak Hawkeye Instamatic II.

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