Kodak Instamatic 50

Kodak Instamatic 50, the first Instamatic brought to market image by phillisca (Image rights)

Introduced in 1963, the 50 was the first of Kodak's long and successful line of Instamatic “instant load” cameras.

Specifications

• 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

Links

• Kodak Instamatic 50 video review by YouTuber The Camera Collector
• Instamatic 50 (UK) on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand (in French)

With drop-in loading 126 film cartridge image by Nicholas Middleton (Image rights)