Ride 'Em Hippo Boy

This is a hippo statue in the middle of my little town and it’s wearing a saddle. I reloaded an old 126 film cartridge with 35mm film and shot some pictures with this camera and seven others on the same roll.

 

Taken with my sixty-second camera.

 

Camera: Kodak Instamatic 104 (Camerosity code CAOO – 12/66)

Lens: Plastic 43mm Meniscus

Film: Agfa Photo Vista Plus 400 (expired 10/2018)

Shutter Speed: 1/90

Aperture: F/11

Date: March 7th, 2023, 12.25 p.m.

Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

 

Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41

Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees

Developer: 3 ½ minutes at 102 degrees

Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean)

Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees

Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees

Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature

Water rinse: 2 minutes

Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute

 

Kodak 104 Vista Plus 400 2023 06iff

Done