Instagame 5 : Kodak Instamatic 104 camera - made in USA
Made from 1965-1969 ,in very large numbers .
Compared with the '104' cameras from Germany , the distance indication on the flashcube socket is not metric but in "FT" . The differences around the flascube release button are presented in Instagame 4 .The following variations were present in the 6 cameras In my collection : with or without text on the film window , short or long metal strip on the battery compartment lid , different relief of the film compartment wall .
Many of the cameras that had been stored for a longer period showed a white 'sticky' staining that could easily be rubbed off .This in all probability is caused by continous diffusion (sweating) of the plasticizers used at that time in making soft plastics . Remarkably , this phenomenon was not present in the cameras made in Germany from the same period .
Instagame 5 : Kodak Instamatic 104 camera - made in USA
Made from 1965-1969 ,in very large numbers .
Compared with the '104' cameras from Germany , the distance indication on the flashcube socket is not metric but in "FT" . The differences around the flascube release button are presented in Instagame 4 .The following variations were present in the 6 cameras In my collection : with or without text on the film window , short or long metal strip on the battery compartment lid , different relief of the film compartment wall .
Many of the cameras that had been stored for a longer period showed a white 'sticky' staining that could easily be rubbed off .This in all probability is caused by continous diffusion (sweating) of the plasticizers used at that time in making soft plastics . Remarkably , this phenomenon was not present in the cameras made in Germany from the same period .