Kodak Instamatic X-15

A plastic Instamatic from Kodak. My Mom used one of these for the family pictures when I was growing up. This one has a build date of YTSC. Using the CAMEROSITY code, that translates to 09/71.

Inside the back of my first Kodak Instamatic X-15, a later edition than my second one.

Some hot rods being shown at the same event that Bob Denver, television's Gilligan, attended. Taken in 1977 with my first Kodak Instamatic X-15.

This is is my sister and her school friend Sharon posing in front of the giant elephant at the car dealership that had Bob Denver, television's Gilligan, making a personal appearance. Taken in 1977 with my first Kodak Instamatic X-15.

There was a local automobile dealer who was having a promotion in McLeansboro, Illinois, back around 1977 when the new 1978 model year of cars were being released, and one of the special guests to appear was Bob Denver, best known as "Gilligan" from the 1960's television series, "Gilligan's Island." He was real nice to pose for me! Taken with a Kodak Instamatic X-15 when I was 16 years old. On the island, Gilligan never smoked. Gilligan Trek 05-2df

There was a local automobile dealer who was having a promotion in McLeansboro, Illinois, back around 1977, and one of the special guests to appear was Bob Denver, best known as "Gilligan" from the 1960's television series, "Gilligan's Island." Camera: Kodak Instamatic X-15 Film: Kodak 100 ASA 126 Date: circa 1977 Location: McLeansboro, Illinois, U.S.A.

This was my brother's first birthday. Taken on June 12th, 1977 with my first Kodak Instamatic X-15.

I remember using a roll of black and white 126 film in my first Kodak Instamatic X-15, back in the late 1970's.

The television show "Star Trek" lasted three seasons from 1966 -1969; then it was cancelled. But, there was something about the show that appealed to viewers and it just wouldn't die. About the mid-1970s, it was becoming more and more popular and there were even conventions being held for everything Star Trek. I watched the show back in the 1960s, so by the mid-1970s, even I could tell there was something special about the show, even located like I was in a small town in Southern Illinois. A local television station out of Evansville, Indiana would broadcast repeats of Star Trek every Sunday night at midnight. (Technically, Monday morning.) For me, who was still in school, it would be the last thing I enjoyed each weekend before school started again on Monday. I watched these repeats faithfully and even recorded the audio of the episodes on cassette tape and took pictures of the TV screen. This is one such picture I captured in 1977. All this attention for the show finally culminated with the big screen return of Star Trek - "Star Trek: The Motion Picture." The whole Star Trek phenomenon has become engrained in our culture. Camera: Kodak Instamatic X-15 126 film camera Film: Kodak B&W 126 film Shutter Speed: 1/45 of a second Aperture: f/11 Date: 1977 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Star Trek 126 B&W 08-2ff

An image of the television screen back in the late 1970's, while watching Star Trek. Taken with my first Kodak Instamatic X-15. This is the episode where the Enterprise tries to blast an asteroid out of it's orbit so it doesn't slam into a planet a year from then. They find out that it's actually a spaceship and they beam down to the people living on the inside. Doctor McCoy has a fatal disease and falls in love the the female leader of these people who don't realize they're on a ship and that it's guidance mechanism has stopped working.

An image of the television screen back in the late 1970's, while watching Star Trek. Taken with my first Kodak Instamatic X-15. This episode is the one where Captain Kirk gets bumped on the head, loses his memory and thinks he belongs to an Indian tribe living near the obelisk in the background.

Attempting to use 35mm film in an instamatic 126 camera. Apparently, I have a light leak issue. I guess I need to come up with an old 126 cartridge to use. Camera: Kodak Instamatic X-15 (made in YASR, 02/75) Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 35mm Date: October 28th, 2015, 8.41, 8.42 and 8.43 p.m. (triple exposures) Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Ilford ID11: 10 mins. Water wash: 1 min. Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 min. Water wash: 1 min. Ilford Hypam fixer: 7 1/2 mins. Water wash: 1 min. X-15 Tri-X 02df

Taken at a local Mexican restaurant where I was being treated to a birthday dinner. I used a Magicube attached on the Instamatic for the lighting. This shot was taken with my eighteenth camera, which I've had since the 1970s. The owner of the restaurant saw my Instamatic with the flashcube attached and came over and commented on it. He said he used to have one just like it back in the late 1970s. I said I did, too, and this was it. Camera: Kodak Instamatic X-15 No. 1 (Camerosity code YTSC - Period 09/71) Film: Agfa Photo Vista Plus 400 (35mm film reloaded into a 126 cartridge, expired on 10/2018) Shutter Speed: 1/45th of a second (1/90 without a flashcube attached) Aperture: f/11 Date: February 27th, 2023, 7.21 p.m. Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 mins. and 40 secs. 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 X-15-1 Vista Plus 400 2023 24ef

Taken one night when I had to stop by the local Pizza Hut. As it was an old Kodak Instamatic camera, I didn't know if it would turn out, but I got what I was hoping for. Taken with an old Kodak Instamatic camera with 35mm film reloaded into an old 126 cartridge. Camera: Kodak Instamatic X-15 No. 1 (Camerosity code YTSC - Period 09/71) Film: Agfa Photo Vista Plus 400 (35mm film reloaded into a 126 cartridge, expired on 10/2018) Shutter Speed: 1/45th of a second (1/90 without a flashcube attached) Aperture: f/11 Date: February 27th, 2023, 7.51 p.m. Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 mins. and 40 secs. 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 X-15-1 Vista Plus 400 2023 21if