HaarFager's photos with the keyword: Instamatic

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

This is our local museum, located at the heart of downtown Norris City. Taken with an old Instamatic camera that was broken, but I figured out a way to get it to work - I removed the broken shutter mechanism so I could use it like a pinhole camera. Plus, I loaded 35mm film into an old 126 film cartridge. And not only that, the wind was blowing pretty briskly and the camera didn't have a tripod socket, so I had to actually tape it to a tripod to hold it steady for 10 seconds. Back in the 1940's, this building used to be a movie theater. It was about a block away from a train station and two hotels - none of which are there anymore. Camera: Kodak Instamatic 44 (YOSY, made in period 06/70) Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 (expired on 10/2019) Lens: 43mm plastic meniscus lens Shooting Program: Manual Aperture: f/11 Shutter Speed: "B" (bulb) 10 seconds Date: March 30th, 2023, 9.52 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals @68 degrees: 2 minute presoak Adox Adonal 1+50 (500ml water, 2 tsp. Adox Adonal) for 20 minutes at 20°C/68.0°F 15 second initial agitation Water rinse: 1 minute Ilford lfostop stopbath: 15 second agitation, 45 second stand Water rinse: 1 minute Kodak Kodafix fixer: 9 minutes Water rinse: 1 minute Kodak 44 Fuji Acros 100 2023 02nf

A long timed exposure shot of star trails in my backyard. During the exposure, the camera also happened to pick up a shooting star – you can see it at the lower left edge of the frame. Camera: Kodak Instamatic 44 (Camerosity code YOSY = 06/70) Lens: 43mm plastic meniscus lens Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 (35mm reloaded in a 126 cartridge, expired 06/2015) Aperture: f/11 Shutter Speed: “B” (bulb) 3 hours Date: October 15th, 2020, 12.13 – 3.13 a.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Adox Adonal @68 degrees Water pre-soak: 2 minutes Developer: 1 ½ hour stand Water rinse: 1 minute (to keep chemicals clean) Ilford Ilfostop Stop Bath: 1 minute Water rinse: 1 minute Ilford Hypam Fixer: 5 minutes Water rinse: 1 minute Instamatic 44 Fuji 100 03hf

A long exposure toward the road that runs past my house into town, as seen from my front porch. I was using long-expired Snappy Colour 200 film to see if I could an image with a real long exposure using my Kodak Instamatic 126 camera. Camera: Kodak Instamatic 44 (YOSY, made in period 06/70) Lens: 43mm plastic meniscus lens Film: Snappy Colour 200 Shooting Program: Manual Aperture: f/11 Shutter Speed: B (bulb) 3 hours Date: April 23rd, 2022, 1.32 – 4.32 a.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 mins. and 30 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 44 Snappy Colour 200 2022 01eff

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

An old Kodak instamatic camera I picked up a couple years back. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 28-70mm, f/3.5 Film: Kodak Ektar 100 Shooting Program: Manual Aperture: F/22 Shutter Speed: "B" (bulb) 4 secs. Date: June 24th, 2016, 3.29 a.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. XD11 Ektar 100 Fall Tree 2015 35ef

This is the camera I bought recently that came with an unopened box of Kodak 126 film.

Another Kodak Instamatic camera that's in my collection.

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

Inside the back of another one of my 126 Instamatic cameras.

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

This is an image I took for a photography class when I was attending college. All I can remember about it is that I used a 126 Kodak 100 ASA film cartridge and that the pinhole didn't turn out to be real round. I was thinking that I converted a Kodak Instamatic X-15 into a pinhole camera, but could never find the actual camera. I either got rid of it for some unknown reason or converted one of the three I have back to normal.

For The Sunday Challenge group's 1 year birthday/anniversary.

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.

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

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.

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.

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