It was the cartridge, which was precursor to the 110 size. The
fuzziness could be from either poor cartridge registration or cheap plastic
lenses.
If I remember correctly, the film has a single perforation which engaged a
lever that advanced the film counter and kept the camera from making
multiple exposures on single frames. I worked for Lakewood Camera in
southern California in the mid-70s and we sold print (Kodacolor), slide
(Kodachrome and Ektachrome), and black & white (Vericolor?) film for the
cameras. Film selection was limited to those with ASAs (pre-ISO days) of
about 100.
Most of the cameras were non-interchangeable lens, plastic-bodied, and made
by Kodak. There was at least one Instamatic-type SLR that
was made by Rollei in the early 1970s. I don't think it sold too
well.
Glen Wyatt
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 9:35
AM
Subject: Re: weird size slides
aHA! I seem to remember that...but was that the cartridge thingy
that you plopped into the camera or was it roll film?
Whatever it was, it wasn't very good tho.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 10:18
AM
Subject: Re: weird size slides
It sounds like 126-format film to me. It was from the old
Instamatic cameras.
Glen Wyatt
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 9:10
AM
Subject: weird size slides
Hi Everyone,
Happy saturday! I have a whole
weekend free to gum print!
Does anyone know anything about a
Kodacolor slide film that was taken in the
60's, is square format,
measures about 1 1/16" x 1 1 16"? I've got a number
of slides of
that size and they are definitely NOT very resolved/resolute
compared
with 35mm Kodachrome, Ectachrome, etc. but they have a certain
fuzzy
charm. Unfortunately my CanoScan cuts off the top 1/16" inch when
scanning.
Chris
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