General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

2

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Synthetic casing with metal contacts

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

3.4 cm

Width

4.5 cm

Height

1.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Energy-electric

Category

Generation

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1980s

Canada

Made in Canada. A Label attached to the front of the camera box states that the camera was purchased from Eastview Photo Ltd., Ottawa, Ontario. Kodak Canada was founded by Eastman Kodak in 1899 in a Toronto shop where employees cut sheet film and fitted lenses on cameras to support the growing potential for a photographic market in Canada. As Canadian interest in photography grew, the company expanded across the country throughout the 20th century to produce in all aspects of photography including still and movie cameras, film, x-ray film, photocopy paper, and photographic chemicals under many popular names including Brownie, Kodacolor, Carousel, and Supermatic.

Function

Unknown

Technical

Type sample of Kodak Instant print camera produced before Kodak lost the patent fight with Polaroid. As this type is now in violation of patent, it will be withdrawn from the market. This is a rigid body internal processing camera with fixed focus that uses Kodamatic Instant Colour Film HS144-10 to produce instant photographs. The camera had an f/12.8, 100mm fixed focus lens and an electronic shutter (1/15 to 1/400). It produced a picture size of 67 x 91mm on a 98 x 102mm picture unit. The camera style was first introduced in 1982 as Champ Kodamatic Instant and was renamed Kodak Trimprint 920 Instant in 1984. The camera was also manufactured by Tupperware from 1982-1984 and was called Partytime II Kodamatic. In Europe, it was sold as Kodamatic 920 camera. All Kodak instant cameras and films were withdrawn from the market from January 9th, 1986 due to a patent infringement claim by Polaroid, although Kodak claimed the camera was different (Coe, 266): "The Kodak instant film differed from the Polaroid product in that the final image was formed on the back of the picture unit, so that a right-way-round picture was produced by direct exposure. No mirror was needed to reverse the image laterally, as in the rival Polaroid SX-70 and similar cameras" (Coe, 266).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

On the proper front: "6 Volt7K67 +/ DURACELL/ SIZE J BATTERY -"/ On the proper back in recessed markings: "+ DATE/ 7K67 [TM] ALKALINE/ BATTERY/ CAUTION: BATTERY MAY EXPLODE IF// RECHARGED OR DISPOSED OF IN FIRE" the rest of these markings are covered by white label/ on white label: "IMPORTANT/ CAMERA BATTERY/ INSTALL BEFORE USING CAMERA./ SEE INSTRUCTION MANUAL."

Missing

Appears complete

Finish

Black synthetic casing with black and copper-coloured label on proper front and a white label on the proper back.

Decoration

N/A