HaarFager's photos with the keyword: 126 Film Cameras

The day was cloudy and overcast as this storm front moved through. Camera: Agfa Agfamatic 126 camera Film: Kodak Gold 100 Date: April 8th, 1992 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Agfa Kodak Gold 100 24ef

This picture is from a roll of old film that was left unfinished in an old Kodak Instamatic 104 camera. I developed it a couple days ago. It was in an old 126 film cartridge and was Kmart brand Focal color print film. The speed of the film, 80 ASA, dates it to no later than the mid-1970s, so these pictures were probably taken in the late-1960s or early-1970s. The images were all seriously degraded in this manner, but I could see enough to tell the styles were from that period as well. Found film that is this old very rarely turns out with good, clear results. But, it is interesting to see pictures that people took but never finished shooting the roll to find out how they turned out. It looks like this girl was graduating from high school and was the class Salutatorian, according to the sash around her neck.

This is a Minolta version of the popular "Instamatic" 126 type of camera from years past. Of course, since it's a Minolta, it's better than any Instamatic Kodak or any other company ever made. It's got real glass lenses, automatic exposure and you can even adjust the focus. Can your Kodak Instamatic X-15 do that? Mine sure can't.

These were my cousins, Geoffrey, Deonna and Yvonne, (Dad's brother Deon's kids) when they were visiting where I worked at a Pizza Hut restaurant. I happened to have my trusty Agfa 126 Instamatic camera and snapped a few shots. This was taken 34 years ago. Where does the time go? Camera: Agfa Agfamatic 126 camera Film: Kodak Gold 100 Date: November 24th, 1990 Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A. Agfa Kodak Gold 100 1990 14cf

This underground house is just two blocks up the same street as my house. I took this shot with an old 126 Instamatic camera by loading some 35mm into an old 126 film cartridge. Camera: Argus Carefree Magicube 126 Lens: Plastic Film: Agfa Photo Vista Plus 400 (expired 10/2018) 35mm reloaded into a 126 cartridge Date: March 9th, 2023, 11.12 a.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 ½ minutes 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 Argus Carefree Vista Plus 400 2023 Xgf

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

These are styrofoam cups stuck into the fence at the grade school. I finished shooting the roll today and then developed it. Camera: Argus Carefree Magicube 126 Lens: Plastic Film: Fuji Film Fujicolor 200 (Expired 2010) 35mm reloaded into a 126 cartridge Date: November 19th, 2019, 1.00 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 ½ minutes 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 Argus Carefree Fuji 200 2019 01if

This is what the insides of my new Kodak Instamatic X-15 looks like - you can see the chamber where the 126 cartridge fits in. (Not that I needed a fourth X-15!) What's significant about that is I picked this up from an online auction and it also included an old, expired roll of 126 film that had never been opened! Now I will have a 126 cartridge to play with and reload with 35mm film. And that means I can shoot with some of my old 126 cameras that I haven't been able to use yet. For some reason, there are 14 126 cameras in my collection.

I've had one of these for quite a while, but only acquired this second one this year. The top of the winding knob is different on this one.

I took this shot on my birthday in 1991. Taken with an Agfa Agfamatic 126 instamatic camera and Kodak 126 film on February 27th, 1991.

My first wife, Vicky, right before we were married. Taken with an Agfa 126 camera and Kodak 126 film on June 24th, 1990.

This was Jim Tharpe, a guy who used to play bass guitar in a band I used to be in. Taken with an Agfa 126 camera and Kodak 126 film on November 27th, 1990.

My old 1976 Ford Gran Torino Elite. Taken with an Agfa 126 camera and Kodak 126 film on August 12th, 1990.

A house I used to live at, located in Enfield, Illinois. Taken with an Agfa 126 camera and Kodak 126 film on October 31st, 1990.

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.

Vicky, my first wife, standing next to my 1974 Ford Gran Torino Elite. Taken on June 24th, 1990.