Photos, videos and docs of HaarFager, with the keywords: "Instamatic"

Sunday Nights At Midnight

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 04:54:10 +0000

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.

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Norris City Community Museum

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:55:19 +0000

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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

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Keep Looking To The Stars

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 13:10:38 +0000

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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

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Three Hours

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 12:49:49 +0000

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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

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Bob Denver - AKA Gilligan

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 06:32:49 +0000

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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.

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Kodak Instamatic X-30

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Sun, 07 May 2017 20:40:32 +0000

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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.

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Kodak Instamatic X-15 No. 4

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 01:39:02 +0000

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

Kodak Instamatic X-30

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 07:47:50 +0000

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Another Kodak Instamatic camera that's in my collection.

I Am Kirok

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 21:29:58 +0000

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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.

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Agfa Agfamatic 126 Inside Detail

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Sat, 16 May 2015 07:53:09 +0000

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

Kodak Instamatic X-15 Inside Detail

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Sat, 16 May 2015 07:46:53 +0000

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

126 Pinhole Test Sunset

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Fri, 15 May 2015 23:36:24 +0000

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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.

Happy Birthday TSC !!

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Tue, 27 May 2014 05:34:38 +0000

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

Star Trek 126

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 03:44:07 +0000

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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.

Matthew's First Birthday

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 03:43:41 +0000

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

Star Trek 126 - The Paradise Syndrome

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 03:43:23 +0000

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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.

Elephants Can Remember

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 03:28:29 +0000

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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.

126 B&W Clouds

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 03:28:18 +0000

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

126 Hot Rods

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 03:27:18 +0000

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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.

T2

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 03:19:52 +0000

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This is Arnold Schwarzenneger in Terminator 2 - Judgement Day. Shot with the camera pointed at the television screen while the movie played. This was taken with my earlier Instamatic X-15, the one with the original Kodak logo.

This was the first frame I tried in the camera and I used some cut-down Kentmere 100 35mm film. After I had developed it, I realized what had happened - the negative slipped over a little and wasn't firmly in place. That's why it ended up so horribly out of focus. I tried it a second time, placing a thin piece of cardboard over the negative to hold it flat and in place. That one turned out much, much better. As soon as it dries, I'll scan it and post it.

Camera: Kodak Instamatic X-15
Film: Kentmere 100 ASA 35mm black and white film
Lens: 43mm
Aperture: F/11
Exposure: 1/45 sec.
Date: September 9th, 2012, 12.43 a.m.
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing chemicals at 70 degrees:
Ilford ID-11 developer: 8 minutes
Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute
Ilford Hypam fixer: 7 minutes
Water rinse: 2 minutes

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