Kodak Instamatic X-15

[Jeff Canes]

any pro lab with a dip & dunk machine can develop 126 film

 

[montresor]

http://www.filmforclassics.com/

has 126 (C-41, ISO 200) for $9 a cartridge, will process and print (singles, glossy) for $20. Looks like it's the Solaris stuff, which is in limited supply, as noted above.

So it's not cheap, but it's not out of reach.

 

[RacePhoto]

Cinka, if you just want to shoot an off the wall film camera, why not shoot a Leica?

mike (running away!)

Well I got the joke...

If someone wants to shoot a cheap point and shoot with film, just go to your local Salvation Army, Goodwill or whatever charity resale shops you have, and pick up a 35mm camera for a buck or two. Most are in like new condition because they were free to start with or very cheap, and took such crappy pictures (maybe better than the 126 cameras though) that people used them once or maybe never.

Go to the local dollar store and get a roll of film for a buck.

Most have serious features like focus free operation, (fixed focus). No batteries, because they have no meters. Some might even have shutter speeds, but others have Sunny/Cloudy settings. If they have focus it's a mountain or a close up. Easy to use, because they have no settings, like ISO either.

On the other hand, this is more settings and control than an X-15 has?

Biggest expense will still be processing, which will be more than the film and camera cost.

 

[montresor]

Two cameras that I got at a thrift store last year, the first for $14.99, the second for $2.32.

http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/index-frameset.html?CanonFTb.html~mainFrame

http://licm.org.uk/livingImage/Canon_AF35ML.html

The FTb has a 28mm J C Penney (read: Soligor) lens, nice DOF and easy to focus. The AF35ML's 1.9 lens has taken some nice low-light stuff, and is primitive enough that it won't automatically fire the flash unless you specifically ask it to.

God bless Value World and all who sail with her! :mrgreen: