126 rangefinder Brady Bunch

[LarryD]

I was watching an old Brady Bunch show today and Greg used a 126 RF camera with a flash cube in it. Now the closest I found was this.
http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Minolta_Autopak_700

I think there was a KODAK on it but not sure. as it is an old TV show. Any ideas or was it just a prop?

[LarryD]

If it helps he was shooting photos of his parents dressed like Cleopatra and Mark Anthony.

[alexvaras]

That's a very capable camera as per specifications.

[GrahamS]

Kodak Instamatic 314 or 814 perhaps?
Do you see it anywhere here? http://candidcamera.free.fr/110%20CAMER ... ameras.htm

[LarryD]

I will look at that list later. I have a busy morning.

[melek]

I really wish Lomogaphy would revive 126 film. I have several cameras that I would use more frequently.

When I was young, I wanted a 35mm SLR, but instead was given a Kodak Instamatic 104. I can't recall ever using it.

I have a Minolta Autopak 800, which is more advanced than the 700. It also has motor wind via a wind-up knob that pretensions a spring. The 700 looks much sleeker.

[GrahamS]

The design parameters of "high end" 126 cameras were restricted by the lack of a pressure plate to hold the film flat against the film aperture. The large tolerances did not lend themselves to critical focus, and therefore sharpness could be hit and miss.

[titrisol]

An Instamatic 104 was my 1st ever camera, Xmas 78 after my dad came back from his heart surgery
I used it very little, mostly because my dad didnt buy film for it very often.

I see the point of the lack of a pressure plate, but for a kid it was a good camera

[PFMcFarland]

I've thought of loading 135 into a 126 cartridge, but it's a lot of work for such minimal return. Would like to shoot my Kodak 500 someday.

PF

[melek]

I found the photos of the Minolta Autopak 800. It's rather homely - not Kodak 35 RF homely. It's boxy, and just a bit odd. The big fat knob near the top deck is the motor wind. The smaller knob near the base is to focus the camera (focus by knob - must have borrowed that from Voigtlander).

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