My mom was digging through her stash of treasured belongings last night. While I'm not quite sure up to how old were the treasures on the stash, anything in there can be considered well kept vintages.
The Kodak Ektra 100 is a small compact and highly portable camera that fits firmly on your pocket. It doesn't require any batteries (according to my mom) as the film is manually rotated through a latch behind the camera.
The main body of the camera is covered by that black compartment with the logo of Kodak and the number 100.
Here's the camera when opened.
That black button on the left side is the shutter button. Below it, on the front side of the camera, is the outer side of the viewfinder. Right of the viewfinder near the middle of the front side is the lens and further right is the Kodak logo...made in Germany.
Here's the back side of the camera.
From the left is the viewfinder and the compartment of the film.
My mom said that it was one of the best cameras around during her time as a teenager (which was around late 70's to late 80's). The limitations, then, of the camera are it doesn't have a built-in flash and the lack of a zoom mechanism. The fact that it's manually operated certainly counts as a plus for me since it can be used anytime without the worry of any batteries running dry.
Also, if you'd notice there's a dent in the camera on the same side where the shutter button is located. That dent is where a separately bought flashbulb would go. Yep, a flashbulb. A big plate with a bulb in front which go *buuushk* when triggered.
My mom said that during that time, the solution to taking pictures in the dark or dim areas was the flashbulb, a disposable accessory which can be used for a couple of times before it bites the dust.
I don't know what kind of film the camera uses nor do I know if there are still any available, but my mom and I are going to take it to a studio to get it checked up. It would be nice to have an old, almost antique, camera that can still be used. But here's a disclaimer though: I am most definitely not a hipster. Just a person with extreme fascination and admiration towards antiques and vintages...yep I say that when in fact I'm not allowed to freely take a sip of wine yet.
There's also a frightening route that this device could take. Yeah, we all know Fatal Frame. Let's just hope that it doesn't apply to every old camera.
One of these well kept vintages was my mom's Kodak Ektra 100 camera. It was a generation gap defining moment when I held on to it and I was clueless as to how that piece of revolutionary invention was operated.
The Kodak Ektra 100 is a small compact and highly portable camera that fits firmly on your pocket. It doesn't require any batteries (according to my mom) as the film is manually rotated through a latch behind the camera.
The main body of the camera is covered by that black compartment with the logo of Kodak and the number 100.
Here's the camera when opened.
Here's the back side of the camera.
From the left is the viewfinder and the compartment of the film.
My mom said that it was one of the best cameras around during her time as a teenager (which was around late 70's to late 80's). The limitations, then, of the camera are it doesn't have a built-in flash and the lack of a zoom mechanism. The fact that it's manually operated certainly counts as a plus for me since it can be used anytime without the worry of any batteries running dry.
Also, if you'd notice there's a dent in the camera on the same side where the shutter button is located. That dent is where a separately bought flashbulb would go. Yep, a flashbulb. A big plate with a bulb in front which go *buuushk* when triggered.
My mom said that during that time, the solution to taking pictures in the dark or dim areas was the flashbulb, a disposable accessory which can be used for a couple of times before it bites the dust.
I don't know what kind of film the camera uses nor do I know if there are still any available, but my mom and I are going to take it to a studio to get it checked up. It would be nice to have an old, almost antique, camera that can still be used. But here's a disclaimer though: I am most definitely not a hipster. Just a person with extreme fascination and admiration towards antiques and vintages...yep I say that when in fact I'm not allowed to freely take a sip of wine yet.
There's also a frightening route that this device could take. Yeah, we all know Fatal Frame. Let's just hope that it doesn't apply to every old camera.
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