Instamatic Retro

Step 8 Kodak Instamatic X-15F

This is a truly nice lightweight camera to use, and the last of the US Instamatics.

Manufactured: 1976-1988
Lens: f/11, 43 mm
Optics: plastic, single element, meniscus
Focus: fixed, 4 feet to infinity
Image: 28x28mm nominal
Shutter: 1/90 sec. normal, 1/45 sec. flash
Batteries: none required
Tripod Mount: standard 1/4 inch by 20 threads/inch
Modern Film Speeds: 100, 200, 400 on a clear sunny f/16 day
Flash range: 4 feet to 7 feet
Image: 28x28mm nominal

Tips:

• To shoot reloaded film, wind, shoot a blank pressed against your leg, wind again.
• Insert used flash to get lower shutter speed for shade shots with tripod.
• Top image edge missing with reloaded film: use vertical parallax guides in bright line finder.
• Top four flash bulbs are active, flip flash over to use remaining bulbs.