Kodak Instamatic M12
Camera
Eastman Kodak Company
American, estab. 1892
Kodak Instamatic M12
Analyst Prototype
April 1967
Plastic, metal and glass
Overall (camera): 3 × 3 1/4 × 5 in. (7.6 × 8.3 × 12.7 cm)
Overall (case): 3 1/4 × 6 × 4 in. (8.3 × 15.2 × 10.2 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
1988.0629.0005
DescriptionGrey and black plastic, rectangular, super 8, battery operated motion picture camera with f/2.7 lens, day light filter and manual apeture. The camera accepts super 8 film cartridges. The camera has been modified with a timed-exposure device.
Inscriptions Printed in silver on right side of camera: Kodak / Printed in black and silver on right side of camera: INSTAMATIC M12 MOVIE CAMERA MADE IN U.S.A. / Printed in black on lens: KODAK EKTANAR LENS 2.7, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16 / Printed in black on footage dial on back of camera: 50 ft. / Embossed in white on black tape on top of camera: NO.11 SHUT. 1/100 / Printed in silver inside of camera: Kodak INSTAMATIC MOVIE CAMERA USES KODAK SUPER 8 FILM CARTRIDGE MADE IN ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. T.M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. / Typed in black on white sticker inside of camera: Edge Guide 1.3 oz / Printed inside of battery compartment on bottom of camera: INSERT ALL "+" ENDS FIRST AA ALKALINE BATTERIES / Stamped in yellow inside of battery compartment: YSOS
