Kodak Instamatic M80
Projector

Eastman Kodak Company

Maker
American, estab. 1892

Kodak Instamatic M80

July 1966
Metal, glass and plastic
Overall: 5 × 12 × 11 1/2 in. (12.7 × 30.5 × 29.2 cm)
Git of the Bell & Howell Company
1981.2536.0007
DescriptionWrinkled grey and black, super 8 and 8mm, electric motion picture projector with condenser lens, f/1.5 or f/1.0 projection lens, 150-watt 120-volt lamp, automatic threading, rewind, variable speed and tilt. The projector accepts 400 foot reels.
Inscriptions Printed in silver on the product plate on the cover: Kodak INSTAMATIC M80 MOVIE PROJECTOR MADE IN U.S.A. / Printed in black on green label taped to the cover: Projector Checked 5/03/90 NON-OPERATIONAL PRESSURE PLATE MISSING / Printed in silver on black label on bottom of projector: KODAK INSTAMATIC M80 MOVIE PROJECTOR MADE IN ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. T.M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. 115-125 VOLTS 60 CYCLES 5 AMPS USE DNE LAMP / Printed in silver on the lamphouse cover: Kodak INSTAMATIC M80 / Printed in black at film entrance: FILM / Engraved in white in front of frame knob: FRAME / Engraved in white in front of focus wheel: FOCUS / Printed in black on instruction guide: PRESS, A, B, C, D 1.REWIND OFF 2.PLACE FILM LEADER UNDER ROLLER B 3.PRESS ROLLER B DOWN 4.MOTOR ON_FORWARD NORMAL 5.FILM LEADER OVER C-INSERT IN GATE D 6. LAMP LO OR HI / Printed in black on the motor/lamp switch: OFF, MOTOR, LO, HI / Printed in black and white on the direction/speed control switch: STILL, REV, 6, NORM, 45, FOR, 6, NORM, 54 / Printed in black and white on the rewind switch: OFF, ON, PUSH DOWN FOR REWIND, PUSH IN TO RELEASE / Stamped in grey below lens: EO46263

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