Kodak Instamatic X-35 Specifications
| Manufacturer: | Eastman Kodak Company |
| Origin: | USA |
| Made in: | Rochester, NY, USA |
| Introduced: | 1970 |
| Type: | Viewfinder |
| Format: | 126 Film |
| Dimensions: | 11.5 x 7 x 6 cm |
Kodak Instamatic X-35 Overview
The Kodak Instamatic X-35 is a plastic viewfinder camera designed to take Kodak’s then-popular 126 cartridge film. It’s got a 41mm f/8 Kodar lens with two focus zones: two to six feet and six feet to infinity. The shutter has two speeds: 1/90 and 1/45 for flash photography.
Like many cameras of this era, the X-35 has no integrated flash and must rely on top-mounted flash cubes: plastic rotating cubes that have four single-use zirconium foil flash bulbs good for four exposures. Other interesting features include a recessed film advance lever and side-mounted shutter button.
When it was released, the retail price of the X-35 was $48 (about $280 in today’s money) which puts it roughly on par with today’s compact digital camera market. Fortunately for me, I only paid one dollar for it at a local thrift store which means I’m $279 up.
Find your very own Kodak Instamatic X-35 on eBay.
McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown’s Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 2001-2002. (Grantsburg, WI, USA: Centennial Photo Service, 2001), p 349.
