Kodak Instamatic 33

I challenge anyone growing up in the 70's like me not to recognise the Kodak Instamatic. Surely every house had one of these compact, easy to use cute-looking era-defining cameras. The Kodak Instamatic 33 was one of the very first cameras I ever owned, and I remember it and it's black plastic case strung around my neck on just about every family holiday we ever took.

I picked up a '33 recently at the Lancaster Antiques Centre for (get this) 10p!! and I put the 126 cartridge that was still inside it through the processors at Farnells Lab recently. the plastic cartridge casing must certainly have helped protect the film inside because I got the contact prints back yesterday and we have a result! Some jolly little back garden snaps of a pet poodle among the patio flowers, and all with that lovely 1970's de-saturised look and some nice camera leak effects (okay I'm a geek!).

Agfa Optima 535

The Agfa optima 535 is a small German-made 35mm film camera, first manufactured in the 1970's. It has some very nice features including a nice compact, build, a big sensor and a large and bright viewfinder. It has a 40mm/2.8 lens, and shutter speeds from 1/30s to 1/500s. The 0.9x viewfinder is equal to that found on the Leica M3.
I picked up this lovely Agfa Optima 535 from a charity shop in Clitheroe, Lancashire. It contained a fully exposed roll of Kodak 35mm 24exp 200ASA colour film. Cost £2.00

The film roll was developed at Farnells lab in Lancaster.

Results of the film processing are quite interesting. Looks like a middle aged couple in Spain/Portugal, possibly on holiday in a caravan whilst waiting for a new holiday home to be built. Some nice double exposures.

If you recognise anyone, or have any further information on the location etc, please email me.
(click an image to see a larger version)