Kodak Kodamatic 950

The Kodak Kodamatic 950 is an instant camera. It was developed and sold by Kodak in the 1980s. This model was built in Stuttgart (Germany) by Kodak AG.

With the Kodamatic series, Kodak wanted to do something against the competition from Polaroid. In doing so, they were a little too much inspired by the instant picture pioneer and violated patents. The result was the discontinuation of the entire model range. Owners of Kodamatic cameras were offered a free exchange for a model from Polaroid.

The Kodamatic 950 comes with a 100 mm Kodar lens. It has a maximum aperture of f/12.8, which, unlike the exposure time, is not changed by the camera. The camera is powered by four batteries. These batteries also power the built-in flash.

The Kodamatic 950 comes with a black housing. It cannot necessarily be called a compact camera. The size when closed is 16.2 x 19 x 5.7 cm. At 880 grams, it weighs almost 1 kilogram.

Are there still films available for the Kodak Kodamatic 950? The camera is designed for the HS 144-10 format. The image area of the color images has a size of 91 to 68 mm. With the adjustment of the instant camera series, the production of films was also stopped. There is no alternative to the films from Kodak. Therefore, the cameras of this series of the American company are only suitable as decoration objects.

As one can surely imagine, the missing availability of film material drastically reduces the value of the single copies. If one wants to take pictures with an instant camera today, one can resort to the models of Lomography, Fujifilm and Polaroid. New films are still being produced for these cameras.