Peter Boyd Loc: Blyth nr. Newcastle U.K.

As others have rightly said, this is 126 film from a Kodak cartridge used in Instamatic cameras. It would not be used by a pro. photographer, these cameras were bottom end of the market designed for point and shoot photographers whose camera was probably only used for holidays and at Christmas.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

Contaflex made a 126 SLR with interchangeable lenses. There was also the Kodak Instamatic reflex with interchangeable lenses. Their attempt at making a high end Instamatic.

Peter Boyd Loc: Blyth nr. Newcastle U.K.

Neither of which was very successful, professionals just wouldn't touch them.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Oh, yeah. That is Kodak size 126 Instamatic cartridge film from the mid-1960s. Kodak's greatest success in camera history was the Instamatic camera series. I still have an Instamatic 104 I got for Christmas in 1965. It is a classic point-and-shoot from that era.

Alafoto Loc: Montgomery, AL

APS film was narrower than even 35mm film. Required a special device to remove the film from its original cassette to a special one for developing, and then to wind back into the original one for printing. Was a pain in the keester for photo labs techs.

DaveD65 Loc: Queen City, Ohio

Way back when, late 60's or early 70's I owned a 35mm 1/2 frame camera. I don't remember brand, but it would fill half the 35mm frame per shot. I liked it because I could get 72+ shots from one 35mm roll of film. It was a view camera and had a light meter built in. You could choose an apature and the camera would set the shutter speed, it had asa settings and was a decent camera. Worked really well with the Tri-X B$W film. ??

photoman022 Loc: Manchester CT USA

nadelewitz Loc: Ithaca NY

There WERE 126 Instamatic cameras that were better instruments than the cheapies. Maybe the wedding photographer used one in addition to his/her 35mm gear.

Kozan Loc: Trenton Tennessee

Instamatic was no where near 35mm.

nadelewitz Loc: Ithaca NY

No, but a handy Instamatic could get a quick candid shot easily, in ADDITION to the 35mm.

CWGordon

Interesting to learn even more about the original APS-C.

Thank you

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

We get people on here with all kinds of "non-pro" cameras, some they just got and want to know what settings to use for scheduled "gigs" in only a day or two. They heard of photography last week and are going "pro" tomorrow!

In the days of film it wasn't as common, but I heard stories of "pros" hired out of the Penny Saver (remember that free advertising rag?) at the cheapest rate possible who were about as professional as the average 6th grader.

At our wedding in '73 the guy we hired had an assistant and they were using two Hasselblads that cost more than my car. They did not come cheap, but they were worth it. We did not put out Instamatics but some of the guests had their own and some fairly high end SLRs. We didn't have to pay for a reception and photographer there because the grocery company we worked for had their regional Christmas/Holiday Season party that night and told us to just show up with our wedding guests - they even did an announcement for us when the party started. So our reception had several hundred people, a band and was in the ballroom of the largest hotel in the area. When we were leaving they even presented us with a bottle of Italian Sparkling Wine picked by the manager of the liquor department of the store where we worked, Italian Champagne without the French name - he was a friend and the president of the CA Wine Tasters Association. The only "Champagne" I ever tasted that I liked.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

I still have one in a box somewhere - Olympus Pen - got it in the PX in Nam to carry in my pocket.

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

Do these negatives have color. My Epson scanner allows you to crop the Preview copy before the final scan, so what you posted could become 4 separate images. Presumably, you would want to do different color/brightness adjustments in PP.