Instamatic
Sixties snapshot maker
Instamatic is a Kodak trademark for a line of simple, affordable cameras introduced in 1963, designed for casual snapshots with minimal technical knowledge.
The name suggests instant photography made automatic.
By extension, instamatic sometimes describes any basic point-and-shoot camera or, figuratively, something requiring no skill: instamatic poetry that writes itself.
Major imaging company
- snapshotInformal photograph taken quickly
- cartridgeSealed container for supplies
- point-and-shootAutomatic handheld camera
- viewfinderCamera's composition window
shutter · pocket camera · amateur · compact · plastic lens · drugstore · disposable · tourist
Decade after the fifties
- 1970sFourth decade, twentieth century
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- retroEvoking recent past
- vintageQuality from past eras
Americana · suburban · family album · faded photos · grandmother · summer vacation · Christmas morning · backyard barbecue
Imperfect audio quality, informally
- grainyRough with particles
- soft focusDeliberately blurred image technique
- light leakUnintended film exposure
- vignetteBrief evocative description
washed out · overexposed · warm tones · color shift · Instagram filter · film grain · imperfect · authentic
Kodak
Major imaging company
- snapshotInformal photograph taken quickly
- cartridgeSealed container for supplies
- point-and-shootAutomatic handheld camera
viewfinder · shutter · pocket camera · amateur · compact · plastic lens · drugstore · disposable · tourist · vacation photos
1960s
Decade after the fifties
vintage · Americana · suburban · family album · faded photos · grandmother · summer vacation · Christmas morning · backyard barbecue · station wagon
lo-fi
Imperfect audio quality, informally
- grainyRough with particles
- soft focusDeliberately blurred image technique
- light leakUnintended film exposure
vignette · washed out · overexposed · warm tones · color shift · Instagram filter · film grain · imperfect · authentic · hipster
Instamaticview camera
Bellows-based large format apparatus
SLR · DSLR · Hasselblad · studio camera · single-lens reflex
instant, instantly, instance, instances, instantaneous, instantaneously, instantiate, instantiation, automatic