Camera - Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd, Hawkeye Pocket Instamatic, Melbourne, 1974-1979
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1974-1979
Kodak Hawkeye Pocket Instamatic camera and original packaging box, manufactured by Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd in Coburg, 1974-1979. The Hawkeye Pocket Instamatic was a compact plastic camera designed to fit into the user's pocket and took a small 110 cartridge film. It used a MagiCube flash that clicked into the top of the camera and didn't require batteries, which enabled inside and night photography.
Pocket Instamatic cameras were officially launched in April 1973 in Australia, but dealers were given an earlier preview with a small number available to sell for Christmas 1972. These cameras had already been released in the USA and Europe in 1972, but demand there was so high that the Australian sales launch was delayed. From 1974 the Kodak Pocket Instamatic camera was assembled in Australia at the company's Coburg factory, from parts imported from Kodak Limited in England.
Grey plastic camera that came with its original packaging, but without the rest of equipment that made up the original camera outfit. Box registered and stored separately. Kodak museum sticker on back of box and evidence that one was once adhered to the camera itself.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 4
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- 186 mm (Width), 124 mm (Depth), 66 mm (Height); 114 mm (Width), 54 mm (Depth), 26 mm (Height)
Technical characteristics
- Brand recorded
- Kodak
- Maker recorded
- Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd (Coburg, Victoria, Australia)
- Model recorded
- HAWKEYE, Pocket Instamatic
Design
- Inscription
- On camera: 'HAWKEYE pocket INSTAMATIC camera' On top of box: 'Kodak Hawkeye / KODAK / HAWKEYE / Pocket / INSTAMATIC / Camera / Outfit' On one side of the box: 'Kodak Hawkeye / KODAK (Australasia) PTY LTD / MELBOURNE / AUSTRALIA / CAT 475 8702' On one side of the box: 'Kodak Hawkeye / OUTFIT CONTAINS / Kodak Hawkeye camera / Kodacolor II film - 20 exposure / Magicube flash and extender / Wrist strap Instructions' On back, front and flap of box: 'Kodak Hawkeye'
Identification
- Candidate id
- mv-2235748
- Museum object number
- HT 52428
- Catalogue references (museum record)
- James & Joan McKeown (Eds.), 'McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras 2001-2002', Centennial Photo Service, United States of America, 2001
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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