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The Kodak Pocket Instamatic 10 was the base no-frills camera in the Pocket Instamatic line introduced in the early 1970s. (The other models were the 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.) The 10 was manufactured from 1973 through 1976, featured a Meniscus f/11 25mm lens and originally sold for $23. The camera featured a Magicube socket and was sold with a Magicube extender to reduce red-eye. It also had two shutter speeds; the slower is activated whenever a Magicube is attached to the camera. The Pocket Instamatic 10 lacked a shutter lock, lens cap and tripod socket, but did feature a used Magicube bulb warning indicator which took the form of a red bar appearing in the viewfinder. Similar incarnations of the Pocket Instamatic 10, each appearing identical in size and shape, include the promotional Hawkeye Instamatic, which had a tan finish; the original Mickey-Matic which came in nauseating bright colors; the pastel colored Gimini cameras of the late 1980s, and 1988’s Winner, which was introduced to coincide with the Olympic games. The Hawkeye Instamatic also used Magicubes, but all others had a flipflash socket. My interest in this camera derives from the fact that it was one of the first cameras I used regularly when I was junior-high aged. It was after demonstrating the ability to take decent snapshots with the Pocket Instamatic 10, that my dad handed down his Argus C-3 to me. |
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