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Instamatic

American  
[in-stuh-mat-ik] / ˌɪn stəˈmæt ɪk /
Trademark.
  1. a brand name for a pocket-size, fixed-focus, snapshot camera.


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Duggan showed bar patrons images of Donohue eating rations with his ambush patrol unit, photos he took with the Kodak Instamatic camera his mother sent him in Vietnam.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2022

The candidate has wavy brown hair and a light brown jacket and appears to have a black Super 8 Kodak Instamatic camera.

From Washington Post • Jan. 17, 2022

Partnered with Kodak’s Instamatic camera, the Flashcube’s adaptability, portability, and ease of use made interior photography possible for the masses, without prerequisite skill or expertise.

From Slate • Dec. 21, 2021

But this time it was to see a world’s fair, and he could record it all on his grandmother’s primitive Kodak Instamatic X-15.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2021

We bought an Instamatic camera with which to document our life together, and I took pictures of her posing in front of the Prudential building, so that she could send them to her parents.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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