Using old or neglected cameras can throw up many challenges, but as long as I can get an image or two out of one, I'm not too fussy about whether everything is in full working order.
The name Instamatic usually conjures up images of the cheap, basic, mass-produced cameras from the 1960s and '70s – the brand, introduced by Kodak in 1963, was used on more than 70 models over a period of 25 years. The Instamatic Reflex, however, is in a class of its own, offering interchangeable lenses and an electronic exposure system that can deal with virtually any lighting scenario, with the Compur Electronic shutter offering speeds from 20 seconds to 1/500th. Launched in 1968, and only in production for two years, it came before the era of…
