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It would be even better if I could find some B&W film for it.

 

I did test out the shutter last night with the tip of holding down the lever to simulate film being in the camera, and it works fine. This is a good sign, and I may take the next step of finding some film and flash cubes and having at it.

 

Thanks so much for all the help, and if I can get some pictures out of this thing I will be sure to post them.

I've gone to all the links I could find in a search on these forums but didn't come up with anything - do any of you know where I could find a manual for one online? It'd be nice to have some documentation.

Newbie question!

 

Among my husband's grandmother's belongings that were left to us was a

Kodak Instamatic 104. I'd really like to find out if it works, and use

it to take some pictures of us, simply because I'm fascinated with it

and I think it'd be a neat tribute to Grammy. Finding the film and

flash cubes wouldn't be hard, but how do I know if it even works? Is

this something I should take to a camera store, and would they even

know anything about it (the only camera stores I know of are places

like Wolf Camera)? Are there ways I could find out on my own if it

works (consider that I know almost nothing about the mechanics of

vintage cameras besides the basic principles and what I can remember

from when I was little)?

 

And assuming I get it working, are there places that even develop 126

film any more? I'm a novice that hasn't learned how to develop her own

film yet.