Loading film into a camera, tricky

The film was transferred from left to right, with a mechanical lever after each photo was taken. The 35mm film is packed 24 to 36 shots per roll and in various ASA types.  The lower the number, the higher the quality, but the slower the shutter speed.  Tricky part of photography to learn and master.  It helped to use the automatic settings on the camera, but that wasn’t always good either.  

Kodak's Instamatic Film Cartridges - No Brainer

Like the fun I use to have taking photos with one of Kodak’s great inventions of the time, the “Instamatic” camera.  

More on that later. I could go on and on about cameras and film, but I don’t want to bore you to tears so let’s not and get back to what I remember.  

Lots of folks my age, remember film cameras, since we didn’t know or hadn’t heard about digital anything fifty or more years ago.  Consumer cameras used mostly 35mm film although 

The camera was invented a long time ago, around 1550 and I remember seeing one of these cameras when I was very young.

The use of flexible roll film meant that the cameras were light and portable and could be used without the encumbrance of tripods and the attendant difficulty of using glass photographic plates which were typical of earlier cameras. Before the introduction of the Kodak, photographers were responsible for making their own arrangements for the development and printing of their pictures. The first Kodak came pre-loaded with film and the customer returned the camera to Kodak for processing and to be reloaded with film for the customer.