Editing Instamatic (section)

{{Short description|Film camera brand from Kodak}}
{{Distinguish|text=[[instant camera]]s, including Kodak's own [[Kodamatic]] line}}
: ''For the film formats associated with the ''Instamatic'' and ''Pocket Instamatic'' camera ranges, see [[126 film]] and [[110 film]] respectively.''
[[File:2015 04 08 012 Kodak Instamatic 50.jpg|Instamatic 50, an early model, alongside [[Kodacolor-X]] [[126 film]] cartridge|thumb|right]]

The '''Instamatic''' is a series of inexpensive, easy-to-load [[126 film|126]] and [[110 film|110]] [[camera]]s made by [[Kodak]] beginning in 1963.<ref name="usatoday1">{{cite web|first=Tom |last=Tobin |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/03/29/instamatic-camera-50-years/2034585/ |title=Kodak Instamatic camera turns 50 |publisher=Usatoday.com |date=2013-03-29 |access-date=2015-05-09}}</ref> The Instamatic was immensely successful, introducing a generation to low-cost [[photography]] and spawning numerous imitators.

During its heyday, the range was so ubiquitous that the Instamatic name is still frequently used as a [[generic trademark]] to refer to any inexpensive [[point-and-shoot camera]]. It is also frequently used incorrectly to describe Kodak's ''Kodamatic'' line of [[instant camera|instant-picture camera]]s.

Kodak also used the Instamatic name on some [[Super 8 mm film|Super 8]]-based home-cine cameras.<ref>[http://www.nwmangum.com/Kodak/_menus/menu-Movies.html Kodak Movie Cameras], nwmangum.com. Article retrieved 2006-11-09.</ref>