Typical Box Cameras
- The Kodak introduced in 1888, the first commercially successful box camera for roll film -- the advertising slogan being You press the button – we do the rest.
- The Kodak Brownie, a long lasting series of classical box cameras using roll film.
- The Ansco panda was designed to compete directly with the Brownies. It used 620 film.
- The Kodak Instamatic using 126 film, later 110 film.
- The modern disposable camera using 135 film.
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