Kodak EasyLoad 35 KE30
The Kodak EasyLoad 35 KE30 is a basic 35mm point-and-shoot from the years when Kodak was trying to make film as foolproof as possible. It's a fixed-focus, fully automatic snapshot camera, and it does what it was built to do. The headline feature is the EasyLoad system, which makes loading film easier for newcomers. Drop the cassette in, pull the leader across, close the back, and the camera takes care of the rest.
The camera reads the film's ISO from the DX code on the cartridge and sets both aperture and exposure time. The shutter speed is fixed at 1/200 second. The self-timer has a ten-second lead time, shown by a flashing LED on the front, and there's a tripod socket on the bottom. The lens is glass and fixed-focus, so there are no focusing decisions to make. A built-in flash handles low light, and a red lamp on the front indicates the red-eye reduction effect. It measures 12.4 x 6.3 x 4.1 cm and weighs 161 grams, so it fits in a pocket.
Surviving documentation on the KE30 is thin. No production years, original price, or battery specifications have turned up in the record. What we do know comes mostly from marketplace listings and a handful of enthusiast pages. Period-adjacent retail listings describe the camera as a "simple and reliable" everyday shooter, and a Russian classified listing confirms all functions work as intended: shutter, flash, frame counter, film advance and rewind. Filmphotography.eu notes the self-timer and tripod socket as notable features for a camera in this class.
It appears to have been part of a small EasyLoad family that included the KE25, KE35, and KE60 models, though the exact relationships and release timeline between them are not documented. A current retail listing prices the KE30 at $149, and used examples turn up occasionally on auction sites. One Indian classified ad asked ₹4,000. It was likely sold as an inexpensive everyday shooter, and it has picked up a modest following among collectors of late-film-era Kodak point-and-shoots.
- Film: 35mm, DX-code ISO reading
- Lens: Fixed-focus glass
- Shutter: Fixed at 1/200s
- Exposure: Fully automatic
- Flash: Built-in
- Other: Self-timer (10s, flashing LED), tripod socket
- Dimensions: 12.4 × 6.3 × 4.1 cm
- Weight: 161 g
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