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- Specifications
| Marketed | July 1966 |
| Original Price | For export only (no Japanese price) |
This mass-market, instamatic camera was made for Bell & Howell in the U.S. under an original equipment manufacturing (OEM) contract.
It had Canon’s electronically-controlled program shutter and a 40mm f/3.5 lens with 3 elements in 3 groups. Fully-automatic program EE was incorporated for exposure control. For focusing, pictographs for near, medium, and far subject distances were used.
| Type | Instamatic Lens-Shutter camera for Kodak film cartridges |
| Picture Size | 28.5 x 28.5 mm |
| Lens | 40mm f/3.5 (3 elements in 3 groups) |
| Shutter | Canon-made electronic shutter with program EE. Metering range of EV 8.6 (f/3.5 at 1/30 sec.) – EV 17 (f/22 at 1/250 sec.). Film speed range of ISO 64 – 160 and only two shutter speeds: 1/30 sec. and 1/250 sec. |
| Viewfinder | Reverse Galilean finder, 0.5x magnification. |
| Focusing | Lens focusing lever for matching zone focusing marks at 0.8 m (2.6 feet) to 17 m (50 feet) (infinity). |
| EE | CdS cell for full-auto program EE. Metering range of EV 8.6 – 17 (at ISO 100). Film speeds of ISO 64 and 160 set automatically. |
| Flash | Flashmatic system with flashcubes. Flash exposure is controlled automatically to suit subject distance and the flash aperture. |
| Film Loading & Advance |
Loading with film cartridge. Advances with camera-top lever’s 165° single stroke. |
| Frame Counter | Frame number on film back viewable through camera back window. |
| Film Rewind | None |
| Power Source | One 1.3 V MD mercury cell for camera and two 1.5 V size-AAA batteries for the flash |
| Dimensions & Weight |
119 x 69 x 58 mm, 300 g |