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- Specifications
| Marketed | January 1969 |
| Original Price | For export only (no Japanese price) |
An instamatic (also called 126) camera which used Kodapack cartridges. Made for Bell & Howell, it had an electronically-controlled, simple program EE made by Canon and a manually-operated delta rangefinder system.
The 40mm f/3.5 lens was made by Canon under the Bell & Howell name. For shutter release, a push lever was on the upper left of the lens.
| Type | Instamatic Lens-Shutter camera for Kodak 126 film cartridges |
| Picture Size | 28.5 x 28.5 mm |
| Lens | 40mm f/3.5 (3 elements in 3 groups) |
| Shutter | Canon-made electronically-controlled program EE shutter. f/3.5 at 1/30 sec. to f/22 at 1/250 sec. Only two shutter speeds: 1/30 sec. and 1/250 sec. |
| Viewfinder | Reversed Galilean viewfinder with projected frames. 0.5x magnification. On the right within the image area are the flash-ready lamp, delta rangefinder line (Focusmatic), and parallax correction marks. |
| Focusing | Simple delta rangefinder using steel ball movements. Triangulation system measures the subject distance with the steel ball’s stop position. The subject distance is transferred to the focusing ring. |
| 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. |
| Power Source | 1One 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 (without batteries) |