Argus Flash Sensor 235x
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| The "sensing" just tells the user when to insert a Magicube image by Inspiredphotos (Image rights) |
After a decade of corporate turmoil, the Argus brand attempted to revive their fortunes with a series of Instant Load cameras for 126 film, the format made hugely popular by Kodak's line of Instamatics. A later 1970s series denoted by model designations ending in "X" were able to use Magicubes, as a small badge on the camera front indicates. These models from Japan also gained a more "mod" styling language than the earlier, boxy, 126 models provided by Balda in Germany.
Compared to the rudimentary 146X, the Flash Sensor 235X "signals the user when a Magicube is necessary, plus [gives] a used flash warning signal."[1]
Notes
- ↑ A 1974 Argus product list (pg. 24) gives the details, as contrasted with some real form of autoexposure in the Argus Electric Eye 345X and Argus Electronic 355X. Product flyer posted online by Pacific Rim Camera.
