Bell and Howell 250
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| The Bell and Howell 250 image by Kenneth Dwain Harrelson (Image rights) |
The Bell and Howell 250 is a "focus free" camera with built-in flash which uses 35mm film. It would seem to date from 1996, according to it's internal markings. Its body is typically made of opaque plastic. It uses one AA battery to power a built-in flash of limited strength. It has a "panorama" mode in which it exposes only the middle 13×36 mm stripe of the film frame. It has a 27mm "optical" lens using a single element, which may show significant blurring in the corners of the frame.
Very similar cameras (with a "27mm Optical Lens" in an oval surround) have been seen with other brandings, for example the Jazz 207 and Jazz 206, Cobra Crystal or the Sakar; or in other slightly different case styles. There is also a version, identical in style to that of the Jazz 207, that has no flash and it has been seen with "Cyprea" branding with a silver body, as well as one with no brand name and a silver body.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Bell and Howell
- Model Number: 250
- Camera Type: Panoramic/Normal Point and Shoot camera
- Negative Size: Panoramic - 13x36mm, Normal - 24x36mm
- Dimensions: 35 x 62 x 115mm
- Film Type: 135 (35mm)
- Film Speed Range: 100 - 400 ISO
- Lens: 27mm
- Minimum Focal Length: 27mm
- Aperture: f/9.5
- Shutter: Mechanical
- Shutter Speed: 1/100 sec.
- Focus Adjustment: Focus free
- Viewfinder: Reverse Galilean type
- Film Advance: Manual
- Flash: Electronic
- Flash Charge Time: approx. 12 seconds
- Flash Range: 100 ISO - 1.0m-1.2m, 200 ISO - 1.0m-1.7m, 400 ISO - 1.0m-2.2m
- Battery: 1 AA battery
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| The Jazz 206, the opaque variant image by Kenneth Dwain Harrelson (Image rights) |
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| The Jazz "Jelly" 207 image by Voxphoto (Image rights) |
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| The Cobra Crystal image by Voxphoto (Image rights) |
