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Works with snap on Kodak 126 film - not produced anymore. So this one is for display purposes only. In the late era o f Ar g us ca mera when all its models had become rebadges of foreign models, the 1966 Instant Load 270 was one of their nicer offerings for 126 film . The body is well-finished and unexpectedly weighty, if a bit idiosyncratic in styling. A 1967 magazine profile notes that the CdS meter cell sets programmed exposures from 1/30 second at f/2.8 through 1/800th at f/22, indicated in pairs with a needle and scale at the top of the viewfinder. (This is illuminated by a clear panel on the camera's top deck.) When aperture is set manually, the shutter remains at 1/30 (as would be used for flash exposures). A 1.35v mercury cell is needed for power. The autoexposure system actually operates with a pair of notched blades which serve both as shutter and as aperture stop; this leads to a very deformed teardrop-shaped opening at intermediate f-stops. © Wiki