Argus Instant Load 270

In the late era of Argus camera when all its models had become rebadges of foreign models, the 1966[1] 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[2] notes that the CdS meter cell sets programmed exposures from 1/30 second at f/2.8 through 1/800th at f/22,[3] indicated in pairs with a needle and scale at the top of the viewfinder. (This is illuminated by a clear pane