New Taiwan: Time (Kinetic Optical Color Lens)

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This all plastic camera was a free gift for subscribing to receive TIME magazine. It was produced by the Lavec Company and commissioned by Kinectic Marketing for Time Life and was not sold at any time. It has a 50mm fixed lens with a 6ft minimum shooting range. Kinectic Marketing put their name on the lens of the Time Magazine camera and others as Kinectic Optical. The badging on these type cameras was meant to be confusing to camouflage its true nature. The camera takes 35mm film with a recommended speed of 100 or 125 ASA. The lens on this camera was used in many cheap cameras over the years from this TIME give away in 1984 to well into the 90’s with Cameras like the Lynx PPL 500XL in 1985 and the Ceptre YN 500 in 1990. The Lavec Company did produce these cheap cameras in the Lavec name like the Lavec LT-002 and the TC-305.