New Taiwan: Suntone MM-251 (Focus Free)

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New Taiwan: Suntone MM-251 (Focus Free)

Postby bill339 » Fri Dec 04, 2020 2:09 pm

The Suntone MM-251 is a basic camera for 35mm film. It has a fixed-focus lens (marked as "focus free"), a single aperture and a single shutter speed. It has manual film advance and rewind. The camera was produced sometime in the 1990s and had two connector hot shoe on the top. Other features are an optical viewfinder, one piece rewind crank that can be pulled up to release the film cartridge, rewind release button on the bottom of the camera, film advance thumb wheel, frame counter on the bottom, and a bradded string type wrist carrier. Advancing the film also loaded the shutter, so no double exposures. This compact, point-and-shoot camera is mostly plastic and should be very light but the MM-270 is weighted to feel like a better camera and has gold large lettering unlike the 251. The Suntone MM-251 and 270 were made in China by New Taiwan Photographic Corporation and marketed by Suntone as a line of cameras. The name Suntone label appears on a number of cameras, as well as non-camera products such as radios, TV sets, telephones, flashlights, smoothie makers, and more. The name was owned by Sun Coast Merchandise Corp (founded 1943), based in Commerce, California. It is possible that many of the Suntone labeled cameras were not sold in stores, but were offered as promotional giveaways.

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