King Regula Sprinty BC 300

Serial Number: Cam0191

Type:
Viewfinder camera

Manufacturer:
King

Country of Origin:
Western Germany

Production Period:
1971

Approximate Price:
USD 20

Reference:
https camerapedia.fandom.com wiki King_Regula_Sprinty

Status: Display

Description:
The construction of the camera is anodized aluminum and plastic, the leatherette texture on the camera is molded plastic. It has a hot shoe that can be adjusted for use with an electronic flash or flash bulb. The film is advanced with a metal lever this also moves the exposure counter which is located on the bottom of the camera, this is reset whenever the rear of the camera is opened.

Functionality
The camera is basic but better than earlier Sprinty s. The standard shutter speeds and aperture sizes are linked and can t be adjusted separately, and are split into groups like the rest of the Sprinty Rectamat shutters. There is a bulb mode which is activated by a switch on the back of the camera you can freely adjust the aperture size in this mode. This model is an improvement and combines the best of the B C models with some more design changes. Owing to the name of camera it has a 1 300th shutter setting which replaces the 1 250th used on older models. The focus ring has been made bigger and easier to turn, the distance reading now more easily visible as it s on the side of the ring rather than at an angle on the front of it like the earlier models. The light meter is uncoupled but much nicer than the one on the B model as it s flat against the top metal surface without that ugly black plastic ring though there is an error as the label on it has 250 not the 300 it should have for the 1 300th setting, this just seems like a minor oversight when the camera was made and the meter is calibrated for 1 300th. The other design changes are having a square plastic shutter button, and making the hot shoe cut into the camera so that it s flush with the top of the camera, this gives the camera a cleaner look.
Regula Sprinty BC 300

Film Type 35mm
Lens Isco-Gottingen Color-Isconar 45mm f 2.8
Shutter Rectamat
Shutter speed range 1 30-1 300 + Bulb
Focus areas 1m-Infinity
ASA ISO range 12-400
Size (w h d) 125mm 90mm 70mm
Weight 340g