The Sunpet 826 is a viewfinder camera. It was built by Sunpet Industries Limited, a company based in Hong Kong. It can be located probably in the 1980s. The housing of the camera is completely made of plastic.
The black plastic camera was also sold in a James Bond version. With a simple sticker with the logo "James Bond 007" they probably wanted to go on the hunt for fans of the British secret agent. Whether this was a licensed product can be doubted.
The lens of the photo camera is fixed. There is no need to focus. The lens is fixed. There is no aperture or shutter speed to adjust.
The exposure is not measured by the 126 camera. There are exposure cells, inspired by a selenium light meter, but they are a pure dummy.
No batteries are needed for taking pictures with the plastic camera.
Films for the Sunpet 826
Which photo films are needed for the Sunpet 826? The camera uses 126 cassettes. The format was developed in the 60s and is similar to the 110-pocket film format in handling.
In the plastic cassettes there is the film material with a height of 28 mm. There were films with different lengths, so it was possible to make 12, 20 or 24 pictures with one package. Many millions of cameras were produced for this format.
In 1999, the film production on the part of Kodak was finished, in 2007, the last production stop of the format followed at Ferrania in Italy. Today, the cameras can therefore no longer be used.
There is no automatic film transport. The films have to be shot by hand with advice.
The Sunpet 826 can only be bought used. The prices for the 35mm photo camera vary depending on the condition. One should certainly not spend more than 10 Euros, especially because the camera can no longer be used.
