Black's (Samsung) BX7000 35mm film camera (serial 9142572)

The Blacks BX7000 is a rebranded Samsung AF Zoom 700. This is a quality zoom point-and-shoot originally released in 1989.

The camera features a 35-70mm zoom and very easy-to-use controls (including a handy dedicated switch for its three flash modes: auto; fill-in; and flash off).

Black's was a popular Canadian retail camera shop chain that sold several Samsung models under its own name in the late 1980s and 1990s.

Battery information

This camera requires a CR-P2 lithium battery (available as an option).

We weren't able to locate a battery life estimate. But a contemporary Pentax Zoom models (from which Samsung seemed to have taken considerable inspiration) that use the same battery estimate 30 rolls of 24-exposure film with flash used for 50% of shooting or 125 24-exposure rolls if flash is not used at all.

Condition Notes

This camera was tested with batteries and a roll of film (the film was not developed). All modes are working correctly. The cameras true film-plane focus accuracy was verified on an auto-collimator. The camera is in good cosmetic condition except for some spot of discolouration on the black plastic (see photos).

Specifications

(Source: Popular Photography, December 1990)

• Lens: 35-70mmm f/3.6-6.7 zoom
  
• Shutter: 1/4 to 1/250 sec.
  
• Focus Range: 3.3' to infinity
  
• Autofocus Zones: 18
  
• Flash Range: 3.3'-16.5'
  
• Film Speed Range: ISO 50-1600
  
• Original MSRP: $389.99 USD (1990)