Wardflex (Metal)
The Wardflex (Metal) is actually a rebranded Beautyflex T TLR, made by the Taiyōdō Company of Tokyo, Japan. The camera was produced in 1955 and marketed by Montgomery Ward, under their brand name "Wardflex." The metal version of the Wardflex is actually second to an earlier, pre-WWII Wardflex with a body made of Bakelite and a simpler TLR design. The Wardflex (Metal) is a fully featured TLR camera with an FC Telmar 80mm f/3.5 taking lens and TKK shutter that has a top speed of 1/200th. The camera uses knob advance and the shutter must be armed separately from advancing the film, allowing for multiple exposures. The Wardflex (Metal) features manual film advance via a rear red window and produces better-than-expected image quality. It was later succeed by the Wardflex II.
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