<s>
The	O
Fotron	B-Algorithm
was	O
a	O
camera	O
produced	O
by	O
the	O
Traid	O
Corporation	O
of	O
Glendale	O
,	O
California	O
between	O
1962	O
and	O
1971	O
and	O
mainly	O
sold	O
door	O
to	O
door	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
a	O
highly	O
unorthodox	O
design	O
and	O
boasted	O
several	O
firsts	O
for	O
a	O
consumer	O
camera	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
built-in	O
electronic	O
flash	O
,	O
built-in	O
motor	B-Algorithm
drive	I-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
drop-in	O
film	O
loading	O
(	O
beating	O
Kodak	O
's	O
popular	O
Instamatic	B-Algorithm
to	O
the	O
market	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
unusual	O
features	O
included	O
push-button	O
exposure	O
and	O
focus	O
controls	O
and	O
an	O
integrated	O
rechargeable	B-Architecture
battery	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
innovative	O
,	O
the	O
Fotron	B-Algorithm
was	O
also	O
extremely	O
expensive	O
,	O
unwieldy	O
,	O
and	O
reportedly	O
suffered	O
from	O
poor	O
optical	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traid	O
faced	O
multiple	O
class-action	O
lawsuits	O
brought	O
by	O
Fotron	B-Algorithm
customers	O
and	O
stopped	O
selling	O
the	O
camera	O
in	O
1971	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Fotron	B-Algorithm
was	O
a	O
large	O
and	O
heavy	O
camera	O
,	O
similar	O
in	O
size	O
to	O
a	O
folded	O
Polaroid	B-Algorithm
Land	I-Algorithm
Camera	I-Algorithm
of	O
the	O
same	O
era	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
of	O
the	O
bulk	O
came	O
from	O
the	O
built-in	O
flash	O
unit	O
and	O
rechargeable	B-Architecture
battery	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traid	O
produced	O
three	O
Fotron	B-Algorithm
models	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
which	O
were	O
essentially	O
the	O
same	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
model	O
was	O
simply	O
marked	O
"	O
Fotron	B-Algorithm
"	O
and	O
had	O
a	O
gray	O
plastic	O
housing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
model	O
was	O
the	O
Fotron	B-Algorithm
III	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
introduced	O
around	O
1966	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Fotron	B-Algorithm
was	O
the	O
subject	O
of	O
a	O
class-action	O
suit	O
filed	O
against	O
the	O
Traid	O
Corporation	O
in	O
1972	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plaintiffs	O
alleged	O
that	O
the	O
Fotron	B-Algorithm
cameras	O
they	O
had	O
purchased	O
were	O
sold	O
for	O
over	O
ten	O
times	O
their	O
actual	O
value	O
and	O
that	O
Traid	O
had	O
misrepresented	O
the	O
product	O
both	O
implicitly	O
and	O
in	O
writing	O
.	O
</s>
