Kodak Brownie No.2 (1928-1931)

Kodak Brownie N.2 (1928-1931)

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Características

The No.2 Brownie is significant in that it was the first camera to use 120 roll film. It started production being made of leatherette covered card and, from 1924, changed to a metal box. A very simple camera with a very dependable shutter shutter. It has two sliding mechanisms on the top, one for a bulb, or time setting, and the other for a choice of 3 apertures. It also has two small reflecting finders for vertical or horizontal shots.

Fonte: brownie.camera


Especificações

No.2 Brownie camera model F black - key winder
MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company
PLACE MANUFACTURED: England, London
TEXT ON STRAP: Brownie.
INTRODUCTION DATE: Feb. 1924
PRODUCTION DATES: 1928-1931
FILM TYPE: 120 rollfilm IMAGE SIZE: 2¼ x 3¼ inch.
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: meniscus lens, rotary shutter
Black 1928- 1931 available with key winder and embossed double rectangular line decoration and badge.
Black 1931- 1931 available with knob winder, embossed double rectangular line decoration and badge.
Black 1931- 1931 available with knob winder, embossed badge on the back no line decoration .
Black 1934- 1935 available with knob winder and no line decoration and no badge.

Fonte: brownie.camera

Type: Box Rollfilm
Introduced: Oct 1901
Discontinued: 1935
Film Size: 120
Picture Size: 2 1/4 X 3 1/4"
Manufactured: US, Canada, And From 1928-1935 In The UK
Lens: Meniscus
Shutter: Rotary
Numbers Made: Over 2,500,000 Before 1921
Original Price: $2.00 - Aluminum Model F $2.75 - Color Models $2.50

Fonte: brownie.camera


Modelo

A minha é do modelo F.


Sítios de referência

brownie.camera

brownie.camera



Manual

Manual em inglês


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Kodak Brownie Vecta (1963-1966)

Kodak Brownie Vecta (1963-1966)

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Características

he Kodak Brownie Vecta was a moulded plastic 127 film camera made in the UK by Kodak Ltd. from September 1963 until 1966. The design was by Kenneth Grange, and meant to give a comfortable holding position to minimise camera shake.

Fonte: Camerapedia

Introduced in 1963, the Vecta was a bold modern replacement for the Brownie 127 model II. However it was short lived as the vecta was discontinued in 1966, shortly after the (equally unsucsessful) 127 Model 3 was introduced.

The Vecta is a radical design, unlike anything else Kodak produced, and while it may look slightly ugly to modern eyes, it must have appeared very futuristic (and ugly!) in it's day. The shaping is (apparently) ergonmically designed to make it easier to grip than more basic box. However in practise it can be quite clumbersome.

The Vecta takes 8 shots per roll like most of it's predecessors but in a vertical format, rather like a modern 645 120 camera. One of the downsides of this is the the winder knob "goes the wrong way" - turning anti-clockwise, even though it's on the right hand side of the camera: I just kept getting it wrong. It does have multiple exposure prevention though.

In brief tests, the results look quite promising - OK it's a Brownie, so isn't going to be producing anything stunning, but the optics seem a little sharper than many of Kodak's offerings of the period

Fonte: Onetoseven.org.uk

Especificações

The f/14 plastic lens had a fixed aperture, and there was only a single shutter speed; the controls being limited to the bar-shaped shutter release on the front and the winding knob on the photographer's right. Images were portrait format, 1⅝ × 2½ inches on 127 film.

Fonte: Camerapedia


Modelo


Sítios de referência

Camerapedia

Onetoseven.org.uk


Manual


Filme


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Kodak Brownie Holiday (1953-1962)

Kodak Brownie Holiday (1953-1962)

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Características

Type: Solid Body Eyelevel Rollfilm
Introduced: Oct 1953
Discontinued: April 1962
Film Size: 127
Picture Size: 1 5/8 X 2 1/2"
Manufactured: US
Lens: 1953-55:Kodet | 1955-62:Dakon Plastic
Shutter: Rotary
Numbers Made: ?
Original Price: $5.00

Description:
This very popular Brownie series has a moulded brown and tan plastic body with an optical direct vision finder.
Oct 1953-Sept 1957: Non-synchronised model.
Oct 1954-April 1962: Flash model.

Fonte: The Brownie Camera Page

The Brownie Holiday is a small, simple viewfinder camera for 127 film made of Bakelite by Kodak in the US and Canada from 1953-1962 to a design by Arthur H Crapsey.

The Kodak Brownie Bullet is the same camera, distributed through premium schemes between 1957 & 1964. The Brownie Chiquita is the same camera, for the Brazilian market. The Brownie Bullet name was reused as the premium scheme version of the Brownie Startlet.

The camera was also available as the Brownie Holiday Flash - with flash synchronisation.

Fonte: Camerapedia

Modelo

Só foi feito um modelo.

Manuais

Manual em Inglês (do modelo com flash)

Sites de referência

Camerapedia

Collection Appareils

The Brownie Camera Page

The George Eastman House Brownie Collection

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Kodak Brownie Starlet (1957-1962 - modelo EUA e França)

Kodak Brownie Starlet (1957-1962)

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#0008

Características

The Brownie Starlet was a simple plastic point-and-shoot camera made by Kodak in 1956. It was one of the very successful "star" series of Brownies.
A similar camera, without the flash contacts, was the Brownie Bullet II, made in the US from August 1961 - November 1968, which was also made as the Rio 400 in Brazil.
A different camera also called Brownie Starlet was made in the UK in 1953-4 for export to the US; this was a rebadged version of the Brownie 127.

Fonte: Camerapedia

Type: Solid body eyelevel rollfilm
Introduced: July 1957
Discontinued: June 1962
Film size: 127
Picture size: 1 5/8 X 1 5/8"
Manufactured: US, France(called US model)
Lens: Dakon
Shutter: Rotary
Numbers made: ?
Original price: $6.00

Description:
Moulded plastic body; optical direct
vision finder; screw and pin flash contacts.
This model continued as the Brownie Bullet 11 camera from 1961.

Approximate worth:   $5-10

Fonte: The Brownie Camera Page


Modelo

A minha tem o código YAOY, a qual, segundo a notação CAMEROSYTY é de fevereiro de 1960 (0260)


Manuais

Em francês


Sites de referência

Camerapedia
The Brownie Camera Page


Vídeos

Kodak Brownie 127 (1956-1959)

Kodak Brownie 127 - primeiro modelo - 1956-1959

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Características

The Brownie 127 was, in the UK, an extremely popular plastic snapshot viewfinder model for 127 film made in England by Kodak Ltd. From introduction in 1952, over a million had been made by August 1954, and the series continued to sell many more millions. A few (~263,000) of the first model were exported to the US in 1953-4, where they were badged Brownie Starlet - and should not be confused with the more common Brownie Starlet.


The first version of the camera was made of a black Bakelite-type plastic and had a rounded shape, where the film carrier mechanism and viewfinder were attached to the top of the camera, which lifted out the base. The base carried the lens and shutter. The sides were stepped, and there were steps beside the viewfinder tube.

Fonte: Camerapedia

Type: Solid Body Eyelevel Rollfilm
Introduced: 1952
Discontinued: 1959
Film Size: 127
Picture Size: 1 5/8 X 2 1/2"
Manufactured: UK
Lens: Meniscus F/14, 65mm
Shutter: Single Speed 1/50 Sec
Numbers Made: Millions (1,000,000 By Aug 1954)
Original Price: $4.75

Description:
The Brownie 127 has a moulded smooth plastic body with broad horizontal steps and an optical direct vision finder.

Variations:
1952-1955: The first Brownie 127 camera had a plain lens face-plate.
1956-1959: The original plain lens face-plate was replaced with a cross-hatched face-plate.

Fonte: The Brownie Camera Page


Modelo

Primeiro modelo, segunda variante.
A minha foi fabricada entre 1956 e 1959.


Manuais

Manual em inglês da segunda versão

Manual em inglês genérico


Sites de referência

Camerapedia
The Brownie Camera Page


Vídeos