Kodak Brownie Vecta (1963-1966)

Kodak Brownie Vecta (1963-1966)

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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

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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


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