Kodak Vest Pocket Autographic (1915-1926)

Kodak Vest Pocket Autographic (1915-1926)

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History and technical features 

The Vest Pocket Kodak cameras were a best-selling folding camera series made by Eastman Kodak (Rochester), from 1912 to 1935. They were the first cameras to use the smaller 127 film reels. "Hawk-Eye" versions of the Vest Pocket Kodaks were premium models, and the "Special" models had more sophisticated lens/shutter combinations. A special Vest Pocket wooden development tank for the typIe 127 rollfilm was available from Kodak, as well as a special Vest Pocket enlarging camera.

Vest Pocket Autographic Kodak (1915-1926)

The Vest Pocket Autographic Kodak was the version advertised in the U.S.A. as the "Soldier's camera" during World War I. It was very successful, selling 1,750,000 units. It was of the compact strut folding type and had the meniscus lens or a U.S.-speed 8 Rapid Rectilinear lens.

The camera back had an area through which notes could be written onto the paper backing of the 127 film, the "autographic" feature - invented by Henry J. Gaisman.

Source: camera-wiki.org

t was made by Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester N.Y., U.S.A., from 1912 to 1926.
They sold about 1.750.000 units.
The VPK was the first camera to use 127 film.
This name it's self explanatory, it was a camera that could be carried in a vest pocket. In fact it isn't much bigger than many of the compact digital of today.
This was the successor of the long praised collapsible large Kodak cameras.
It's success was due to the small size and price. They sold for $6.
This price was possible due to it's simpler construction, instead of  wood, metal, leather... of the older and bigger models the VPK was made of an aluminium alloy fastened with rivets. What explains why there are still so many, in very good condition, today.

The first models didn't had the autographic feature and were painted in smooth black.
The autographic model was launched in 1915 with a black crackled finish, also called Japan crystal.
There was some special models with better, some focusing, lenses, like the Rapid Rectilinear by Baush & Lomb, the Cooke triplet, Zeiss Tessar and the rare Lacour-Berthiot Olor. Also different shutters and, some of these special models, were covered in leather.

As it was a very portable camera, there was a lot of WWI soldiers who took them to the trenches, what was strictly prohibited. That gave it the nickname "Soldier's camera".

Charles Lindberg used to carry one with him in his adventurous flights.

George Mallory, maybe the first person to reach the Everest summit, had one with him when he and Andrew Irving headed to the last part of the ascent. Both died, the body of Mallory and most of the personal effects were found, Irving's body and the camera were never recovered, in it could be the proof of their feat.

Source: camarasclassicas.blogspot.com

Specifications

Single meniscus lens about 75mm 1:11
Three blades, Kodak ball bearing shutter, 1/25, 1/50 B and T
Fixed focus ~1.8m to infinity
8, 4x7cm, exposures on 127 film
Folding bellows in trellis struts
Autographic window and stylus
Size and weight: 67x121x30mm, 316g

Source: camarasclassicas.blogspot.com


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Serial number 1815124


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Falcon Minicam Junior (1938)

Falcon Minicam Junior (1938)

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History and technical features 

The Falcon Minicam Junior 127 film camera was made in New York by the Utility Manufacturing Company. The name "minicam" had at this time became a popular term for any smaller, eye-level viewfinder camera—for example the Argus A.

The Minicam Junior is an example of a Falcon model name re-used after Utility Mfg. was purchased by Spartus, of Chicago, Illinois.

Source: camera-wiki.org

The Falcon Minicam Junior camera was sold by the Utility Manufacturing Company of Chicago Illinois, in circa 1938. This was an inexpensive candid type camera constructed of bakelite with a decorative metal faceplate similar to other models produced in the 1940s by the Chicago camera companies group. It was fitted with a minivar meniscus 50mm lens and instantaneous & time shutter. This camera was capable of capturing sixteen 1 5/8 x 1 14/ inch or half frame exposures (3 x 4 cm) on number 127 or A8 roll film. This small camera sold for approximately $2.29 in 1940.

Source: historiccamera.com


Specifications

127 film

50mm lens

Made in USA

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Fex Indo Aptika (1969)

Fex Indo Aptika (1969)

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Características

Fex/Indo (for France EXport) and (INDustrie Optique) is a French company that produced inexpensive camera models from the 1940s to the 1981. It was one of the few civil camera companies founded in times of WWII. When France was "under German occupation, Fritz Kaftanski formed an association with Lucien Bouchetal de la Roche in order to produce cameras under the mark FEX (for France EXport). Located in Lyon, this company became FEX-INDO and then INDO (INDustrie Optique). It stopped all activities in 1981"[1]. The wartime product was a wooden camera of poor quality but with Angenieux lens. Later Kaftanski himself developed successful camera models like the bakelite camera Ultra-Fex. The main brand names were Fex, Weber/Fex and in the late years Indo.

Fonte: camera-wiki.org


Especificações

Impera and name variants: Aptika, Powerflex, etc.

Fonte: camera-wiki.org


The Impera takes 4×4cm pictures on 127 film, and was made in France by Indo.

Fonte: camera-wiki.org


Nom: Aptika
Marque: FEX; fabricant: Indo; publicité: -
Pays: France
Date: début: ?1969; fin: ?
Type: (CFFJ)
Dimensions: 125x95x55mm; poids: 175
Matière: plastique; Couleur: noir/rouge
Surface sensible: film 127; format: 4x4cm
Objectif: nom: -; fabricant:?; ouv./focale: f8/45; fixation : fixe
Diaphragme: type: fixe; ouvertures: f8
Obturateur: nom: ?; fabricant: ?; vitesses: 1 vit.; pose: -
Retardateur: -; Armement: -
Compte-vues: fenêtre; Protection 2 expos: -
Synchro flash: oui; flash intégré: -
Posemètre: type: -; plage: -; automatisme: -
Mise au point: type: fixe; mini: 1,5m; télémètre: -
Décentrement vert.: -; hor.: -; bascule avant: -; arrière: -
Viseur: simple; Porte-accessoire: support flash; Niveau: -
Mode d'emploi: MAN0057

Fonte: collectiongeven.com


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Regal Miniature

Regal Miniature

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Características

Those who appreciate and collect vintage bakelite cameras frequently make two curious discoveries: First, a surprising number of simple plastic cameras seem to have originated from Chicago, Illinois, USA. And second, when compared closely, a number of these models (ostensibly coming from different manufacturers) have body styles which look practically identical.
In fact, several of these brand names can be linked directly to one particular address: 711–715 West Lake St., Chicago, as noted in period advertisements or the manuals included with cameras. But even where the address is unknown, it seems quite clear that many of the Chicago camera models emerged from exactly the same set of molds, casting doubt on the supposed separate identities of their makers.
Camera-wiki.org has listed several of these "companies" on their own pages. But this article is an effort to consolidate this bewildering swarm of brand and model names into a single page: and to cross-reference body styles with alleged company names, using examples that have been observed on Flickr, eBay and elsewhere. In all cases, these are simple "snapshot" cameras, with the greatest variety being the many models for 127 film in the eye-level "minicam" style which pays homage to the successful 35mm Argus A.
Many questions still require further research, but a few facts seem clear. Utility Manufacturing Co. originated several bakelite camera models under its brand Falcon in the 1930s. Utility gave its address as 40 West 25th St., New York City[1]. But certain camera models that were unquestionably made by Utility also appeared under other "company" names, the start of a practice that would explode in later years.
Already in 1940, cameras were being sold from 711 W. Lake Street, Chicago[2] by Monarck/Monarch (choose your spelling; the company used both). Many Monarch models have also been observed branded with names of other "manufacturers." Furthermore, by around 1946[3], Falcon models were reappearing branded as Spartus—or, if even still under the Utility/Falcon name, now marked as made in Chicago[4]—with the Spartus home address given as 711 (or 715) W. Lake Street. Confusingly, some early advertisements give Spencer as the company name behind Spartus brand cameras[5].
Spartus Corp. was a successful Chicago manufacturer of clocks and razors. It was owned by Jack Galter, onetime jazz drummer and serial entrepreneur. Beginning around 1939 he obtained several camera-related patents: One design patent is unmistakably that seen on numerous Chicago minicams (such as the Photo Master illustrated at right)[6]. The camera illustrated in another patent looks strikingly like the Monarck 127-film pseudo TLRs[7], while another is certainly the Falcon Rocket[8]. A Galter Products Co. also operated from 715 W. Lake St.—including clocks and cameras in its offerings. In later years, Jack Galter accumulated significant real estate holdings, and became a major Chicago-area philanthropist.
At some time in the early 1950s, Spartus was sold to Harold Rubin, who gave it the name Herold Products Company, Inc., but continued using the Spartus brand on clocks and cameras[9]. And to tie this all into an impossible tangle, there is at least one printed manual for the Spartus Full-Vue which shows "Herold Manufacturing Co., not Incorporated" as the company, 715 W. Lake as the address, whose cover shows a camera which is plainly labeled Galter Products under its taking lens[10].
In the mid-1950s Herold Products listed a different address, 2110 W. Walnut, Chicago[9]. And some of its later models are designs unique to them, ones which do not appear under other brands (for example the Spartus Co-Flash). By the 1960s Herold Products had reverted to Spartus as the company name, and it continued its clock production for many years (with later models showing Louisville, Mississippi as the company address).
It cannot be conclusively shown[11] that all the camera brands listed here are products of the Falcon/Spartus/Herold group. Metropolitan Industries seems to have the most probable claim of true independent existence, with several unique models. But even they have suggestive overlaps with the Galter/Spartus brands (e.g. the "Cinex" name and the Clix De Luxe body style).
The appearance of the Chicago cameras under a plethora of different names was facilitated by printing all the camera's identifying branding onto a single circular "donut" plate which was held to the front of the lens barrel by two screws. It is possible that the circular lens-shutter assemblies seen on so many of these cameras (with an instant/time selector at approximately the 4 o'clock position) were themselves provided by another subcontractor, and simply "bolted on" to molded bodies from different shops.
The motivations for creating so many quasi-fictional brands can only be guessed at. Perhaps it was to offer certain distributors a brand that was exclusively theirs. Perhaps it was to avoid negative word-of-mouth over what were, after all, very basic cameras with rudimentary optics. In any case, the same approach would one day be adopted by Hong Kong's manufacturers of cheapie cameras, giving us the many names of the Diana or the Bedfordflex.
Many of the cameras here are designed to use 127 film, but in "half frames." This was an economy measure first seen in depression-era cameras. The backing paper of 127 film has rows of frame numbers printed onto it; these align with red frame-counting windows on the back of the camera. But rather than exposing eight standard frames per roll, many of the "minicams" here would split each frame in half: Every frame number would be advanced first to one, then to the other red window. This yielded 16 exposures per roll (although it made the orientation of the rectangular frame vertical rather than horizontal). The resulting frame size is roughly 3×4 cm.

Fonte: camera-wiki.org


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127 film

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Ace Camera

Ace Camera

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Características

Plastic camera with "Ace Camera" written in the lens.

"Hong Kong" engraved in the rear.


Especificações

f/8

1/50 second speed

127 film


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Halina Roy (1960)

Halina Roy (1960)

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Características

The Halina Roy is a simple box camera for 127 film manufactured by Haking in Hong Kong. The lens is fixed focus and what is apparently a selenium meter cell beside the viewfinder is simply a dummy.

Fonte: camera-wiki.org


Especificações

Model: Roy (Halina Roy)
Manufacturer / brand: Haking, Hongkong
Type: Flash Cube Camera
First year of production: 1960
Country of origin: China
Type of film: 127 roll film
Negative size: 4x4 cm
Material: Plastic / metal
Colour: Black / silver
Lens: Halimar Roy 8/47 mm
Shutter: Rotation 1/30 sec.

Fonte: catawiki.com


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S. Paulo

S. Paulo

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Características

No references found in the Internet.


Especificações

It has "S. Paulo Feliz" wrirtten in the lens.
Plastica camera. One shutter speed and bulb.
127 film.


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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


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Ilford Sprite (1962)

Ilford Sprite (1962)

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Características

The Ilford Sprite was a basic 127 film camera, introduced by Ilford in 1962. It was made by Agilux, as a rebadged Colt 44. The body is two plastic mouldings held together by sliding metal catches at either end.

Fonte: camerapedia

The Ilford Sprite was released in 1962 to promote Ilford's film range, much as Kodak sold their Brownie range. It's stylings are reminicent of many of the Brownie cameras from the late 50's early 60's - particularly the Brownie Holiday, and it supportes two apertures, labeled "colour"(note UK spelling!) and "b&w". Inside we find the label "Always use no 127 Ilford films. Ilfocolor [USA spelling now!] for colour [UK! make up their minds] prints, Selochrome Pan for black and white prints".

Like most of Ilfords camera offerings, the sprite is simply a rebadged version of something else - in this case the Agilux Colt 44.

The sprite uses the 4x4 12/roll format, and came in a rather nasty plastic ever-ready case.

Fonte: onetwoseven.org.uk


Especificações

The Sprite 127 is of very simple grey plastic construction, with a single snapshot shutter speed and a single element plastic meniscus lens with 2 apertures, adjustable via a sliding lever below the lens. The apertures are probably around f16 (for faster speed monochrome film) and f11 (for slower colour film). The sliding lever is correspondingly marked 'Colour' & 'B & W'. The camera provided 12 square negatives 4x4cm on 127 roll film. The film is wound on manually, using the top mounted knob, and centred to each new picture area by aligning the appropriate number in the rear red window. It sold for £1.3s.6d (£1 .18p) (price extracted from Andy Holliman's information).

The longitudinal film path is curved, as can be seen in the right hand picture above. This both provides a pleasantly curved shape to the camera body while also providing a means of 'correcting' curvature of field from the simple lens, in one dimension at least.

Fonte: photomemorabilia.co.uk

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Coronet 4...4 (~1957)

Coronet 44 (~1957)

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Características

Coronet Camera Co. Birmingham, England.
Coronet Camera Co. 1926-1946
Coronet Ltd. 1946-1967
Standard Cameras Ltd. c1931-1955
This company was formed c1926 by F.W.Pettifer and manufactured a large number of cheap box and folding cameras until c1967. Many of its cameras were distributed via premium schemes or mail order catalogues. Most of its pre-war box cameras and post 1945 plastic molded cameras appear with different nameplates and lens panel stylings. The company linked up with Tiranty of Paris after WMII to produce cameras and avoid French import restrictions. These cameras usually have 'Made in France' and French instructions on controls and include the Rapide, Le Polo, Weekend and Fildia.

Throughout its life the firm produced various Coronet accessories, flash units, closeup filters and viewers and its own Coronet film in 120 and 127 sizes. Close links between Coronet, Standard Cameras Ltd. and Conway cameras exist with molds and body parts being interchanged. Over 50 different Coronets exist.

Made in the mid to late 50's in the UK, this is a Coronet 4...4 camera. It is one of a series of cameras from coronet that all looked similar, and are listed in catalogues as being made of bakelite.
I am not sure it is genuine bakelite despite catalogue listings, but it is a thick black bakelite type plastic, and may well be the real thing. Is a pretty featrureless simple camera for 4 X 4 exposures on 127 film. It has a simple everset shutter, and a meniscus lens. It has nice contrasting light grey knobs, and the shutter release has a sliding locking mechanism.
This camera is quite pleasantly shaped, and makes a great display peice. If it had been a better camera, it would have been a folding camera with bellows, but in these cheaply made Coronets the bellows has been replaced by a bakelite tube, giving the camera its odd shape.
It has nice vertical "ribbing " on the tube, and horizontal "ribbing" on the front of the camera body. The top and bottom of the body, and the viewfinder tube are smooth black shiny bakelite. The removeable back is crinkle "Japan" finish metal.
The side clasps are brushed chrome with black enamel contrasting panels. The brished chrome front panel with red lettering and gemetric patern holes to allow the contrasting black bakelite to show through complete the picture.
It is quite a pretty camera. A really nice peice for the shelf!

Fonte: Ozcamera

Especificações

Black bakerlite eye level camera with metal back. Takes 12 exposures on 120 film. No flash facility.

Fonte: Ozcamera

Moulded thermosetting plastic, inexpensive and simple camera. To all intents and purposes, a box camera with a more interesting shape, although in fairness to box cameras - some were fully adjustable. Initially I tended to dislike these types of camera, but nowadays I've warmed to them. When I think of the countless millions of family moments this camera, and others like it, must have recorded - I think it's earned a place for all time in the museum of the "humble and unloved". A friend remembers having one new in 1958, and it is this fact which forms the basis of the date for this camera. The Coronet Camera Co. operated out of Birmingham and concentrated upon the mass market, they are probably best known for their coloured Coronet Midget range of cameras that have, inexplicably, become spectacularly collectable.

Fonte: The Living Image


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Jupiter (1950)

Jupiter (1950)

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Características

The Jupiter camera was manufactured by Perico Producs, 623 Holloeay Road, London, in 1950. It was a plastic camera which captured 3x4cm frames on 127 rollfilm film. This candid type camera featured a fix focus lens and a simple time and instantaneous shutter working at 1/25 of a second. Film replacement was inconvenient due to the need to unscrew a fitting on the view finder and remove whole back to replace film.

Especificações

Manufactured: Perico Producs, London, England
Type: Viewfinder/box
In production: 1950 (at least)
Film type: 127 film, 4x4cm frames
Lens: plastic meniscus; two apertures ("colour" & "B-W").


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Agilux Agiflash 44 (1959-1964)

Agilux Agiflash 44 (1959-1964)

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Características

he Agiflash 44 was made in Croydon, England by the Agilux company from 1959-64. It succeeded the Bakelite Agiflash, and was initially made of black plastic with alloy pressings. It had a built-in flash bulb holder powered by a 22.5v battery in the base with a small flip-up cover. Opening this a small separate reflector was held in place by the tension of the cover spring. Later models had a dark grey plastic body with the top pressing replaced by a light grey plastic moulding with a larger flash reflector.

Images were 4x4cm on 127 film, with a lever advance. A small lever above the lens selects between two apertures, labelled "Colour" and "B-W".

The later plastic versions of this camera were also sold rebadged as Ilford Imp. There are also examples labelled in French.

Fonte: Camerapedia

he Agiflash 44 camera was manufactured by Agilux Ltd of Croydon, England from approximately 1959 to 1964. Constructed of black or Grey Bakelite plastic and with a metal faceplate and metal top cover. The grey colored models were manufactured after 1960. This camera was capable of capturing eight 4 x 6.5 exposures on number 127 roll film. It featured a film setting for B&W or colored film, a synchronized flash with a covered socket on the top of the camera to accept a no. 5 bulb.

Fonte: Historic Camera

AGI (Aeronautical and General Instruments Co. of Croydon, England), a maker of instruments for military purposes, was founded in 1915. In 1936 it was based in Croydon. It made a military aerial reflex camera which resembled the Reflex Korelle. After the war British imports of optical goods were limited so that it was an attractive opportunity for AGI to found Agilux Ltd. in 1946 (or 1947) as a subsidiary to make cameras for the civilian market. Among the first products was a civilian successor of AGI'S reflex camera, the Agiflex. As well as their own brand, Agilux made cameras for others, including Ilford. Most of AGI's products were slightly unusual in that AGI made all of the components, including the lenses and shutters. The company abandoned general camera production in the early 1960s (AGI filed patents for shutters in the 1980s[1]) AGI (now Aeronautical & General Instruments Ltd. in Poole, Dorset) still manufactures a wide range of instruments and systems, for the defence and civilian markets. These include a gun-barrel inspection camera.[2] The parent company AGI Holdings was bought by private equity firm J.F. Lehmann in 2014.[3]

Fonte: camera-wiki.org


Especificações

Manufactured: AGI, Croydon, England
Type: Viewfinder/box
In production: 1959-64
Film type: 127 film, 4x4cm frames
Lens: plastic meniscus; two apertures ("colour" & "B-W").


Fonte: Camerapedia


Modelo

A minha é do modelo postrior (dark grey plastic body with the top pressing replaced by a light grey plastic moulding with a larger flash reflector).


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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)

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Camerapedia

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The Brownie Camera Page

The George Eastman House Brownie Collection

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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


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Camerapedia
The Brownie Camera Page


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