Kodak Brownie Super 27
image by Donna L. Burnett (Image rights) |
The Brownie Super 27 is a viewfinder camera taking 4x4cm images on 127 film. It was made in the USA by Kodak, from August 1961 - June 1965[1]. It has a built-in flash holder for AG-1 flashbulbs, covered by a door beside the lens. The f/8 Kodar lens has two aperture stops - "SUNNY" (f/13.5) and "CL'DY BR'T/FLASH" (f/8), selected by a knob on the front, between the viewfinder and lens. There are two focus zones, "CLOSE-UP" (3½-6ft) and "BEYOND 6ft". The shutter has two speeds, 1/80 when the flash door is closed, and 1/40 when open[2]. Winding the film cocks the shutter, hence preventing double-exposures.
There was an auto-exposure version of the Super 27, called the Brownie Auto 27.
Super 27, flash holder closed image by AWCam (Image rights) |
Super 27 image by Inspiredphotos (Image rights) |
Specifications
Super 27, flash holder open image by AWCam (Image rights) |
- Manufacturer: Kodak, USA
- Introduced: Aug 1961
- Withdrawn: June 1965
- Original cost: $19.00[3]
- Lens: Kodar, f8
- Shutter: Fixed 1/80th or 1/40th
- Film: 127
Notes
- ↑ Coe, Brian, Kodak Cameras - the First Hundred Years, Hove Foto Books, 1988
- ↑ Instruction Manual back cover
- ↑ History of Kodak Cameras (archived) at Kodak.com
Links
- Instruction Manual at Mike Butkus' Orphan Cameras
- Brownie Super 27 at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr (in French)
- Brownie Super 27 on Chuck Baker's Brownie Camera page includes photos with the case