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== Sources & Links == | == Sources & Links == | ||
* Coe, Brian, ''Kodak Cameras, the First Hundred Years'', Hove Foto Books, 1988 | * Coe, Brian, ''Kodak Cameras, the First Hundred Years'', Hove Foto Books, 1988 | ||
| − | * [http://www.brownie-camera.com/manuals/b44b | + | * [http://www.brownie-camera.com/manuals/b44b.pdf Brownie 44B user manual (pdf)] at [https://www.brownie-camera.com/index.shtml The Brownie Camera Page] |
* [http://licm.org.uk/livingImage/Kodak_44A.html Brownie 44A on the Living Image] | * [http://licm.org.uk/livingImage/Kodak_44A.html Brownie 44A on the Living Image] | ||
| − | * [http://www.secalis.co.uk/P127/B44a/B44aC.html Brownie 44A close-ups & 1961 advert] on [http://www.secalis.co.uk/P127/P127a.html Brian Price's Vintage 127 Cameras pages] | + | <!--Commented out link, page no longer present/available, please remove if not returned by 6/2023 -->* [http://www.secalis.co.uk/P127/B44a/B44aC.html Brownie 44A close-ups & 1961 advert] on [http://www.secalis.co.uk/P127/P127a.html Brian Price's Vintage 127 Cameras pages] --> |
*[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=306 Brownie 44A] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand (in French) | *[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=306 Brownie 44A] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand (in French) | ||
| + | *[https://www.browniecam.com/brownie_user_manuals/brownies44.pdf Kodak Brownie 44A & 44B Service manual (pdf)] at [https://www.browniecam.com/ Kodak Brownie Cameras] | ||
| − | [[Category: Kodak Ltd.]] | + | [[Category: Kodak Ltd.|Brownie 44A]] |
[[Category: K]] | [[Category: K]] | ||
| − | [[Category: B|Brownie 44A | + | [[Category: B|Brownie 44A Kodak Ltd.]] |
| + | [[Category:4x4 viewfinder]] | ||
| + | [[Category:127 film]] | ||
[[Category: UK]] | [[Category: UK]] | ||
[[Category:1959]] | [[Category:1959]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:16, 17 June 2022
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| Brownie 44B image by Paul Analog (Image rights) |
The Kodak Brownie 44A and 44B are viewfinder cameras made in the UK by Kodak Ltd. They are designed for twelve square 15/8x15/8inch (~4x4cm) images on 127 film.
The 44A has a fixed-focus lens with two apertures and a single-speed shutter; the 44B has a focusing lens and variable aperture (f8-f16) and shutter (1/60, 1//30 +B) and double-exposure prevention. Both are fitted for a screw-and-pin flash gun.
The body is mostly plastic, but with an alloy back plate and chromed end plates. The 44A features a plastic ever-ready case, which fits on to lugs in the base and folds over the front to clip over top plate. A more conventional leather case was available for the 44B.
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| Brownie 44A with clip-on case image by AWCam (Image rights) |
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| 44B with leather case image by AWCam (Image rights) |
The 44A & B were designed by Kenneth Grange, who also designed other Kodak cameras such as the Brownie Vecta.
The Kodak Autosnap is based on the same body.
Brownie 44A
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Brownie 44B
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Sources & Links
- Coe, Brian, Kodak Cameras, the First Hundred Years, Hove Foto Books, 1988
- Brownie 44B user manual (pdf) at The Brownie Camera Page
- Brownie 44A on the Living Image
- Brownie 44A close-ups & 1961 advert on Brian Price's Vintage 127 Cameras pages -->
- Brownie 44A on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand (in French)
- Kodak Brownie 44A & 44B Service manual (pdf) at Kodak Brownie Cameras
