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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] | * [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] |
Revision as of 05:03, 17 June 2022
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.
Brownie 44A with clip-on case image by AWCam (Image rights) |
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)