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| − | *[https://www.brownie-camera.com/manuals/bflashii.pdf Kodak Brownie Flash II | + | *[https://www.brownie-camera.com/manuals/bflashii.pdf Kodak Brownie Flash II user manual (pdf)] at [https://www.brownie-camera.com/index.shtml The Brownie Camera Page] |
| + | *[https://www.butkus.org/chinon/kodak/kodak_brownie_flash_iv/kodak_brownie_flash_iv.htm Kodak Brownie Flash IV user manual] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Butkus.org] | ||
* [http://www.brownie-camera.com/22.shtml Flash II], [http://www.brownie-camera.com/22b.shtml Flash II (Australia)], [http://www.brownie-camera.com/23.shtml Flash III], [http://www.brownie-camera.com/24.shtml Flash IV] on [http://www.brownie-camera.com/index.shtml Chuck Baker's Brownie Camera Page]. | * [http://www.brownie-camera.com/22.shtml Flash II], [http://www.brownie-camera.com/22b.shtml Flash II (Australia)], [http://www.brownie-camera.com/23.shtml Flash III], [http://www.brownie-camera.com/24.shtml Flash IV] on [http://www.brownie-camera.com/index.shtml Chuck Baker's Brownie Camera Page]. | ||
* [https://www.browniecam.com/portfolio-items/100-brownie-flash-ii-camera-front-with-white-border/?portfolioCats=55 Flash II], [https://www.browniecam.com/portfolio-items/120-brownie-flash-ii-camera/?portfolioCats=56 Flash II (Australia)], [https://www.browniecam.com/portfolio-items/102-brownie-flash-iii-camera-front-with-white-border/?portfolioCats=55 Flash III], [https://www.browniecam.com/portfolio-items/104-brownie-flash-iv-camera/?portfolioCats=55 Flash IV] on [https://www.browniecam.com/ Kodak Brownie Cameras]. | * [https://www.browniecam.com/portfolio-items/100-brownie-flash-ii-camera-front-with-white-border/?portfolioCats=55 Flash II], [https://www.browniecam.com/portfolio-items/120-brownie-flash-ii-camera/?portfolioCats=56 Flash II (Australia)], [https://www.browniecam.com/portfolio-items/102-brownie-flash-iii-camera-front-with-white-border/?portfolioCats=55 Flash III], [https://www.browniecam.com/portfolio-items/104-brownie-flash-iv-camera/?portfolioCats=55 Flash IV] on [https://www.browniecam.com/ Kodak Brownie Cameras]. | ||
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| Kodak Brownie Flash II, from Australia and England image by camera.etcetera (Image rights) |
The Kodak Brownie Flash II, III and IV were box cameras, taking 2¼ × 3¼" exposures on type 620 film. Construction was of sheet metal, with plastic shutter-release button and advance knob; they were made by Kodak Ltd. in England from 1957-1960. They were improved versions of the Brownie Models C, D, E, and F.
The Flash II and III were black with a green-striped front panel; the Flash IV was brown with gilt-effect finish on the exposed metal parts and a light-coloured leather-effect covering on the body. It is very similar to the Flash B model, but adds a tripod bush and has differently-shaped close-up and filter sliders. The Flash II had a slider for close-ups and a tripod bush, the Flash III and IV had the close-up slider and added a yellow "cloud" filter, a cable release socket plus a shutter lock to prevent accidental exposures (with care, this can be used to give 'T' shutter for very long exposure, but a locking cable release is better).
Each was synchronised for flash with Kodak's screw-and-pin flash fitting on the opposite side to the controls.
Some 500,000 Flash II models were also made in Melbourne, Australia by Kodak Pty Ltd., between 1958 and 1963 - a country with a population of under 10.4 million in 1960[1].
Contents
Specifications
- Camera type: box camera
- Manufacturer: Kodak Ltd., UK
- Year of launch:
- Flash II: 1956 (UK), 1958 (Aus)
- Flash III: 1957
- Flash IV: 1957
- Withdrawn:
- Flash II: 1959 (UK), 1963 (Aus)
- Flash III: 1960
- Flash IV: 1959;
- Film: type 620 roll film
- Lens/Shutter:
- Flash II: Kodet with close-up lens
- Flash III, IV: f/14 Kodet with close-up lens and yellow filter
References
McKeown, p480
Links
- Kodak Brownie Flash II user manual (pdf) at The Brownie Camera Page
- Kodak Brownie Flash IV user manual at Butkus.org
- Flash II, Flash II (Australia), Flash III, Flash IV on Chuck Baker's Brownie Camera Page.
- Flash II, Flash II (Australia), Flash III, Flash IV on Kodak Brownie Cameras.
- Flash II (UK), Flash II (Oz), Flash III, and Flash IV on http://www.collection-appareils.fr (in French)
- 1959 advertisement for Brownie Flash II at Trove
Gallery
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| Brownie Flash II, showing screw & pin flash contacts image by AWCam (Image rights) |
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| Brownie Flash II, with Brownie Flash Holder 3 image by AWCam (Image rights) |
