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The [[Kodak]] Brownie Reflex was manufactured for over 20 years in the US and the UK. It was a simple bakelite body camera with a main lens and a second-surface keystone reflecting mirror viewfinder.  
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The '''[[Kodak]] Brownie Reflex''' non-synchronized camera was manufactured from May 1940 to Aug 1942 in the US. It has a simple [[Bakelite]] body camera with a main lens and a second-surface keystone reflecting mirror viewfinder. The viewfinder has a hinged sheet metal cover. The winder is on the base, which is removable for film loading. Note the lack of [[flash sync]]hronization terminals below the main lens on the earlier non-sync model.
  
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====specifications====
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The '''Kodak Brownie Reflex Synchro Model''' was manufactured from Sept 1941-May 1952 in the US and from 1946 to May 1960 [[Kodak Ltd.|in the UK]]; some were also made in Canada. Thus overall the model had a 20 year production run.
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The synchro model has a two-pin flash connector below the taking lens, and an extended screw on the top and extra lug on the side to connect the model-specific flash unit.
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A leather eveready-type case was available.
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The design was patented in 1940 by designer Henry O. Drotning as [http://www.google.com/patents?id=1w5xAAAAEBAJ&dq=camera+inassignee:kodak&as_drrb_ap=q&as_minm_ap=7&as_miny_ap=1936&as_maxm_ap=9&as_maxy_ap=1936&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=1&as_miny_is=1930&as_maxm_is=5&as_maxy_is=1945&num=30 US Patent D119931].
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== Specifications ==
 
*Type: Twin Lens reflex ([[TLR]])
 
*Type: Twin Lens reflex ([[TLR]])
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*Manufacturer: [[Kodak]]
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*Manufacturer: [[Kodak]] / [[Kodak Ltd.]]
 
*Year of launch: 1940
 
*Year of launch: 1940
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*Price: 5 USD
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*Price: 5.25 USD
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*Films: 127 roll film, exposure format 4&times;4 cm
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*Film: [[127 film|127 roll film]]
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*Format: 4cm&times;4cm
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*Exposures: 12
 
*Finder: reflex
 
*Finder: reflex
 
*Aperture: fixed
 
*Aperture: fixed
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*Shutter: I (instant) 1/30 sec and B (bulb) open while shutter release depressed
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*Lens: fixed-focus meniscus, 5 feet to infinity
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*Shutter: I (instantaneous) 1/30 sec and B ([[bulb mode]])
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=== Links ===
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*[http://www.onetwoseven.org.uk/cameras/kodak/breflex.html UK Brownie reflex page]
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*[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/kodak/html/Browniereflex.php Brownie Reflex]
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== Links ==
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*[https://www.butkus.org/chinon/kodak/kodak_brownie_reflex/kodak_brownie_reflex.htm Kodak Brownie Reflex user manual] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Butkus.org]
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*[https://twisted.org.uk/~moondog/127/cameras/kodak/breflex.html UK Brownie reflex page] at [https://twisted.org.uk/~moondog/127/ onetwoseven.org]
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*[http://www.brownie-camera.com/34.shtml Brownie Reflex Synchro model] on [http://www.brownie-camera.com Brownie-Camera.com]
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*[https://collections.eastman.org/objects/49092/brownie-reflex Brownie Reflex on George Eastman House site]
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*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/steevithak/sets/72157617021283260/ Brownie Reflex Synchro and photos taken with it]
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*[http://sites.google.com/site/delinfinitoalplanofocal/kodakbrowniereflex Kodak Brownie Reflex], by Daniel Jiménez, at [http://sites.google.com/site/delinfinitoalplanofocal/ Del infinito al plano focal] (in Spanish)
  
 
[[Category: USA]]
 
[[Category: USA]]
 
[[Category: Kodak|Brownie Reflex]]
 
[[Category: Kodak|Brownie Reflex]]
 
[[Category: K]]
 
[[Category: K]]
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[[Category: B|Brownie Reflex]]
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[[Category: B|Brownie Reflex Kodak]]
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[[Category: 127 film]]
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[[Category: Bakelite]]
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[[Category: 4x4 pseudo TLR]]
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[[Category:1940]]

Latest revision as of 05:51, 14 June 2022

5343915788_3910dabc1b_m.jpg
US non-synch model
with box for Synchro Model
image by Rick Soloway (Image rights)
2481109089_a5b5edf96e_m.jpg
Brownie Reflex
UK synchronised model
Note pins below taking lens for flash connection,
although UK model not labeled "Synchro".
image by AWCam (Image rights)
2481109189_80623a980a_o.jpg
Rear view; film carrier removed
Red window open
image by AWCam (Image rights)

The Kodak Brownie Reflex non-synchronized camera was manufactured from May 1940 to Aug 1942 in the US. It has a simple Bakelite body camera with a main lens and a second-surface keystone reflecting mirror viewfinder. The viewfinder has a hinged sheet metal cover. The winder is on the base, which is removable for film loading. Note the lack of flash synchronization terminals below the main lens on the earlier non-sync model.

The Kodak Brownie Reflex Synchro Model was manufactured from Sept 1941-May 1952 in the US and from 1946 to May 1960 in the UK; some were also made in Canada. Thus overall the model had a 20 year production run.

The synchro model has a two-pin flash connector below the taking lens, and an extended screw on the top and extra lug on the side to connect the model-specific flash unit.

A leather eveready-type case was available.

The design was patented in 1940 by designer Henry O. Drotning as US Patent D119931.

Specifications

  • Type: Twin Lens reflex (TLR)
  • Manufacturer: Kodak / Kodak Ltd.
  • Year of launch: 1940
  • Price: 5.25 USD
  • Film: 127 roll film
  • Format: 4cm×4cm
  • Exposures: 12
  • Finder: reflex
  • Aperture: fixed
  • Lens: fixed-focus meniscus, 5 feet to infinity
  • Shutter: I (instantaneous) 1/30 sec and B (bulb mode)


51825298058_aa10cbba2b_w_d.jpg
US Synchro Model with model-specific flash unit
image by Tarn McDaddo (Image rights)


Links

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