Kodak Brownie Reflex 20
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| Brownie Reflex 20 with flash image by Donald Poirier (Image rights) |
The Brownie Reflex 20 is a pseudo-TLR camera for 2¼-inch square exposures on 620 film, made by Kodak from 1959-66. The body of the camera is made from brown-black bakelite or a similar resin plastic.
It has a single-speed shutter and three aperture settings, labelled as EV 13, 14 and 15, corresponding to f/11, 16 and 22 for a shutter time of 1/50 second. These are three fixed apertures in a sliding plate, not settings on an iris; intermediate aperture values cannot be set. The lens has three focus zones, 'Close-ups'; 4-6 ft, 'Groups'; 6-12 ft, and 'Scenes'; 12 ft - infinity.[1]
The large, bright viewfinder has a folding aluminium hood. Although the camera gives a full 2¼-inch square picture, the viewfinder has frame-lines for use if it is intended to clip reversal film (Ektachrome) down to 4-cm square 'superslides', and the instructions refer to a slide-viewer and projectors available for these. McKeown notes the similarity of the camera to the Brownie Starflex, which gives 4x4-cm images on 127 film.[2] That camera is an updated model of the 1940s Brownie Reflex, also for 127 film.
The film advance knob is on the bottom of the camera. There is also a sliding button (Lock/Open) to lock the film-carrier in the camera body.[1] There is a red window in the back of the camera, used only to advance a new film to frame 1; after this, the camera has 'auto-stop' winding, and the red window can be closed with a built-in cover. There is another sliding button on the bottom (Load/Exp 1-12) to disengage the auto-stop during film loading.
The camera has synchronisation contacts for a bulb flash, as pictured here.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brownie Reflex 20 instructions at Mike Butkus' Orphan Cameras
- ↑ McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). p483-4.
