Kodak Brownie Starlet
Brownie Starlet image by Silvio Tanaka (Image rights) |
The Brownie Starlet was a simple plastic point-and-shoot camera made by Kodak in 1956. It was one of the very successful "star" series of Brownies.
A similar camera, without the flash contacts, was the Brownie Bullet II, made in the US from August 1961 - November 1968, which was also made as the Rio-400 in Brazil. The Rio-400 was made in 1965 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Rio de Janeiro.
Rio-400 - made in Brazil image by John Kratz (Image rights) |
n.b. A different camera also called Brownie Starlet was made in the UK in 1953-4 for export to the US; this was a rebadged version of the Brownie 127
Specification
- Type: Viewfinder
- Manufacturer: Kodak, USA & France
- In production: July 1957-June 1962 (US, France)
- Film: 127, 4x4cm images.
- Lens: Dakon, two apertures
Source
- Coe, Brian, Kodak Cameras, the First Hundred Years, Hove Foto Books, 1987
Links
- Brownie Starlet photo on Flickr by Rick Soloway
- Starlet (French model), Starlet II, Starlet (US) on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand