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<table><tr><td valign=top>The '''Kodak Brownie Twin 20''' is a moulded plastic box camera, produced by [[Kodak]] initially at Rochester, NY, USA, later in England.
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<table><tr><td valign=top>The '''Kodak Brownie Twin 20''' is a moulded plastic box camera, produced by [[Kodak]] initially at Rochester, NY, USA, later in England. It was similar to smaller Kodak cameras in [[Kodak Brownie Star series |the Star series]].
  
 
* Dates of production: April 1959 to September 1964.
 
* Dates of production: April 1959 to September 1964.
 
* Film: [[620_film#620_film | 620 ]], 12 6x6cm images
 
* Film: [[620_film#620_film | 620 ]], 12 6x6cm images
 
* Lens: continuous focusing 4ft-&#8734;, marked into zones; f/11, stops  for Exposure Values 13, 14 & 15
 
* Lens: continuous focusing 4ft-&#8734;, marked into zones; f/11, stops  for Exposure Values 13, 14 & 15
* Shutter: single-speed, with flash synch.
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* Shutter: single-speed, with [[flash sync]]h.
 
* screw and pin flash contacts
 
* screw and pin flash contacts
 
* Two viewfinders, eye- & waist-level
 
* Two viewfinders, eye- & waist-level
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Reference:
Coe, Brian, ''Kodak Cameras: The First Hundred Years'', p.60, Hove Foto Books, Hove, East Sussex, UK: 1988.
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* Coe, Brian, ''Kodak Cameras: The First Hundred Years'', p.60, Hove Foto Books, Hove, East Sussex, UK: 1988.
 
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Revision as of 02:33, 21 April 2009

The Kodak Brownie Twin 20 is a moulded plastic box camera, produced by Kodak initially at Rochester, NY, USA, later in England. It was similar to smaller Kodak cameras in the Star series.
  • Dates of production: April 1959 to September 1964.
  • Film: 620 , 12 6x6cm images
  • Lens: continuous focusing 4ft-∞, marked into zones; f/11, stops for Exposure Values 13, 14 & 15
  • Shutter: single-speed, with flash synch.
  • screw and pin flash contacts
  • Two viewfinders, eye- & waist-level
  • Winding knob on base, cocks shutter; roller on film is supposed to stop winding at correct point

Reference:

  • Coe, Brian, Kodak Cameras: The First Hundred Years, p.60, Hove Foto Books, Hove, East Sussex, UK: 1988.

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