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The camera was sold only through premium advertising promotions. | The camera was sold only through premium advertising promotions. | ||
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* '''Type:''' 120 Roll Film - 6x9 folding camera. | * '''Type:''' 120 Roll Film - 6x9 folding camera. | ||
| − | * '''Size:''' | + | * '''Size (WxHxD):''' 182 mm x 104 mm x 38 mm (closed), 182 mm x 104 mm x 122 mm (open). |
| − | * '''Image Format:''' | + | * '''Image Format:''' 6 x 9 medium format |
| − | * '''Lens:''' | + | * '''Lens:''' 105mm single element meniscus (unmarked) |
* '''Apertures:''' f/16, f/22 and f/32 | * '''Apertures:''' f/16, f/22 and f/32 | ||
* '''Shutter:''' Rotary | * '''Shutter:''' Rotary | ||
* '''Focusing:''' Fixed, most likely 5ft to infinity | * '''Focusing:''' Fixed, most likely 5ft to infinity | ||
| − | * '''Shutter Speeds:''' Instant and Time | + | * '''Shutter Speeds:''' Instant (most likely around 1/30th) and Time |
* '''Viewfinder''' Waist level finder. | * '''Viewfinder''' Waist level finder. | ||
* '''Film Loading''' Manual - hinged back. | * '''Film Loading''' Manual - hinged back. | ||
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The Kodak No. 2 Hawkette was a folding camera using 120 roll film, made by Kodak in 1930. The body is mottled brown Bakelite with art-deco details.
The camera was sold only through premium advertising promotions.
Specifications
- Type: 120 Roll Film - 6x9 folding camera.
- Size (WxHxD): 182 mm x 104 mm x 38 mm (closed), 182 mm x 104 mm x 122 mm (open).
- Image Format: 6 x 9 medium format
- Lens: 105mm single element meniscus (unmarked)
- Apertures: f/16, f/22 and f/32
- Shutter: Rotary
- Focusing: Fixed, most likely 5ft to infinity
- Shutter Speeds: Instant (most likely around 1/30th) and Time
- Viewfinder Waist level finder.
- Film Loading Manual - hinged back.
- Film Transport Manual wind knob
- Flash Contact: None
- Tripod Socket: None
References
- Coe, Brian, Kodak Cameras, the First Hundred Years, p.115 & p.59, Hove Foto Books, 1988.
Links
- No.2 Hawkette on Walker Mangum's Kodak collection site
- Kodak No.2 Hawkette on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand
