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The Kodak Brownie Reflex non-synchronized camera was manufactured from May 1940 to Aug 1942 in the US. It had a simple Bakelite body camera with a main lens and a second-surface keystone reflecting mirror viewfinder. The viewfinder had a hinged sheet metal cover. The winder was on the base, which was removable for film loading. Note the lack of flash synchronization terminals below the main lens on the 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 Candada. Thus overall the model had a 20 year production run. The synchro model had a two-pin flash connector below the taking lens, and had the shutter selector inverted.
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)
Links
- UK Brownie reflex page
- Brownie Reflex on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand
- Brownie Reflex Synchro model on Brownie-Camera.com
- Brownie Reflex on George Eastman House site
- Brownie Reflex Synchro and photos taken with it
- Kodak Brownie Reflex, by Daniel Jiménez, at Del infinito al plano focal (in Spanish)