Serial Number: Cam0046
Type:
Twin Lens reflex (TLR)
Manufacturer:
Kodak / Kodak Ltd.
Country of Origin:
US
Production Period:
1940 - 1942
Approximate Price:
-
Reference:
-
Status: Display
Description:
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
Canada. 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
- 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)
