Eastman Kodak. Brownie Hawkeye Camera Flash Model

Description

Eastman Kodak. Brownie Hawkeye Camera Flash Model
Type: Box rollfilm
Introduced: May 1949
Discontinued: July 1961
Film size: 620
Picture size: 2 1/4 X 2 1/4"
Manufactured: US - Brownie Hawkeye & Brownie Hawkeye Flash Model
Manufactured: France - Brownie Flash Camera
Lens: Meniscus
Shutter: Rotary
Original price: Hawkeye .50 Flash .00
Brownie Hawkeye
Camera Flash Model
This camera does not take 120 film
Load with
Kodak 620 Film
Made in Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A. by
Eastman Kodak Company
Trade Mark Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.
VSRM
-- Insides - Nameplate.
Although the nameplate clearly states that "This camera does not take 120 film," the Brownie Camera website says that "most will accept 120 film without respooling it onto 620 spools making it even easier to shoot with."  Either way, respooled film is available and easy to do yourself.
Description:
The much loved Brownie Hawkeye cameras have a moulded bakelite body and use a brilliant viewfinder. May 1949-Nov 1951: This is the Brownie Hawkeye non-synchronised non-flash model. Sept 1950-July 1961: This is the Brownie Hawkeye Flash Model which is capable of accepting a wide range of Kodak pin and screw flash attachments. This same camera was also manufactured in France as Brownie Flash Camera.
The Brownie Hawkeye Flash Model Camera is recognized as one of the most popular Brownie cameras made. It is easy to use and is still extremely popular with film photographers because it's cheap to buy, it comes apart easily for lens and viewfinder cleaning, and most will accept 120 film without respooling it onto 620 spools making it even easier to shoot with. The big square negatives it produces are large enough for contact prints or can be enlarged for spectacular sharp prints. The bulb setting for time exposures rounds off this great camera.
This beautiful camera was designed by Arthur H. Crapsey, the designer of many other popular Kodak cameras.
-- https://www.brownie-camera.com/27.shtml
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***bill339 » Sat Feb 14, 2015 7:09 am
The Kodak Brownie Hawkeye camera was very popular back in the 1950s, and sold like hot-cakes for over a decade. They were cheap, easy to use, and produced sharp 3 1/2” x 3 1/2” prints taken from about 10' to infinity with the non-focusing, internal lens. Baby Boomers and even younger people are getting acquainted with the camera their parents or grandparents used.
The Kodak Brownie Hawkeye camera was made for 620 medium format film, which is no longer commercially available. 120 film is still available, and is exactly the same as 620 film, the only difference is in the size of the spools and the 120 film can be transferred to the 620 spool.
The camera was introduced in 1950 for .00 and the last one was made in July of 1961. A non-synchronized model was produced from May 1949 to November of 1951 known as simply the Brownie Hawkeye and the camera was also produced in France with the name Brownie Flash Camera. It has a Meniscus lens, Rotary shutter, and accepts a wide range of Kodak pin and screw flash attachments. This beautiful camera was designed by Arthur H. Crapsey, the designer of many popular Kodak cameras of that era.