Antique_Camera_Guy
Brownie Hawkeye Flash
This is the Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash Model; it is a box type camera which I believe was produced from the mid 1950's to early 1960s. The camera shown is a later model due to its plastic advance knob.
Although the camera as originally designed for 620 film (which is no longer made), it works quite well with a standard roll of 120 film. Despite a common misconception about this camera, no modifications to the spool and no re-pooling of the film are required. A 120 film spool fits rather nicely in the reserve part of the film chamber. However you do need an original 620 spool for the take-up. (Remember to ask the photofinisher to return the spool!)
On a standard roll of 120, you will get 12 shots; the frames on the negative square 6x6. For this camera I would recommend using a slower speed of film; I find that Fujifilm Reala 100 ISO on a nice bright sunny day works quite well.
You can get some pretty sharp pictures with this camera; it makes for very nice landscape pictures. This camera is relatively common and will typically go for about $10 to $15 (depending on the condition) It is a nice camera to get into box camera collecting and/or medium format photography.
A downloable PDF of the manual for this camera can be found at:
www.butkus.org/chinon/kodak/kodak_brownie_hawkeye/kodak_b...
Brownie Hawkeye Flash
This is the Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash Model; it is a box type camera which I believe was produced from the mid 1950's to early 1960s. The camera shown is a later model due to its plastic advance knob.
Although the camera as originally designed for 620 film (which is no longer made), it works quite well with a standard roll of 120 film. Despite a common misconception about this camera, no modifications to the spool and no re-pooling of the film are required. A 120 film spool fits rather nicely in the reserve part of the film chamber. However you do need an original 620 spool for the take-up. (Remember to ask the photofinisher to return the spool!)
On a standard roll of 120, you will get 12 shots; the frames on the negative square 6x6. For this camera I would recommend using a slower speed of film; I find that Fujifilm Reala 100 ISO on a nice bright sunny day works quite well.
You can get some pretty sharp pictures with this camera; it makes for very nice landscape pictures. This camera is relatively common and will typically go for about $10 to $15 (depending on the condition) It is a nice camera to get into box camera collecting and/or medium format photography.
A downloable PDF of the manual for this camera can be found at:
www.butkus.org/chinon/kodak/kodak_brownie_hawkeye/kodak_b...