Kodak Brownie - exposure question

Wondering is anyone knows what the equivilant aperature/shutter speed is of
the Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash Model.

photo wrote:
Wondering is anyone knows what the equivilant aperature/shutter
speed is of the Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash Model.

Most cameras like that were about 1/30 (1/25). No idea of aperture, guess
around f 11 maybe f 16
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I would think more along the lines of 1/50th with an f11 aperture. The
manuals for these cameras usually printed that information in the back, since
the average Kodak Brownie customer wasn't really exposure savvy. If you're
using Efke's 127 film, you're going to need a "pull" if shooting in daylight
since you'll be shooting at around EI 25, unless you use a neutral density
filter. Meniscus cameras with exposure control are rare. A handful of the
Brownies did have some exposure control, but I believe that most of those had
three element "focusing" lens designs.

dadiOH wrote:

photo wrote:
Wondering is anyone knows what the equivilant aperature/shutter
speed is of the Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash Model.

Most cameras like that were about 1/30 (1/25). No idea of aperture, guess
around f 11 maybe f 16
.
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photo wrote:
Wondering is anyone knows what the equivilant aperature/shutter
speed is of the Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash Model.

Most cameras like that were about 1/30 (1/25). No idea of aperture, guess
around f 11 maybe f 16
.

According to "Collector's Guide to Kodak Cameras", the lens is Menicus f15,
shutter is rotary with flash sync. The camera was made from 1950 to 1961 and
sold for $7.00.
Another poster in this thread mentioned 127 film. The book doesn't spec film
type, but it does say the image size is 2.25 square (same as Hasselblad!). I
would suspect the film type is 620.

Ken Hart

You are correct, but the Hawkeye "Flashfun" model used 127 film. The Hawkeye
Flash you're mentioning is an earlier model that did use 620 film.

Ken Hart wrote:

"dadiOH" wrote in message
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photo wrote:
Wondering is anyone knows what the equivilant aperature/shutter
speed is of the Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash Model.

Most cameras like that were about 1/30 (1/25). No idea of aperture, guess
around f 11 maybe f 16
.

According to "Collector's Guide to Kodak Cameras", the lens is Menicus f15,
shutter is rotary with flash sync. The camera was made from 1950 to 1961 and
sold for $7.00.
Another poster in this thread mentioned 127 film. The book doesn't spec film
type, but it does say the image size is 2.25 square (same as Hasselblad!). I
would suspect the film type is 620.

Ken Hart