The Antique Kodak Brownie Camera
George Eastman was the creator of the Kodak camera, and designed the Brownie camera in 1898. It was released to the world in February 1900 this brownie camera is probably one of the most best known of all the different antique cameras. The brownie camera made low cost photography and the concept of snap shots popular. It was designed to be affordable and so people would use it and make the use of cameras more popular. It allowed people to take photos of intimate family things such as birthdays and parties, or even funerals rather than photos just bring taken by the professionals. It also was the first hand-held camera and most simple camera of its time, that a child could even use it . And George Eastman tapped into the cartoon business by naming his camera after a popular cartoon character of which Palmer Cox created. This shows a clever side of George Eastman and shows how he had a business type mind. There are so many different variations and types of the brownie camera.
Here are a few of the dimensions and information about a No.0 Kodak brownie camera:
Size of the film is 127, picture size is 1 5/8 x 2 1/2", manufactured in US and assembled in UK, lens type is Meniscus, shutter type is Rotary, and original price back then would be $1.25. It would consist of card and wood, and two reflecting finders, hinged with triangular catches. Rough estimate of the price it would be worth now-a-days would be between $20 and $30.
This is just one type of Kodak brownie camera, there are also the Brownie Starmite, brownie Flash, brownie target six-16, baby brownie and so much more. With the help of this article and information I hope you now know a bit more about Kodak Brownie cameras and that you learned all you wanted to know about them.
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