No 2A Folding Rainbow Hawk-Eye Model B camera
No. 2A Folding Rainbow Hawkeye model B camera, no. 678468, 1931-32. Rollfilm 2 1/2 x 4 1/4 inch. Achromatic lens, iris diaphragm apertures 1-4. No 1 Kodex shutter, 25/50/B/T with cable release, sliding focusing with pip stops, rotating brilliant reflecting finder. Green bellows, body and baseboard. Overall (deployed): 200 mm x 92 mm x 160 mm.
No 2A Folding Rainbow Hawkeye Model B made by the Eastman Kodak Company in the United States, 1931-1933.
A folding roll film camera for 120 roll film covered in green leatherette, with green enamelled metal fittings. This camera was available in a range of colours, the price when new was $9.
Details
- Category:
- Photographic Technology
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/1104
- Materials:
- glass, metal (unknown), leatherette, cardboard and white metal
- Measurements:
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overall (deployed): 200 mm x 92 mm x 160 mm,
- type:
- rollfilm camera and folding camera
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
