No 2 Portrait Brownie Model F Camera
Box camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with a meniscus lens, sliding plate with three apertures, rotary shutter T/I, portrait lens on spring loaded lever with two brilliant reflecting finder. In brown leatherette. 1929-1935.
Brownie No 2 Model F portrait camera made by Kodak Limited in England, 1929-1935.
A simple box-form metal bodied camera for 2 ¼" by 3 ¼" photographs on 120 size rollfilm. It is fitted with a meniscus lens and a supplementary portrait lens on a spring-loaded lever. This model was the first design to be produced by the new Kodak camera factory at Harrow and was made in a variety of coloured finishes - grey, claret, brown, red, green and blue as well as black.
Details
- Category:
- Photographic Technology
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/1661
- Materials:
- metal (unknown), leatherette and glass
- Measurements:
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overall: 107 mm x 77 mm x 144 mm,
- type:
- box camera and rollfilm camera
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford