Brownie Starmite Camera

PART OF:: The Kodak Museum Collection

Made:: 1961-1966 in Rochester

Plastic bodied camera for 127 rollfilm 1 5/8 x 2 1/2 inches. Fitted with a Dakon lens, rotating plate with two apertures, EV 13 and 14 ( colour and B/W). Instantaneous shutter, built in flash gun with 5cm diameter polished reflector for capless flash bulbs. Spent bulb ejector, optical direct vision finder, and flash gun. Eastman Kodak, 1961-1966

Details

Category:: Photographic Technology

Collection:: Kodak Collection

Object Number:: 1990-5036/1672

Materials:: glass and plastic

type:: box camera

credit:: The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford

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Brownie Starmite Camera

Plastic bodied Brownie Starmite camera for 127 rollfilm 1 5/8 x 2 1/2 inches. Fitted with a Dakon lens, rotating plate with two apertures, EV 13 and 14 ( colour and B/W). Instantaneous shutter, built in flash gun with 5cm diameter polished reflector for capless flash bulbs. Spent bulb ejector, optical direct vision finder, and flash gun. Eastman Kodak, 1961-1966