Kodak Brownie Hawkeye question

skyrick · May 8, 2009

Yeah, I know; everyone has one of these mass produced point & clicks somewhere. I recently rebuilt and cleaned the one that took my baby pictures circa 1954-56. Luckily it's one of the models that will accept 120 in the feed side (thus my rationalization for posting this in the MF forum).
I've rigged a crude tripod mount and am shooting some Ilford SFX 200 (just for BW, not IR). and started wondering... (here comes the question)

Does anyone know what size aperture and shutter speed this thing shoots?

Thanks,
Rick

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hi rick

i just googled "hawkeye + shutter"
and got something like f11 and 1/50thS

i am not sure which model hawkeye you have
there seem to have been a lot of them ..
mine was a hawkeye flashfun that took 127 film ...

have fun!
john

skyrick · May 9, 2009

jnanian said:
hi rick

i just googled "hawkeye + shutter"
and got something like f11 and 1/50thS

i am not sure which model hawkeye you have
there seem to have been a lot of them ..
mine was a hawkeye flashfun that took 127 film ...

have fun!
john

Thanks, that seems to jive with the depth of field I'm getting. Mine is the Hawkeye Flash model.

chriscrawfordphoto · May 9, 2009

I have a couple of those, I didn't know any of them could take 120 in the feed position. I'll have to dig them out and look

skyrick · May 9, 2009

chriscrawfordphoto said:
I have a couple of those, I didn't know any of them could take 120 in the feed position. I'll have to dig them out and look

I think its the models up to '55-'57, when Kodak figured out that they could shrink the feed spool slot and sell 620. Profit motive, y'know.

Rick

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