Saturday, 11 February 2012

127 camera No.9 - Kodak Brownie 44A

Kodak Brownie 44A by pho-Tony
Kodak Brownie 44A, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.
The 44A has a single shutter speed and 2 apertures, there is no focus control. I also have a 44B, which has a 3 speed shutter, 3 apertures and focussing, unfortunately the shutter doesn't work on that one, but I hope I may be coax it back to life so that I can use it later this year.
After shooting half a roll in the Gevalux 144, I transferred the film into this camera to finish it off.

2 comments:

  1. So I'm assuming that the "12" and "13" are the apertures. Any idea why those numbers are used? Any idea why it's called a "'Dakon' Lens Mount 320"? Thanks for this blog! We don't see nearly this variety of 127 cameras in the U.S.

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  2. I believe the 12 and 13 are "EV" or "exposure value", a system that related to the aperture/shutter speed combination. For example, EV12 might be 1/60th at f8, and all the equivalent settings (1/30th at f11, 1/15th at f16 etc etc). There's a more deatiled explanation here:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposure_value

    Not sure about the lens mount 320, if I find out I'll let you know...

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