Kodak Brownie 8mm
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Camera

Eastman Kodak Company

Maker
American, estab. 1892

Kodak Brownie 8mm

1953
Metal, glass and leather
Overall: 5 1/4 × 2 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (13.3 × 6.4 × 16.5 cm)
Gift of Craig Stapley
DescriptionBrown, chrome and brown leather-covered, 8mm, spring motorized motion picture camera with eye level view finder, f/1.9 lens and exposure guide. The camera accepts dual 25 foot spools.
Inscriptions Printed in silver and red on front of camera: Kodak Brownie / Printed in red and brown on plate around lens: 8 BRIGHT SUN, 5.6 HAZY SUN, 4 CLOUDY BRIGHT, 2.8 OPEN SHADE / Engraved in black on lens: Kodak Cine Ektanon Lens f/1.9 13mm / Printed in brown on exposure guide on left side of camera: AVERAGE SUBJECTS / Printed in red near door latch on left side of camera: OPEN, LOCK / Stamped in brown under rear view finder: 899008

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