1950-1961 / Kodak Eastman Brownie Hawkeye Flash Model / Vintage Camera

The Kodak Eastman Brownie Hawkeye Flash Model, produced between 1950 and 1961 by the Eastman Kodak Company, is a medium-format box camera known for its simplicity and reliability. It uses 620 roll film to produce twelve 6x6cm square exposures per roll, featuring a fixed-focus 81mm f/15 single-element meniscus lens with a fixed aperture around f/16 and a rotary shutter with speeds approximately between 1/30 and 1/60 of a second, plus a bulb mode for long exposures. The camera body is made of molded Bakelite plastic with an integrated vinyl handle and a waist-level, uncorrected viewfinder. It was updated from the original Hawkeye to include a flash mount compatible with Kodak pin-and-screw flashes, making it suitable for low-light photography. Its straightforward design and ease of use made it a popular camera in the 1950s, weighing about 460 grams and lacking metering, battery, or focus adjustment, designed for the everyday snapshot without complexity.