Kodak Brownie Bull's-Eye (1954–1960)
The Brownie Bull's-Eye is a solid-body, eye-level rollfilm camera that Kodak produced from August 1954 to October 1960. The body is molded plastic - a Bakelite box camera - and it shot 620 film, giving 2¼ × 3¼-inch pictures through a Twindar lens and a rotary shutter. It has an optical direct-vision finder and pin-and-screw flash contacts. The large shutter-release button sits on the front vertical edge, just ahead of the winding knob.
The design is credited to Arthur H. Crapsey, who also designed the successful Brownie Star series. Two versions were sold. The original was black and silver-grey, made from 1954 to August 1958. The "Gold-Version" has a gold-enameled, brass-colored front plate and black knobs, and was produced from September 1957 to October 1960. The gold version cost $15.00 at launch. The black model was $13.00.
Surviving information on this model is thin. No production numbers were recorded, and no period reviews have surfaced.
- Film: 620 rollfilm
- Picture size: 2¼ × 3¼ in
- Lens: Twindar
- Shutter: Rotary
- Introduced: August 1954
- Discontinued: October 1960
- Original price: $13.00 (black), $15.00 (gold)
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