For sale is a 1940s KODAK BROWNIE REFLEX SYNCHRO MODEL from the Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY. The Brownie Reflex Synchro Model was sold by Kodak from 1941 through 1952. This popular camera has a “twin-lens reflex” pattern with a large brilliant finder with folding hood. The camera used box roll 127 Film to take 1 5/8 inches by 1 5/8 inches square pictures. A roll of mystery film is actually loaded into the camera. This box camera is untested but the shutter clicks. Camera uses a single element meniscus lens. A nice collectible camera.
The Brownie Hawkeye Flash Model Camera is recognized as one of the most popular Brownie cameras made. It is easy to use and is still extremely popular with film photographers. The big square negatives it produces are large enough for contact prints or can be enlarged for spectacular sharp prints. The bulb setting for time exposures rounds off this great camera.
From the company’s founding by George Eastman in 1888, Kodak followed a business strategy of selling low profit margin cameras and then making large profit margins on consumables such as film, chemicals and paper. As late as 1976, Kodak commanded 90% of film sales and 85% of camera sales in the U.S. The emergence of digital cameras sparked a death spiral for this iconic American company.
