127 format roll film
What is it? This is a Baby Brownie Special made by the Eastman Kodak Corporation between the years of 1939 and 1952. This model was an upgrade from the simpler Baby Brownie by adding a fixed telescopic viewfinder an integrated shutter release button, and a cloth carrying handle. Later models …
What is it? This is a Kodak Vollenda 48, a folding camera that shoots 3cm x 4cm images on 127 film. It was originally made by Nagel Kamera-Werke and later by Kodak AG in Stuttgart, Germany between the years of 1929 and 1937. The Vollenda was one of Dr. August …
What is it? This is a Brownie Starmatic made by the Eastman Kodak Company of Rochester, NY between the years of 1959 and 1963. It was the first Brownie camera to have both an exposure meter and automatic exposure. It is a simple, mostly plastic camera that used 127 roll …
What is it? This is a Bilora Bella medium format scale focus camera made by Kürbi & Niggeloh of Radevormwald, West Germany between the years of 1955 and 1958. The name Bilora Bella was the name of a long running series of inexpensive and simple, but attractive cameras made by the company …
What is it? This is a Detrola Model E camera made by the Detrola Corp out of Detroit, MI. Detrola was better known for its successful line of radios and record players in the 30s and 40s. Perhaps trying to mimic the success of Ann Arbor, MI based Argus by …
What is it? This is a Foth Derby folding strut camera made in Germany by C.F. Foth & Co. The Foth Derby was in production from 1930 to about 1940 and was designed as a lower cost alternative to Leica and Contax cameras of the time. It was a direct competitor …
This is a Yashica 44 Twin Lens Reflex camera made by the Yashica Company, Ltd, in 1958. The Yashica 44 is designed for 127 film unlike most other TLRs of the time which used either 120 or 620 film. Using 127 film, this camera made images that were 4cm x 4cm, …
This the Bell & Howell Electric Eye 127 camera made in the United States around 1958. As the name implies, it uses 127 roll film and takes twelve 4cm x 4cm exposures. Although a simple box camera with a fixed focus, a single speed shutter, and very little manual control, …
