Brownie 127
Type: Solid body eyelevel rollfilm
Introduced: 1952
Discontinued: 1959
Film size: 127
Picture size: 1 5/8 X 2 1/2"
Manufactured: UK
Lens: Meniscus f/14, 65mm
Shutter: Single speed 1/50 sec
Numbers made: Millions (1,000,000 by Aug 1954)
Original Price: $4.75
Description:
Moulded smooth plastic body with broad
horizontal steps; optical direct vision
finder. Between May 1953 and Sept 1954
263,000 of these cameras were exported
to America.
Variations:
1952-55: Plain lens face plate
1956-59: Cross-hatched face lens plate
Approximate worth: $12-18