Produced 1950-61 (1955) Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY USA Film type 620 rollfilm Picture size 6×6 Weight 15.5oz (439.4g) Lens single element meniscus Focal range assume 2m to infinity for most box cameras Shutter simple spring w/sliding aperture disc Shutter speeds one speed, about 1/30 (?) plus ‘B’ Viewfinder single mirror reflector Exposure meter none Overview OK I’ll admit I only bought this one so I could have an extra 620 spool for my Reflex II. I figured $2.75 plus shipping was a good deal for a spool with a camera around it. But to be fair, the Brownie Hawkeye is a cute, stylish little Art Deco-inspired bakelite box camera that takes decent 6×6 pictures with its simple meniscus lens. Besides, it was inevitable, really, how can any camera collection be complete without at least one Brownie? Kodak made a slew of cameras bearing the moniker ‘Brownie’ from roughly 1900 till the mid 1980s, ranging from box cameras to folders and frequently only having the name in common. The Brownie Hawkeye was available first as simply the Brownie Hawkeye camera and then flash capability was added to make it the Brownie Hawkeye Flash camera. Non-PC as usual for Kodak; this required a special Brownie flash called – wait for it – “Kodalite Flasholder Lumaclar Reflector”. Yikes. The original has a metal wind knob, the Flash model a plastic wind knob and the word ‘Flash’ on the frontispiece*. The non-flash model was only made for a couple of years and so is *slightly* more collectible. Maybe worth $10 instead of $5.