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Kodak Duex is a medium format film viewfinder like box camera made by Eastman Kodak Co. Rochester, N.Y., USA and produced between 1940-42. [1], [2]
Specifications[]
- Film: roll 620 film, picture size 4.5x6cm, a pseudo half-frame format for 620 film, takes 16 frames
- Lens: Kodak Doublet, fixed aperture f/11 , periscopic screw type collapsable
- Focus range: 6 feet +inf
- Focusing: fixed focus
- Shutter: one speed simple spring rotary shutter
- Speeds: I (instant) 1/30 +B; setting: by a lever on the lens-shutter barrel
- Cocking lever and Shutter release: by the same lever, with a security handle, on the lens-shutter barrel
- A mechanical stop prevents the shutter from being depressed until the lens is unscrewed to the taking position.
- Viewfinder: simple reverse telescopic finder
- Film advance knob: on the top plate
- Flash PC socket: none
- Cold-shoe: none
- Self-timer: none
- Back cover: removable, opens by a latch on the bottom plate, w/ red window
- Camera leg: below the lens-shutter barrel
- Tripod socket: ¼"
- Strap lugs: built-in neck strap
- Body: Bakelite and metal; Weight: 368g
- Serial no. none
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Collectors Guide to Kodak Cameras p.111
- ↑ McKeown's p.491