Well, it seems as if everyone in America had, at some point in the 50s or 60s, one of these little marvels in his home (my own parents did), and for a damn good reason: for a simple box camera it could, and still can, shoot some sharp images.
Producing 12 6x6 pictures on now-defunct 620 film, the Hawkeye had a single shutter speed, single fixed-focus aperture, and a time slide. I remember as a kid being fascinated by the great sound the shutter made when I'd push the big, knurled button.
OK, truth time: I've owned several Hawkeyes over the past several years, and I can't state with absolute certainty as to which model the following images came from, but I do affirm (solemnly) that it was a Brownie Hawkeye that shot them.
Producing 12 6x6 pictures on now-defunct 620 film, the Hawkeye had a single shutter speed, single fixed-focus aperture, and a time slide. I remember as a kid being fascinated by the great sound the shutter made when I'd push the big, knurled button.
OK, truth time: I've owned several Hawkeyes over the past several years, and I can't state with absolute certainty as to which model the following images came from, but I do affirm (solemnly) that it was a Brownie Hawkeye that shot them.
