Hawkeye Close-up Attachment

Is there a way to sucessfully take closeups with a Hawkeye? Is the

close-up attachment available anywhere? Is there an alternative

Last month I purchased a small lot, (6 total), of old, original Kodak

Brownie camera manuals. I own a really nice Hawkeye Flash, and one

of the manuals I purchased was for this camera. Inside the manual,

it mentioned using Kodak series 13 close-up attachments with this

model. A quick look on Ebay found a small lot of mint condition

series 13 filters and a close-up lens. I made a bid, and won this

lot as well.

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I am hoping that I will be able to use these accessories with my

Hawkeye. Although I am by no means an expert, I will certainly let

you know what I find out when these items arrive. I am equally

interested as you are on this subject, so hopefully one of the more

knowlegeable collectors will make a few comments as well.

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By the way, I have a respectable Kodak collection going right now,

and I have recently aquired a beautiful mint set of Baby Brownies -

an older Baby Brownie, and a Baby Brownie special. I am anxious to

try both of these cameras out as soon as the weather gets a little

better out here in Oregon.

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Best wishes to you and to all of the Brownie collectors out there!

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Ned

Ben, I found a close-up attachment #13 at Goodwinphoto.com, for $1.95

(but the shipping cost was twice as much, go figure), and have used

it a couple of times, for portraits. If you remember to tilt the

camera upward slightly, to allow for parallax (whatever that means),

and stand no closer to your subject than 3 feet, your pics will turn

out great!

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Good luck! Pete Lutz