You push the button, we do the rest

[matthew_rusbarsky]

<p>My Hawkeye is the older version with the glass lens and metal rewind knob. The results are always a pleasant surprise. $5 and change in 1950, worth about $5 today. <br>

<img src="http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m137/Proteus617/HF/img003a640x.jpg" alt="" /></p>

 

[ernest-b]

<p>That's a very attractive and interesting composition. The tonality contributes a lot.</p>

[rick_drawbridge]

<p>Great pic, Matthew, it has all the brooding quality of a great cityscape. To me, worth much more than $5, any year...</p>

[john_golden2]

<p>love it!, i bought one of these cameras at the flea market a few years back for 4.00, never did use it. thinking now i might take it out for a spin. </p>

[Two23]

<p>I have a 1959 version. It's what got me into classic cameras this year. Always a surprise what it comes up with.</p>

<p>Kent in SD</p>

[travis_bushue]

<p>Nice shot Matthew. Those cameras are fun to use. I am curious, do you have information that could help sort the dates / features of these cameras? I have a few of this model, some with a plastic knob, some with a metal knob, and I have no idea on the dates beyond what a few sites give as generic manufacturing dates. Also of interest to me is that of the glass lens dates? Anyway, here's a <a href="../photo/11251173">link</a> to my "smoothest" looking BHF, perhaps you could have a look and tell me a ballpark idea of the dates for it. Thanks!</p>

[Two23]

<p>I got a lot of info from this link:<br>

<a href="http://www.brownie-camera.com/">http://www.brownie-camera.com/</a></p>

<p>Kent in SD</p>

[travis_bushue]

<p>Thanks Kent. I have been to that site before as they have a lot of general information. What I was hoping to find out -and it's not super important- is what dates corresponded to the different features like the metal knob -vs- the plastic knob.</p>

[matthew_rusbarsky]

<p>Travis-Wow. That's a nice looking camera. Most Hawkeye Flashes have a 4 letter "Camerosity" code stamped inside on the film transport. C=1,A=2, etc. It translates into MM/YY. I've also heard that Kodak worked on 4 week per month, 13 month schedule, so you could end up with date 13/XX. Cameras without the 4 letter code were made before 1950. I'm pretty sure none of those had the flash sync. Also, the Hawkeye Flash was made in a few different locations and a few different countries so the variants seem to overlap a year or two.<br>

Edit-Just found this thread on Flickr linking spreadsheets with variant/date info.<br>

http://www.flickr.com/groups/browniehawkeyeflash/discuss/72157594523835304/</p>

[travis_bushue]

<p>Matthew-</p>

<p>Thanks so much for the info. I am all sorts of excited to get home later today and check the dates on my three BHF cameras!</p>