This is the Kodak Brownie Flash 20 it was introduced by the Kodak company back in April of 1959 and ran until it’s discontinuation in October of 1962. The camera produced square images on 620 film that you can still get today however it’s simply 120 film rolled onto a 620 spool so if you have the skill and a pitch black room or black out film changing bag you can re-spool 120 onto the 620 rolls yourself, if you have a few spare 620 spools.
The Kodak Brownie Flash 20 is made with a molded blue plastic body making it very light weight and features a direct viewfinder above the image taking lens. The camera also has a built in flash dish for flashbulbs. The flashbulbs are a one shot deal, meaning that flashbulb can only be fired once and has to be replaced for each image that flash is needed.
Being a simple plastic camera the Kodak Brownie Flash 20 did have some features that other similar point and shoot cameras did not. The camera offered three aperture settings, the ability to focus and the built in flash, most other cameras had a fixed focus and aperture and no built in flash.
The Specs:
Type of camera: Manual medium format solid body Eye level box camera
Film/picture format: 620 film producing a 6x6cm image.
Lens Mount: none
Lenses: Meniscus f/11
Shutter: Single speed simple leaf shutter
Exposure metering: none
Viewfinder: direct vision optical viewfinder
Focusing screen:none
Reflex mirror:none
Depth-of-field preview: No
Frame counter: Rear viewing window onto film paper backing counter
Power source: 2 AA batteries for use of the flash.
Camera Back: No detachable backs.
Body Finish: Blue