Kodak Brownie Starmite
The Kodak Brownie Starmite is a 127 camera that was part of Kodak's ultra-successful series of "Star" cameras that included such models as the Starmatic, Starflex, Startech, Starflash, Starlet, Starmeter and Starluxe. The line was originally designed by Arthur H. Crapsey, who should be considered one of Kodak's most successful camera designers, up there with the likes of Walter Dorwin Teague. If you have ever held a Kodak camera in your hands, and there is a solid chance you have, there is an equally good chance it was a camera designed by or inspired by the design of Crapsey.
The Kodak Brownie Starmite was produced from about 1960 until the middle of that decade. It functionally bore heavy similarity to the other Star-series cameras with external style and design being its key differences. The Brownie Starmite has a molded plastic body housing a fixed focus f11 lens. The lens sits in front of a simple rotary shutter that is capable of firing at a single speed. A lever below the lens allows one of two apertures to be selected. At the time this was for choosing between EV 13 (better suited for slower speed color films) or EV14 (for faster B&W films). The Brownie Starmite had a built-in flash gun that accepted AG1-style flashbulbs. A simple viewfinder was used for framing. The camera produced twelve 4x4cm frames per roll of 127 film.
It was succeed by the Starmite II and Starmite III cameras, though the changes were largely cosmetic.
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