Brownie Halkeye Camera

This camera is the work of an Arthur H Crapsey, who designed other plastic box cameras with similar aesthetics such as the Kodak Brownie Bull's-Eye and the Kodak Brownie Star series, as well as some more advanced cameras for Kodak in the 40's and 50's.anti waste-level finder, which has a fairly similar lens to the taking lens and thus seems to provide a decent preview of the framing. The camera also features a switch (opposite the shutter-release, for symmetry's sake) which allows "bulb" exposure, though no tripod socket is provided to steady the camera during long exposure shots. The precise speed of the shutter (when bulb is not used) is not widely-known, and likely varies depending on the cleanliness of the mechanism and the strength of the spring, but it is commonly said to be between 1/30th and 1/50th of a second, slow enough that the photographer must have steady hands or brace the camera.