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2 Kodak duaflex IV cameras -Vintage - 1 flash, strap & booklet - $45 (north hollywood)
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Priced to Sell ! Lowered to $22.50 each...
2 x Kodak Duaflex IV cameras Kodet lens ----- 75mm lens
Made in Rochester N.Y. - USA by Eastman Kodak Company
Made from December 1947-- September 1950.
Takes 620 roll film.
2 cameras
There is one strap, 1 flash attachment and 1 instruction booklet.
- -- Both in seemingly good Vintage condition
Both have small tiny scrape on front bottom...
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The Kodak Duaflex is a 620 roll film pseudo TLR made at the Kodak factories in the US and UK. The original Duaflex I was available from December 1947 - September 1950 in the US, and 1949-1955 in the UK. The Duaflex II was produced from 1950 to 1960 and the Duaflex III produced from 1954 to 1957. The Duaflex IV was introduced in 1955 and was discontinued in the US in March 1960 along with any other iterations still in production.
The Duaflex IV had aluminum alloy trim plus film compartment door with a Bakelite (plastic) body, other chromed plus painted steel parts, and imitation leather (leatherette) covering. The camera was available with either a simple fixed focus 75mm f/15 Kodet lens, or with a 72mm f/8 Kodar triplet lens in a front-element focusing mount. The Kodar lens could focus to 3.5 ft. or 107cm to infinity. The Kodar lens had Waterhouse stops of f/8, 11, and 16. The shutter had settings of "I" (instant) and "B" (bulb), and has a synched plug-in socket for use with a Kodalite Flash holder. Other features are shutter speed of 1/50 of a second when new, waist high viewfinder, a red frame number view window in the back cover, carry strap hard points, a portrait acclimated ¼ inch 20 thread tripod socket, shutter loading when frame advanced, and a shutter loading lever for intentional double exposures located under the shutter release button.
The Duaflex series of cameras were made from 1947 thru 1960 and were designed for consumers wanting something a little “better” than a Brownie but still easy to use. And less expensive than the deluxe TLR’s of the day like the Rolleiflex.
The Duaflex series of cameras were extremely popular and fit in perfectly with Kodak’s two-part business model: 1. Sell photography itself as a lifestyle and to document life’s most important moments and 2. Sell products that support that (ie, film), ensuring a robust and continual revenue stream.