Description
Kodak Brownie Cresta 3
Type: Solid Body Eyelevel Rollfilm
Introduced: 1960
Discontinued: 1965
Film Size: 120
Picture Size: 2 1/4″ X 2 1/4″
Manufactured: UK
Lens: Dakon F/11 Fixed Focus With Closeup Lens
Shutter: Single Speed 1/40 Second
Description:
The Brownie Cresta 3 has a moulded plastic body with a grey top and plain lens panel, screw and pin flash contacts, optical direct vision finder with bright-line corner marks for Superslide format, and two apertures.
The Brownie Cresta 3 had the top changed to grey, with a “Kodak” label on an added panel beside the viewfinder and restyled lens surround. The Kodet lens was replaced with an f/11 Dakon with no close-up option; due to the increasing popularity of the colour film, the yellow filter was replaced by a second aperture stop. The apertures were labelled as 12 & 13, as Exposure Values. The viewfinder had marks for the new “Superslide” format.
Fun Facts:
This was the last Brownie Cresta model manufactured. It was redesigned with a more angular style moulded plastic body, a grey top, a plain lens panel, and a change from a glass Kodet to a less expensive acrylic Dakon lens with two apertures. Like its predecessors, the Cresta and Cresta II cameras used 120 films for a large 6cm X 6cm negative image. However, camera shake can be problematic because of the relatively slow shutter speed.
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