One of the denizens of the Rangefinder Forum noticed that I had my Brownie Hawkeye Flash Model listed in my signature. In a moment of generousity, he offered me a similar Brownie bakelite wonder from the same era — a Brownie Bulls-Eye. I accepted and I'm very glad I did. It arrived yesterday. I cleaned it up this morning and it's already to go.

The Hawkeye is a 2 1/4 square format while the Bulls-Eye is the rectangluar 2 1/4x3 1/4 format.

Disassembled for cleaning. Yes, the vise-grip is an essential tool. The lens is in two elements. The front element is the focusing element.

There is a double exposure prevention. The red arm rotates over so that a red lightning bolt appears in the direct view window. When the film is advanced the lightning bolt moves out of the window.

The Twindar lens can be focused from 4 feet to infinity. You guess the distance. There is a detent at 10 feet. The aperture and speed are not adjustable other then there is a B setting..

There are those that think the Bulls-Eye is not as pretty as it's cousin the Hawkeye. Maybe, but it's handsome in it's own way. It has the same side fluting. The flashholders are interchangeable. The larger one on the Hawkeye works on the Bulls-Eye. The Bulls-Eye just looks so inadequate with the small flash. The Bulls-Eye also is blessed with a tripod mount. Unfortunately, it won't take 120 roll film like my Hawkeye will so I'm going to have to roll my own 620. I have a bunch of Ilford FP4 125 that will be perfect. All in all a worthy addition to my collection.