Battle of the Babies

On the right a Zeiss Ikon Ikonta 520/18, also known as the Baby Ikonta. Made from 1931 to about 1935 (I think), and basically a very small version of the bigger Ikontas of the time. A little self-erecting bellows camera, with distance focussing, aperture range from f/4.5 to 16, and a choice of 3 shutter speeds (1/25th, 1/50th and 1/75th) as well as B and T.  It takes 127 film, and I've run a couple of rolls through, and even at almost 100 years old, you can get some really nice results (it 'can' be somewhat hit or miss, but that's all part of the fun).

On the left a recently purchased Kodak Baby Brownie (in the lot with the Russian slide viewer from yesterday). Also 127 film, but there the resemblance ends, this being a little bakelite Art Deco beauty, first produced in 1934. It has no focussing, a single shutter speed (around 1/50th) and fixed aperture (about f/11). It's a simple point and shoot. Also takes 127 film (though only 8 (larger) images to the Ikonta's 16 images per roll), and I could resist trying them out side by side.