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The '''Kodak 66''' was a self-erecting [[folding]] camera with telescope-type optical [[viewfinder]] and a shutter release button on top of the camera body. It was [[Kodak]]'s only folder for type No. [[120 film]] rolls, making twelve 6x6cm exposures. It was manufactured in the UK by [[Kodak Ltd.] between 1958 & 1960. The labelling on the metal plate on the plastic top designates it as "model III"; there were no models I or II.
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The '''Kodak 66''' was a self-erecting [[folding]] camera with telescope-type optical [[viewfinder]] and a shutter release button on top of the camera body. It was [[Kodak]]'s only folder for type No. [[120 film]] rolls, making twelve 6x6cm exposures. It was manufactured in the UK by [[Kodak Ltd.]] between 1958 & 1960<ref>Coe, Brian, <i>Kodak Cameras, the First Hundred Years</i>, Hove Foto Books, 1988</ref>. The labeling on the metal plate on the plastic top designates it as "model III"; there were no models I or II.
  
 
* Lens: Kodak Anaston 75mm f6.3 or f/4.5<ref name=manual>The [http://kodak.3106.net/download/Kodak66.pdf manual] shows and f4.5 lens and 5-speed shutter; the photo above shows a three-speed with f6.3 lens</ref>
 
* Lens: Kodak Anaston 75mm f6.3 or f/4.5<ref name=manual>The [http://kodak.3106.net/download/Kodak66.pdf manual] shows and f4.5 lens and 5-speed shutter; the photo above shows a three-speed with f6.3 lens</ref>

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The Kodak 66 was a self-erecting folding camera with telescope-type optical viewfinder and a shutter release button on top of the camera body. It was Kodak's only folder for type No. 120 film rolls, making twelve 6x6cm exposures. It was manufactured in the UK by Kodak Ltd. between 1958 & 1960[1]. The labeling on the metal plate on the plastic top designates it as "model III"; there were no models I or II.

  • Lens: Kodak Anaston 75mm f6.3 or f/4.5[2]
  • Shutter: Velio 5-speed (1/200, 1/100, 1/50, 1/25, 1/10 + B) or 3-speed (1/200, 1/75, 1/25 + B)[2]
  1. Coe, Brian, Kodak Cameras, the First Hundred Years, Hove Foto Books, 1988
  2. 2.0 2.1 The manual shows and f4.5 lens and 5-speed shutter; the photo above shows a three-speed with f6.3 lens

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