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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 post-war 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 was also a Model II, which had an f6.3/75mm Kodak Anaston lens, mounted in a three speed Velio shutter. The Model III has a double exposure prevention device, and a film reminder dial, neither of which are present on the Model II . There was no Model I, and it has been suggested that the camera was originally to have been called the Rapier. | + | {{Flickr image |
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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 post-war 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 was also a Model II, which had an f6.3/75mm Kodak Anaston lens, mounted in a three speed Velio shutter. The Model III has a double exposure prevention device, and a film reminder dial, seen in the second picture, neither of which are present on the Model II . There was no Model I, and it has been suggested that the camera was originally to have been called the Rapier. | ||
* 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 post-war 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 was also a Model II, which had an f6.3/75mm Kodak Anaston lens, mounted in a three speed Velio shutter. The Model III has a double exposure prevention device, and a film reminder dial, seen in the second picture, neither of which are present on the Model II . There was no Model I, and it has been suggested that the camera was originally to have been called the Rapier.
- 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]
Links
- discussion on photo.net [1]
- Kodak 66 Manual on Mischa Koning's Kodak Classics site
