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| − | + | The '''Kodak Folding Brownie Six-20''' and the '''Kodak Six-20 Folding Brownie''' are viewfinder [[folding]] cameras for making 2¼×3¼ inch exposures on No. 620 rollfilm. They were made by [[Kodak Ltd.]] in the UK. | |
| − | The '''Kodak Folding Brownie Six-20''' | ||
| − | + | The first model is named on the faceplate '''Folding Brownie Six-20''' and was made from 1937-1940. It has a fixed-focus Meniscus lens in a Kodette II shutter. A [[Brilliant finder]] was an optional extra from 1938.<ref>Coe, Brian, ''Kodak Cameras - the First Hundred Years'', Hove Foto Books, 1987 p.183-184</ref>. | |
| + | The second model is labelled on the baseplate '''Six-20 Folding Brownie''' and was made from 1948-1954. The lens is a focussing 100mm f6.3 Anaston in a Dakon shutter with an ASA flash contact. There is a swinging cover over the red window on the back. | ||
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| + | Folding Brownie Six-20 with brilliant finder | ||
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Revision as of 00:50, 19 October 2013
The Kodak Folding Brownie Six-20 and the Kodak Six-20 Folding Brownie are viewfinder folding cameras for making 2¼×3¼ inch exposures on No. 620 rollfilm. They were made by Kodak Ltd. in the UK.
The first model is named on the faceplate Folding Brownie Six-20 and was made from 1937-1940. It has a fixed-focus Meniscus lens in a Kodette II shutter. A Brilliant finder was an optional extra from 1938.[1].
The second model is labelled on the baseplate Six-20 Folding Brownie and was made from 1948-1954. The lens is a focussing 100mm f6.3 Anaston in a Dakon shutter with an ASA flash contact. There is a swinging cover over the red window on the back.
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| Kodak Folding Brownie Six-20 image by Arty Smokes (Image rights) |
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| Six-20 Folding Brownie image by Geoff Harrisson (Image rights) |
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Folding Brownie Six-20 with brilliant finder images by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights) | ||
Notes
- ↑ Coe, Brian, Kodak Cameras - the First Hundred Years, Hove Foto Books, 1987 p.183-184
Links
- Six-20 Folding Brownie and Second model, by Chuck Baker, at The Brownie Camera Page
- Kodak Folding Brownie Six-20 and Kodak Folding Brownie Six-20, by Sylvain Halgand, at La collection d'appareils photo par Sylvain Halgand
- Kodak Folding Brownie Six-20, by Daniel Jiménez, at Del infinito al plano focal (in Spanish)
