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The '''Kodak Folding Brownie Six-20''' or '''Kodak Six-20 Folding Brownie''' was a viewfinder [[folding]] camera for making 6x9cm exposures on type No. [[620 film]] rolls. There were two models; the first was produced in the UK by [[Kodak Ltd]] from 1937-1940 and the second from 1948-1954<ref>Coe, Brian, ''Kodak Cameras - the First Hundred Years'', Hove Foto Books, 1987</ref>.
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The '''Kodak Folding Brownie Six-20''' and the '''Kodak Six-20 Folding Brownie''' are viewfinder [[folding]] cameras for making 2&frac14;&times;3&frac14; inch exposures on No. 620 rollfilm. They were made by [[Kodak Ltd.]] in the UK.
  
Lens & Shutter: [[fixed-focus]] Meniscus in Kodette II shutter or 100mm f6.3 Anaston focusing/Dakon.
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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>.
  
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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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==Notes==
 
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==Links==
 
==Links==
 
* [http://www.brownie-camera.com/93.shtml Six-20 Folding Brownie] and [http://www.brownie-camera.com/94.shtml Second model], by Chuck Baker, at [http://www.brownie-camera.com/ The Brownie Camera Page]
 
* [http://www.brownie-camera.com/93.shtml Six-20 Folding Brownie] and [http://www.brownie-camera.com/94.shtml Second model], by Chuck Baker, at [http://www.brownie-camera.com/ The Brownie Camera Page]
* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/kodak/html/folding_brownie_six_20.php Kodak Folding Brownie Six-20] and [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/kodak/html/folding_brownie_six_20_model2.php Kodak Folding Brownie Six-20], by Sylvain Halgand, at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/carrousel/html/index.php La collection d'appareils photo par Sylvain Halgand]
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* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=12512 Kodak Folding Brownie Six-20] and [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=12513 Kodak Folding Brownie Six-20] at Sylvain Halgand's [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/carrousel/html/index.php Collection Appareils]
 
* [http://sites.google.com/site/delinfinitoalplanofocal/kodak-folding-brownie-six-20 Kodak Folding Brownie Six-20], by Daniel Jiménez, at [http://sites.google.com/site/delinfinitoalplanofocal/ Del infinito al plano focal] (in Spanish)
 
* [http://sites.google.com/site/delinfinitoalplanofocal/kodak-folding-brownie-six-20 Kodak Folding Brownie Six-20], by Daniel Jiménez, at [http://sites.google.com/site/delinfinitoalplanofocal/ Del infinito al plano focal] (in Spanish)
  
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Revision as of 23:54, 5 February 2015

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.



Notes

  1. Coe, Brian, Kodak Cameras - the First Hundred Years, Hove Foto Books, 1987 p.183-184

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