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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>. | 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 | + | The second model is labelled on the baseplate '''Six-20 Folding Brownie''' and was made from 1948-1954. The lens is a focusing 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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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
| + | *[https://www.brownie-camera.com/manuals/six20foldingb.pdf Six-20 Folding Brownie user manual (pdf)] at [https://www.brownie-camera.com/index.shtml 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.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/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://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] (in French) |
* [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) | ||
| − | [[Category:Kodak|Brownie Six-20]] | + | [[Category:Kodak Ltd.|Folding Brownie Six-20]] |
[[Category:620 film]] | [[Category:620 film]] | ||
[[Category:6x9 viewfinder folding]] | [[Category:6x9 viewfinder folding]] | ||
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:F|Folding Brownie Six-20 Kodak Ltd.]] |
| + | [[Category:1937]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:06, 3 June 2022
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 focusing 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 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 user manual (pdf) at The Brownie Camera Page
- 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 at Sylvain Halgand's Collection Appareils (in French)
- Kodak Folding Brownie Six-20, by Daniel Jiménez, at Del infinito al plano focal (in Spanish)
