Kodak Six-16 and Six-20

Kodak Six-16 & Six-20

Kodak Six-20 image by Jim Grey (Image rights) Manufacturer: Kodak Date of Production: 1932-1936 (Six-16) Date of Production: 1932-1937 (Six-20) Type of Camera: Folding Film Type: 616/620 Roll film Lens: Kodak Anastigmat f/6.3 Shutter: No. 1 Diodak (Six-16) Shutter: No. 0 Kodon (Six-20) Shutter speed range: T, B, 1/10, 1/25, 1/50, 1/100th (Six-16) Shutter speed range: T, B, 1/25, 1/50, 1/100th (Six-20) Viewfinder: Waist level & folding pop-up

The Kodak Six-16 and Six-20 are folding cameras of the same design* that take size 616 and 620 rollfilm, respectively. Their art deco design touches are their distinguishing feature.

The Six-20 cost $38 when new. It packs a 100mm f/6.3 Kodak Anastigmat lens. It uses the Kodon shutter, which fires at 1/25, 1/50, and 1/100 sec, plus T and B.

The Six-16 cost $40 when new. It uses a 126mm f/6/3 Kodak Anastigmat lens. It uses the No. 1 Diodak shutter, which fires at 1/10, 1/25, 1/50, and 1/100 sec, plus T and B.

• The Six-16 with the f/4.5 Kodak Anastigmat lens was a folding model, the others in both sizes were self-erecting.

Both cameras sport two viewfinders. The first is a small “brilliant” type attached to the lens assembly that swivels to frame portrait and landscape photos. The second is a gunsight type attached to the camera body.

Kodak Six-16 & Six-20 models image by Rick Soloway (Image rights)

Kodak Six-20 from the front image by Jim Grey (Image rights)

Kodak Six-20 from the side image by Jim Grey (Image rights)

Six-16 Kodak in Brown c.1932 image by Geoff Harrisson (Image rights)

Links

• Kodak Six-20 at Down the Road
• Senior Six 16 converted in Minh Nguyen’s “Panoramic 612” by luis triguez
• Kodak Six-16 at The Living Image