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'''[[Film]] Type:''' 620 Roll (6x9)
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'''[[Film]] Type:''' 620 Roll (6x9cm){{brl}}
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'''[[Film]] Type:''' 616 Roll (2½&times;4¼ in)
  
 
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The Jiffy Kodak Six-20 was a folding camera for 620 film rolls made by Eastman Kodak Co. Ltd. Rochester in the years from 1933 to 1937. It had a Twindar lens with distance selector; "5 TO 10 FEET" or "BEYOND 10 FEET". It has three selectable apertures, f/11, f/16 and f/22. It has two viewfinders in the pop out lens board, one for vertical and one for horizontal images.
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The '''Jiffy Kodak Six-20''' is a folding camera for [[620 film]] made by Eastman [[Kodak]] Co. Ltd. Rochester from 1933 to 1937; it was styled by [[Walter Dorwin Teague]]. It has a Twindar [[periscopic lens]] with zone focusing; the only zones given are "5 TO 10 FEET" and "BEYOND 10 FEET". It has three selectable apertures, f/11, f/16 and f/22. It has two brilliant viewfinders in the pop out lens board, one for vertical and one for horizontal images. There is also a 616 film version of this called the '''Jiffy Kodak Six-16.''' The cameras are identical in design and functionality.
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=== Gallery ===
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==Links==
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*[https://www.butkus.org/chinon/kodak/kodak_jiffy_six-20-16/kodak_jiffy_six-20-16.htm Kodak Jiffy Six-20 user manual] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Butkus.org]
  
 
[[Category: 6x9 strut folding]]
 
[[Category: 6x9 strut folding]]
 
[[Category: 6x9 viewfinder folding]]
 
[[Category: 6x9 viewfinder folding]]
 
[[Category: USA]]
 
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[[Category: Walter Dorwin Teague]]

Latest revision as of 06:05, 20 July 2022

The Jiffy Kodak Six-20 is a folding camera for 620 film made by Eastman Kodak Co. Ltd. Rochester from 1933 to 1937; it was styled by Walter Dorwin Teague. It has a Twindar periscopic lens with zone focusing; the only zones given are "5 TO 10 FEET" and "BEYOND 10 FEET". It has three selectable apertures, f/11, f/16 and f/22. It has two brilliant viewfinders in the pop out lens board, one for vertical and one for horizontal images. There is also a 616 film version of this called the Jiffy Kodak Six-16. The cameras are identical in design and functionality.



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