Looking for info on a camera

[Donald]

Okay, all you historians of photography, what have I got here?

I was with Vance (who does my framing for me) yesterday and he produced 3 old cameras. Two (an Olympus and and Ansco Clipper) I've been able to identify and get info on. However, this Kodak has got me beat ... for the moment.

Anyone able to shed any light on this? A model name? A date? A history?







Just up and to the right (left as you look at it) of the lens is a little glass that swivels through 90 degrees. It's a very crude viewfinder in which everything is reversed.

Will be grateful for any info.

[xpatUSA]

I'm not a historian but a bit of googling came up with:

More pics:

http://cameratique.com/KODAK-RETRO-V...AT-f6.3-10.5cm

Possible candidate:

http://kodak.3106.net/index.php?p=213&cam=1566

Feeling rich?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vintage-K...-/310803026495
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[Shadowman]

Are there any other identifying markers?

http://www.retiredcameras.com/eastman.html

[Donald]

Ted - You have nailed it. That is exactly the camera. Many, many thanks.

John - No, that was the issue. Other than saying K.S. Anastigmat on the lens, there is nothing.

[IzzieK]

That is exactly what I put on google and came up with many links too including one from Wikipedia.

[William W]

Late to the party . . .

Kodak ‘Six-Twenty’ (Folding Camera).

There were many versions made.

Check the handle strap, it should indicate where it was manufactured embossed into the top of it

Looking from the REAR of the camera, on the Left Hand Side of the Lens and Shutter Assembly there should be Serial Number. That number is usually the serial number of that assembly only, but, there is sure to be a data base somewhere which will marry which lens/shutter assemblies went to where.

Although it looks like your serial number is at the front [97521]

I am sure that mine is a little younger than yours. And incredibly faster – F/4.5 as opposed to your very slow F/6.3. Mine still works. I roll my own 120 film onto old 620 spools, it is much cheaper to do that, I don’t even know if 620 Roll Film is available now.



WW

[rpcrowe]

I don't see many cameras that were used befoe I started in photography but, that is definitely one of them.

Here is one that I used quite frequently.

https://www.graflex.org/articles/series-d/

I was stationed at the Amed Forces Staff College in Norfolk Virginia and the photo lab owned one of these dinosaurs with a 15-inch lens ( about 390 mm ). I was the only photographer who ever used it. Even then it was considered an antique. However on the 4x5 inch format, it compressed the images and made some glorious 8x10 imch prints since the negative only had to be enlarged about 2x to get that size.