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Kodak Monitor Six-20 Vintage Folding Kodamatic Camera F4.5 Lens

$ 34.67

  • Brand: Kodak
  • Color: Black
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Custom Bundle: No
  • Format: 6x9
  • Model: Monitor Six-20
  • Modified Item: No
  • Series: Six-20
  • UPC: Does not apply
  • gtin13: Does not apply

Description

Kodak Monitor Six-20 post-1946 with flash synchronization The Kodak Monitor is a robust folding roll film camera manufactured by Eastman Kodak from 1939 to 1948. They use 620 roll film. The Monitors are arguably the most sophisticated American Kodak folders of the 1930s and 1940s. They are solid and very well-crafted. The Monitor is a viewfinder camera; it lacks a rangefinder. The viewfinder is a surprisingly pleasant to use pop-up unit on the center of the camera's top plate. It has a parallax adjustment that can be varied from infinity to 4 feet. Surprisingly, the cameras also have the older style waist level reflecting finder common on most older Kodak folding cameras. All Kodak Monitors feature automatic film spacing, double exposure prevention, and top-plate-mounted accessory shoes and shutter releases. A top-plate-mounted depth of field dial was present on the models featuring the Anastigmat Special lens. The all metal bodies are covered with embossed leather. Flash synchronization was an option from 1946 on. According to Kodak literature[1], the Monitor Six-20 originally sold for $66.00 USD ($960 USD in 2007). Presumably, the Six-20 price was for the more expensive lens (the Anastigmat Special). http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Kodak_Monitor