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1939-1948. 616 film, folding camera.

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Kodak Eastman: Monitor Six-16 camera

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 2003-02-28
 B
 $49
 2002-01-01
 B
 ~$17
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by bill339 » Sat Dec 01, 2018 10:25 am

The Kodak Monitors were robust folding roll film cameras manufactured by Eastman Kodak from 1939 to 1948. They were available in two different models (both introduced in October of 1939), one using 620 roll film and the other 616 roll film. They were called the Monitor Six-20 and the Monitor Six-16. With the exception of the very rare and fragile Kodak Super Six-20, the Monitors are arguably the most sophisticated American Kodak folders of the 1930s and 1940s. They are solid and very well crafted. The Kodak Monitor six-16 is a viewfinder camera; it lacks a rangefinder. The viewfinder is a surprisingly pleasant to use the pop-up unit on the center of the cameras 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 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, the Monitor Six-16 originally sold for $48.50 USD and the Monitor Six-20 for $66.00 USD ($707 and $960 USD in 2007). Presumably, the Six-20 price was for the more expensive lens (the Anastigmat Special) and except for the dimensional differences for the two film formats, the cameras are identical. Each of the Monitor models came with a choice of lenses. All are in a front-element-focusing mount. The Six-20 had a Kodak Anastigmat f/4.5 f=103 or 105mm and or a Kodak Anastigmat Special f/4.5 f=101mm. The Six-16 had a Kodak Anastigmat f/4.5 126mm or a Kodak Anastigmat Special f/4.5 f=127mm. All are believed to be a four element Tessar type.

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