Tuesday, July 26, 2011

My Old Film Cameras Pt. 3 - Kodak Vigilant Six-20

This is the camera that got me excited about shooting film again. It came from the same house clearing that produced one of my Brownie Hawkeye's.

The Vigilant Six-20 is a compact folding medium format camera produced by Kodak between 1939 and 1949. It's meant to take 620 film, but I've managed to get 120 to work in it. The image format is 6x9(cm) rather than the usual 6x6.

The bellows are in terrible condition, so I've been painting on layers of black acrylic to kill the light leaks. I wouldn't recommend doing this if you ever want to close the camera again.


Basic Specs

Aperture: f6.3-f22
Shutter Speed: T,B,1/25-1/100
Focal Length: 105mm

Check the links below for more info on this model.

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Camerapedia
Article on Matt Denton's Site
Article on Mike Connealy's Site
Manual

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