Description: This is a little about what I read about the Kodak Brownie Target Six-20 was made from 1946 until 1952, made is USA by Eastman Kodak Company. It has the Art Deco stripe design on the front plate that was common back in the era of skyscrapers. By the time the Kodak Brownie Target Six-20 was created in 1946, the price for taking your own pictures was $3.50. Like most of the box cameras, it has a meniscus lens, meaning it has one convex side and one concave side like a crescent moon. This lens doesn’t have the best quality, but it does its job and often gives that soft focus, vintage look that Instagram tries to duplicate with filters. The fixed focus keeps you limited to staying 8 feet or more from your subject, unless you have a Kodak portrait lens attachment. The camera is made up of two parts: the sleeve made of cardboard and leatherette, and the inner works and faceplate made of metal and wood. The simple rotary shutter is set at one speed of around 1/40th of a second, which matched the slower film speeds at the time it was made. The aperture is set by pulling a slider on the top of the metal faceplate. Pulling up gives you an aperture of f/22 for brighter subjects like snow, and keeping it pushed in gives you an opening of f/16 for ordinary shots. There is an instant setting and a timed setting switch on the side of the camera above the shutter release lever. You pull it out for the timed setting. The timed setting really is just bulb because you have to hold down the shutter release to keep the shutter open for a timed shot. The camera has two viewfinders, one on top for portrait style shots and one on the side for landscapes. Locate the round film advance knob on the side of the camera and pull it outwards. Find the small knob at the front of the top strap (handle) and pull it up & hold it till while you gently pull the front of the camera (the part with the lens) away from the back case, release when you pass the tiny hold on top of the camera you can release the strap knob and pull the camera out completely. The camera we have was previously owned & used. It appears to be in very good condition and the shutter works. The leatherette is in very good condition not peeling or flaking away. We did not have any film for this camera to test how well it takes pictures. This will make a great addition to any camera collection & to have a great piece of history as well. It measures approximately 5 3/16 inches in length, 3 1/16 inches in width and 4 1/16 inches in height, weighs approximately 1 pound. Please look carefully at all photos & video (if eBay approves it). Your purchase will help the blind community in our area. Thank you for supporting The Blind Community Store.
Price: 15 USD
Location: Springfield, Missouri
End Time: 2025-01-05T18:06:57.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: Kodak
Color: Black
Model: Six - 20
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
