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620 format roll film

Fex Ultra Fex (1947)

Fex Ultra Fex (1947)

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This review is part of the Cameras of the Dead series which I have been publishing every year on Halloween and “Halfway to” Halloween, featuring three cameras that I’ve wanted to review that either didn’t work, or was otherwise unable to shoot. I am republishing each of those individual reviews …

October 23, 2020 October 23, 2020 Photography / Reviews  620 / Dead / Fex / France
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Ebner 4.5×6 (1933)

Ebner 4.5×6 (1933)

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This is an Ebner 4.5×6 folding camera produced by Albert Ebner & Co. in Stuttgart, Germany between the years 1933 and 1935.  There were two Ebner cameras made, this one and a 6×9 version, neither of which were identified by any name other than the size of the images they …

August 13, 2020 August 13, 2020 Photography / Reviews  620 / Ebner / Germany
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Argoflex Forty (1950)

Argoflex Forty (1950)

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This is an Argoflex Forty, a medium format Psuedo-TLR camera made by Argus Inc. of Ann Arbor, MI, between the years of 1950 and 1954.  This is an earlier model as later versions dropped the “Argoflex” name and became simply, the Argus 40.  Other than the name change, the two …

August 13, 2019 March 11, 2021 Photography / Reviews  620 / Argus / USA
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Kodak Tourist (1948)

Kodak Tourist (1948)

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This is the Kodak Tourist, made by the Eastman Kodak Corporation between the years 1948 and 1951.  It is a medium format folding camera that shoots 6cm x 9cm images on 620 roll film.  Despite it’s humble appearance, the Tourist series was somewhat of an upscale camera, optionally featuring Kodak’s …

July 9, 2019 July 9, 2019 Photography / Reviews  620 / Kodak / USA
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Kodak Chevron (1953)

Kodak Chevron (1953)

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This is a Kodak Chevron, a medium format rangefinder camera buit by the Eastman Kodak Company between the years of 1953 and 1956.  The Chevron, like all medium format Kodak cameras from the era, used Kodak’s proprietary 620 format of film, which was nearly identical to competing 120 film, but …

July 3, 2018 August 1, 2018 Photography / Reviews  620 / 828 / Kodak / USA
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Kodak Duo Six-20 Series II (1937)

Kodak Duo Six-20 Series II (1937)

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What is it? This is a Kodak Duo Six-20 Series II medium format camera which was designed by Nagel Kamera Werk for Kodak AG by August Nagel.  The word “duo” was Kodak’s way of saying “half frame”, meaning the camera too 6cm x 4.5cm images instead of “full frame” 6cm …

June 6, 2017 April 9, 2018 Photography / Reviews  620 / Germany / Kodak
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Kodak Monitor Six-20 (1940)

Kodak Monitor Six-20 (1940)

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What is it? This is a Kodak Monitor Six-20 folding camera made in the USA by the Eastman-Kodak company.  This was one of the last medium format folding cameras made by Kodak, and is loaded with features including a 9-speed shutter and well built lens.  It is the spiritual successor to the …

February 26, 2016 August 28, 2019 Photography / Reviews  620 / Kodak / USA
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Argus Argoflex EF (1948)

Argus Argoflex EF (1948)

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What is it? This is an Argoflex EF twin lens reflex camera made by Argus, which was based out of Ann Arbor, Michigan.  This Argoflex is the same as the Argoflex EM, except it has a flash synchronized shutter and a flash hotshoe on the side of the camera.  The …

February 25, 2016 April 9, 2018 Photography / Reviews  620 / Argus / USA
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Kodak Medalist (1944)

Kodak Medalist (1944)

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What is it? This is a Kodak Medalist rangefinder camera made in 1944 by the Eastman Kodak company out of Rochester, NY.  This camera is considered by many to be the pinnacle of American camera manufacturing.  Other highly regarded Kodak cameras were actually made in Germany, but not this one. …

December 2, 2015 August 28, 2019 Photography / Reviews  620 / Kodak / USA
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Argus Seventy-Five (1955)

Argus Seventy-Five (1955)

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 What is it? This an Argus Seventy-Five (originally called the Argoflex Seventy-Five) which is an inexpensive plastic bodied box camera made by Argus out of Ann Arbor, MI.  Although it resembles a Twin Lens Reflex, it is still a box camera in that the camera has a fixed focus, and …

October 26, 2015 August 28, 2019 Photography / Reviews  620 / Argus / USA
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