FallisPhoto
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Just finished restoring a Kodak Junior Six-20, with Kodon #0 shutter and 100mm Kodak Anastigmat f/6.3 lens. I have to say that in researching this, I pretty much got lost. Ever noticed how many websites there are purporting to have "information" on Kodaks that really don't say anything about them of substance? Then what there is is often contradictory. Jesus! After searching for info on these things all day it was the most frustrating research I have ever done. Apparently the value of them falls somewhere between $8 and $135, The Kodak 100mm f/6.3 is either a Tessar or a triplet (although at least most agree that it's a fairly sharp lens), it was made, over a three-year span, sometime between 1933 and 1944, it was made in Germany or it was made in America, or both, and so on and so on. Anyway, after giving up the research in disgust, I glued the leatherette back down, cleaned and polished it up all over, and here it is, in all its glory:
Yes, I know it is a 620 camera, but I've got at least a dozen empty 620 spools, a changing bag, and lots of 120 film. I've rolled my own lots of times, so I don't anticipate a problem there. One thing: there are a lot of websites that tell you to be sure to ask for your spool back if you are shooting color and/or can't develop your own film. Take it from me; DON'T send the 620 spool with the film to be developed, because it doesn't really matter whether you ask or not -- you probably won't get the spool back. Roll it back onto a 120 spool before you send it off to be developed.
Edit: Darn! I just noticed, in the photo, that I forgot to re-dye that section of the body, in the recess under the bellows. Well, back to the shop...
Yes, I know it is a 620 camera, but I've got at least a dozen empty 620 spools, a changing bag, and lots of 120 film. I've rolled my own lots of times, so I don't anticipate a problem there. One thing: there are a lot of websites that tell you to be sure to ask for your spool back if you are shooting color and/or can't develop your own film. Take it from me; DON'T send the 620 spool with the film to be developed, because it doesn't really matter whether you ask or not -- you probably won't get the spool back. Roll it back onto a 120 spool before you send it off to be developed.
Edit: Darn! I just noticed, in the photo, that I forgot to re-dye that section of the body, in the recess under the bellows. Well, back to the shop...
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bmattock
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Well it looks great! I'll be interested in seeing some of the photos you make with it.
I agree with you about getting the 620 spool back - won't happen. If they don't do the processing on premises, say bye-bye to the 620 spool.
I agree with you about getting the 620 spool back - won't happen. If they don't do the processing on premises, say bye-bye to the 620 spool.
FallisPhoto
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I'll be interested in seeing the photos too, because at this point I still don't know what the lens is like. There seems to be a lot of dissention out there about that 100mm Anastigmat 6.3. Given Kodak's penchant for giving half-a-dozen things the same name, I don't suppose that should have come as a surprise though.