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Kodak Vigilant Six-16
Kodak Vigilant Six-16 1939-1948
The Kodak Vigilant Six-16 is a folding, self-erecting camera made in the USA and Canada from 1939 to 1948. This camera had a photo size of 2 ¼ by 3 ¼ on 620 film. It was similar to the Kodak Vigilant Six-20 but had a simpler lens and shutter. There was also a larger model, the Vigilant Junior Six-16. This camera has a simple fixed focus Kodet meniscus lens in a Dakon shutter. The camera also had the option of a better 3 element Bimat lens with a fully adjustable aperture of f/11 to f/32 iris. It had a Dakon shutter with time, bulb, and 1/25 sec plus 1/50 sec exposure settings. This camera came with a black folding bellow and weighed 1.6 pounds.
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The camera has a single action type shutter with I, T and B settings. A remote cable release socket is provided. The five-blade iris type aperture is variable between f/12.5 and f/32. It has both fold down eye level frame viewfinder and a waist level brilliant viewfinder. Two tripod sockets for both portrait and landscape orientation are available.
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