Kodak Junior Six-20 Series II

I bought this camera in good condition with instruction booklet in tact. I hate to sound ignorant, but can I still buy film for this camera? I've tried to contact Kodak, but no response yet. If not, its a beautiful camera to have around.

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Any info you can give me would be appreciated.

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Victoria

I don,t have an answer to your question but I have also recently

purchased the same model of camera and was wondering about film. If

you find an answer would you send me an email answer. Thanks.

the kodak pocket series used the normal rollfilm 120 which you can

get in most photo-stores .... it is used in all professional middle-

format cameras today

You can buy Kodak 620 film at www.bhphoto.com

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Because it is such an old film it is rolled onto 120 spools, but it

works just as well. I too have a Kodak Junior Six-20 Series II

camera, as well as another old camera that takes 620 film, and the

photos have turned out fantastic.

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Good luck!

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lisa b.

I've got the same camera - my great grandfather's. I bought two

rolls of 620 film from www.filmforclassics.com. They re-spool

standard, easily available 120 film onto the slightly thinner

diameter 620 spool.</p>

Keep the spools (ask the processor to return them to you), and

then start re-spooling your own film onto the empty ones. <a

href="http://www.inficad.com/~gstewart/respool.htm"

target="new">This </a>site has extremely simple to follow

instructions for doing this.</p>

One thing you have to watch for on this model is the leather

bellows and the possibility they've got pinholes that will let light

in. Open up the back and hold it up to a light to check. Mine did. I

used liquid neoprene bought cheaply at a scuba diving shop to

paint over the holes and render the camera good as new.</p>

If you're not familiar with 120 film, it's a standard medium format.

You can buy <i>everything</i> in this format: colour, b/w, different

speeds, different brands. If you develop b/w yourself, just keep

using Tri-X or T-Max like you probably learned to do in

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Nice thing about this model is the big 6x9 negative. You only get

8 shots to a roll of 120, and can't use the longer 220 rolls

because there's no paper backing to tell you how far to advance,

but my grandfather's stuff is full of prints they made just by

contact, without enlarging.</p>

Have fun!