Kodak Junior Six-20 (1933–1940)

The Kodak Junior Six-20 is a medium-format folding camera that shot 620 roll film, eight exposures at 2¼ × 3¼ inches. It was a less sophisticated version of the Kodak Six-20. It launched in a new series that also included the larger Six-16, which used 616 film. The line ran from roughly 1933 to 1940. The Junior Six-20 Series II and Series III appeared along the way, each with gradual improvements.

The camera came with a choice of two lenses: the Kodak Anastigmat f/6.3 or the lower-spec Kodak Doublet. Both were mounted in a Kodon shutter. One documented Series II example carried a Kodak lens with a built-in leaf shutter. Apertures ran from f/6.3 to f/32, and speeds were T, B, 1/25, 1/50 and 1/100. By today's standards that range is quite limited. The Series III was fitted with a 102mm f/6.3 Kodak Anastigmat in a Kodex No. 1 shutter. The original price appears to have been around $13.50 to $14.

Don't confuse the Junior Six-20 with the later Kodak Vigilant Junior Six-20 (1940-1948). That one is a separate model, similar to the Vigilant Six-20 but with a simpler lens and shutter, aimed at the youth market.

Kodak stopped making 620 film in the mid-1990s. You can still shoot one of these cameras with 120 film, with a little effort. The film is identical - only the spools differ.

Collectors Weekly (n.d.) notes the Junior Six-20 was made from 1937 to 1940 and cautions against confusing it with the Vigilant model.