Great video! Many thanks. So good to see these lovely old cameras in action and to learn their history. My Kodak 66 is on the way and I am really looking forward to using it. 👍
Watched this video again as I own both these models and think they are amazing and under-rated. On the model 3 you can actually do double / multiple exposure just by holding the securing metal tab in the front of the camera in while taking the shot, but not really into that anyway given the cost of film and it’s far better not to donn noir by accident. I have just got film on mine and am out for a shoot! Thanks again for keeping these wonderful old cameras and their history for all of us to see.
Thanks for the useful info. I recently got both models the model 2 at a charity shop for £10 and the model 3 on Ebay for £6 but unfortunately it was missing the flash show and the kodak 66 model III label. I'm really looking forward to seeing what the images are like.
If anyone reading this I have a question about the aperture scale settings on both my Kodak 66's( both model 2 and 3 )that I cannot find the answer anywhere in the manual or on the internet, but there's bt marking after the f22 mark and aperture closes down past f22 at this bt setting, but what is it? what does bt stand for? how would you meter for it? is it another stop down equivalent to f32?
Like most, if not all, Kodak cameras, these are far cheaper to make and sell than the similar sized Zeiss and Agfa models. Kodak's goal was to shovel as many cameras into the public so as to sell that much more film, which was where Kodak made its money. Even Kodak's few well engineered and manufactured rll film cameras of this period (not folders) took 620 film, requiring that users reroll 120 film to 620 spools to use today. If you want a quality folder from the 1950's, using 120 film, you are looking at German or Japanese models. Since 620 roll film had absolutely no functional advantage for the user, and the potential of trouble from the narrower spool, why did Kodak make most (all?) of its roll film cameras in that size? Just to preclude Kodak camera owners from buying non-Kodak film, at least until Ansco was able to work around Kodak's patents and start selling 620 in the 1950's.
Great video! Many thanks. So good to see these lovely old cameras in action and to learn their history. My Kodak 66 is on the way and I am really looking forward to using it. 👍
A very unrated camera! Thanks for watching!
Watched this video again as I own both these models and think they are amazing and under-rated. On the model 3 you can actually do double / multiple exposure just by holding the securing metal tab in the front of the camera in while taking the shot, but not really into that anyway given the cost of film and it’s far better not to donn noir by accident. I have just got film on mine and am out for a shoot! Thanks again for keeping these wonderful old cameras and their history for all of us to see.
Thanks for the useful info. I recently got both models the model 2 at a charity shop for £10 and the model 3 on Ebay for £6 but unfortunately it was missing the flash show and the kodak 66 model III label. I'm really looking forward to seeing what the images are like.
If anyone reading this I have a question about the aperture scale settings on both my Kodak 66's( both model 2 and 3 )that I cannot find the answer anywhere in the manual or on the internet, but there's bt marking after the f22 mark and aperture closes down past f22 at this bt setting, but what is it? what does bt stand for? how would you meter for it? is it another stop down equivalent to f32?
Probably Bulb and time use?
i got a old bakelite 120 not 127 im gonna use it when i find it.
Like most, if not all, Kodak cameras, these are far cheaper to make and sell than the similar sized Zeiss and Agfa models. Kodak's goal was to shovel as many cameras into the public so as to sell that much more film, which was where Kodak made its money. Even Kodak's few well engineered and manufactured rll film cameras of this period (not folders) took 620 film, requiring that users reroll 120 film to 620 spools to use today. If you want a quality folder from the 1950's, using 120 film, you are looking at German or Japanese models. Since 620 roll film had absolutely no functional advantage for the user, and the potential of trouble from the narrower spool, why did Kodak make most (all?) of its roll film cameras in that size? Just to preclude Kodak camera owners from buying non-Kodak film, at least until Ansco was able to work around Kodak's patents and start selling 620 in the 1950's.