Medium Format

Old medium format film cameras

Left: The Kodak 620 Popular 'Brownie' made from 1939-1943 and right, the Kodak Brownie Flash II 1958-1963. This model was the last of the Kodak box cameras. Left: The Kodak 620 Popular 'Brownie' made from 1939-1943 and right, the Kodak Brownie Flash II 1958-1963. This model was the last of the Kodak box cameras.

Kodak Box Brownie – Introduced in 1900 The Kodak Box Brownie I remember as a child my mother had a box brownie camera. I don’t know what model it was. She died many years ago so I can’t ask her. I do remember that it was all black in colour. Sadly I don’t know what happened…

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Yashica-Mat 6x6 medium format film camera. Yashica-Mat 6x6 medium format film camera.

Yashica-Mat 6×6 Medium Format You might wonder why anyone would bother to use this type of medium format film camera in this day and age of digital photography. There are several good reasons. Firstly, the Yashica-Mat shoots onto a 6cm x 6cm (more accurately about 56mm x 56mm) section of the film, whereas a standard 35mm…

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