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Aly's Vintage Camera Cabinet: The Kodak Brownie Target Six-20 Box Camera

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In this episode of my series Aly's Vintage Camera Cabinet, I repair, clean and shoot with a 74 year old Kodak Brownie Target Six-20 box camera. For more episodes in this series go to • Aly's Vintage Camera C...
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@AlysVintageCameraAlley 4 года назад

for more info check out my article on this camera at alysvintagecameraalley.wordpress.com/2020/02/24/the-kodak-brownie-target-six-20/

@derekr7814 2 года назад

Is it possible to get take up spools still for these?

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 2 года назад

@@derekr7814 yes you can buy them from the Film Photography Project and from ebay ebay.us/H2c5Wh

@derekr7814 2 года назад

@@AlysVintageCameraAlley thanks. I just picked up one of these today and thanks to your video was able to restore it and I'm sure it will work now. There was a spool on the top but I'm wondering if it was actually the spool from the bottom. Film comes on a spool doesn't it?

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 2 года назад

@@derekr7814 yes. all you have to do is take that spool right out and put it on the top to do it all over again and put the film at the bottom where the spool was. I’m so glad to hear that my video helped. If you need anymore help let me know and tag me on Instagram or Facebook if you post your photos. I’d love to see them.

@brineb58 3 года назад

I can't tell you how many times I have gone past the first exposure!!!

@Bob32328 2 года назад

YES.

@johngibb5201 2 года назад

My wife was at a flea market today and bought a Brownie Target six-20 for our granddaughter who enjoys photography and is starting a vintage camera collection. I’d watched several videos on RU-vid on the six-20, yours was definitely the most helpful and most informative. I’ll be sharing a link to this video with our granddaughter when we give her the camera. Thank you for doing such a great job and posting the video.

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 2 года назад

Thank you so much. That makes me happy to hear. If she has any questions, feel free to contact me

@chaunchiemuffin 3 года назад

Such a great help! thanks for the video! makes me more confident in working on my box cameras!

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 3 года назад

Thank you. That makes me happy to hear

@pedromeza2398 4 года назад

In 1967, I started Junior High (7 grade) and for photography class we had all these cameras, we shot pictures and then develop the film and photos; great times.

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 4 года назад

I wish I had photography class when I went to junior high. Maybe I would’ve liked school haha

@larsbliss2728 Год назад

Cleaned up and repaired these old box cameras are capable of very nice and sharp photos. My ex girlfriend saves her old makeup compacts for me to use the mirrors to replace de-silvered ones. Just use a glass cutter and sandpaper to smooth the sharp edges. Contact cement works great to stick them in place. 120 film is easy to roll on to 620 spools. I use Ilford 125 and really like the results.

@AlysVintageCameraAlley Год назад

That’s a great idea. Thanks for the tip!

@shaunbrowne3963 Год назад

It's amazing to me that a camera this old can be cleaned and trpaired using super glue and a cleaning fluid! well done, and informative.

@oscarp4328 10 месяцев назад

I needs to clean mine ! Can’t wait to use it

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 10 месяцев назад

Definitely do it. It’s a great experience

@MrMarkpoole 4 года назад

Nice work on that camera.I've had to glue several mirrors in box cameras.Fortunately they're easy to work on.I remember my family having one when I was a kid,so i bought one when i started collecting.If you work within their limitations they take good pictures.

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 4 года назад

yes you definitely have to know what your doing when shooting with one of these.

@dalehammond1749 9 месяцев назад

Well done video and very clear. I must have about 6 of these cameras now. The Kodak Brownie Target Six-20 is simple and very retro. I shoot both 120 and the old 620 when I can find it. I just purchased one with old stock 620 in it and it's on picture 2. I'll shoot it and see what happens. Thanks much for a very enjoyable video.

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 9 месяцев назад

Thanks so much. I’m glad you’ve enjoyed it. Good luck with that roll of 620

@adamm4926 4 года назад

Excellent. I love shooting with my different variations of Brownies. If I ever roll past the one I just put it all in a dark bag and roll it back. Thanks for sharing, loved the photos.

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 4 года назад

thanks ill have to do that next time now that I have a dark bag

@dragonight1992 7 месяцев назад

My grandma just gave me her Brownie Target Six-20 camera. It's a camera that my grandmother got when she was a kid (she's 87 years old). Its in really good condition no rust and everything is in working order just needs some cleaning. thank you for your video I wasnt sure how to load it before lol.

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 7 месяцев назад

This makes me so happy! I’m so glad I could be helpful in this experience for you. I recently lost my grandmother. So I know how special this must be.

@EdwardIglesias 3 года назад

Wow, this was really cool. I have one of these box cameras sitting on a shelf. Might try and get it going.

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 3 года назад

Yea give it a try. :) thanks for watching.

@conrailwitty Год назад

Enjoyed this video a lot. I found both the Target 620 and Target 616 on the same day at two different antique malls on either end of the county. Lovely little boxes they are. You've inspired me to shoot with the 620 this year....possibly on 6/20!

@AlysVintageCameraAlley Год назад

That’s awesome! I’m so glad to hear

@GrannyJB 3 года назад

Got this for Christmas when I was in 3rd grade. It was a very big deal! Yes, I am 68 years old! Lol

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 3 года назад

Very cool! Thanks for watching

@MTOPro 6 месяцев назад

Found your video, just aquried one of these and about to clean it up also. It has the same problem that your copy had. Thanks for all the info. I am also missing a screw at the top and bottom. We shall see how it goes.

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 6 месяцев назад

I hope it went well 🤞🏻🤞🏻

@1973sonvis 4 года назад

Nice video! Nice picture! A tip: In a pinch you can sandpaper the ends of a 120 roll to make them fit in a 620 holder. Not ideal, but usually it works. Keep it up! 👍🏻

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 4 года назад

Bernt Sønvisen thank you

@RobertoSantiagoRodriguez 4 года назад

Those were amazing looking cameras, indeed! Thanks for the video! I loose my senses for folders, though. They are gorgeous, bellows, chrome, wood...lol

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 4 года назад

Roberto Santiago Rodriguez thanks for watching. Yes folders are one of a kind. I can’t wait to review the ones I have soon. I have never shot with one before.

@tzilpoctil777 2 года назад

I love this video, Aly! I just received a Brownie Jr Six-16 today from a friend. Thank you for the tutorial on how to clean it and load it with film!

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 2 года назад

I’m so glad. And thank you 🙏

@tzilpoctil777 2 года назад

@@AlysVintageCameraAlley Most welcome, Aly!

@gerantncamejojr6124 Год назад

Thank you kindly.

@derekdean7580 Год назад

Thanks, a very nicely presented video and just what I needed to learn how to clean and load a Brownie that my neighbor gave me (his grandfathers old camera).

@AlysVintageCameraAlley Год назад

Thank you Derek. I’m so glad it helped.

@samelliot9186 3 года назад

Thank you for the tips 🙂

@gerantncamejojr6124 Год назад

Thanks!

@someonemearth5197 3 года назад

I just love these old box cameras. I own many of them myself. My favorite is the Six Sixteen (Mainly because it the nicest and prettiest one of many) Have you ever loaded a film box camera with photo paper instead of film and use it like a pinhole camera?

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 3 года назад

I haven’t tried that. I have seen others do it though.

@robertknight4672 3 года назад

Got a Kodak 620 box camera at a Thrift Shop today. It doesn't say Target on it, but this has a lever to switch your focus distance from 5 to to beyond 10 feet. I also have to reglue the viewfinder mirrors.

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 3 года назад

Cool. Someone let me know in the comments not to use superglue on the mirrors but to try rubber glue or something similar so that it doesn’t eat away at it.

@murraykriner9425 Год назад

Enjoy you and your friends interest in the box cameras, since this was the intitial design that George Eastman offered consumer photography to the world so long ago. The original mirrors desilver from the original glue that will harden and pull the silver back and black masking off when they come off after years of sitting. Craft and miniature outlets carry one's nearly the same thickness for doll houses, which if scores with a humble glass cutter will suffice to replace what has become unusable or damaged. Rubber cement is the best adhesive, but requires thinning with a suitable rubber cement thinner which is still available. An old natural camel-hair brush works best to apply a light application after the old solvent-based glue has been removed from the mount. Warm regards young lady.

@purple-flowers 2 года назад

Lol the stock music you used is the same that a documentary about the Biltmore House made for little children. I used to watch it obsessively as a little kid back in the mid 2000s

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 2 года назад

Lol that’s odd

@Jeremyspoptart 2 года назад

My father-in-law gifted me a brownie camera and some others. I just don’t have the time to repair them. Really want to shoot with them.

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 2 года назад

What’s wrong with them?

@haneema69 11 месяцев назад

Great video! What can be used for the rust?

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 11 месяцев назад

Thank you! That’s a good question. I still haven’t found anything for rust

@noelespinosa1287 3 года назад

Just found 2 box cameras so very new to how they work. Your video helped but I have a question,do you have to advance the film or does it do it when you push shutter?

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 3 года назад

You have to advance the film with the knob. Everything is manual with these cameras.

@alyssachantaychampagne2773 3 года назад

Oh interesting, I didn't know that there was a difference between Brownie Target Six-20 and Target Brownie Six-20. I was a little confused why I didn't have the deco design and the tip button like everyone else, seems I have Target Brownie Six-20 and not Brownie Target Six-20

@manufelix8758 2 месяца назад

I wanted to know if there was a step-by-step video for developing photos with this camera.

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 2 месяца назад

I haven’t made one but I may in the future

@cirebyte7588 4 года назад

Some of these kodak box cameras produce some nice images. I have a few in my collection and are fun to use. very nice photos and great video. How do you scan your photos/negs?

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 4 года назад

these were scanned by the Darkroom Lab but I do have an Epson V800 that I need to start using.

@cirebyte7588 4 года назад

@@AlysVintageCameraAlley Long time ago on one of my family camping holidays, my dad took lots of photos with an old (even at that time) kodak box camera to this day i am amazed at what i can get out of the original negs with scanning etc!

@nelsonzayas7514 Год назад

I wish i saw this video sooner. I passed on one of these at a flea market cuz the lens was too dirty😢

@AlysVintageCameraAlley Год назад

Aww maybe you’ll come across another one soon 🤞🏻

@nelsonzayas7514 Год назад

@@AlysVintageCameraAlley hopefully your right 🤞

@theregoesatenner 8 месяцев назад

do you have any tricks to locating the subject when holding the camera horizontally?

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 8 месяцев назад

That’s a good question. I honestly don’t have any tricks just because I don’t shoot with this camera regularly. What about holding it above your head and looking up? I’ve seen people do that with the Rolleiflex

@Viraj43837 2 года назад

I have the camera but I got more about.Thanks

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 2 года назад

Thank you

@gerantncamejojr6124 Год назад

Just bought my son a six 20 box camera

@AlysVintageCameraAlley Год назад

Cool! I hope he enjoys it

@lindsayv.2537 Год назад

Pardon my total ignorance as I'm not a photographer, but I just found one of these among my grandmother's things and would love to shoot with it. How exactly do you take the picture, since there isn't a shutter button? Is it the lever on the side of the front?

@AlysVintageCameraAlley Год назад

Hi Lindsay. Yes it’s the lever on the right side. Test it out before to put film in to make sure it doesn’t stick

@AlysVintageCameraAlley Год назад

Also you can Google the manual for the camera and Butkus.com always has them for free. It will have pics on how to operate the camera. Hope that helps

@lindsayv.2537 Год назад

@@AlysVintageCameraAlley thank you so much, Aly!

@josephdeangelo2223 2 месяца назад

Hi, I just got a Six-20, I reglued and cleaned the mirrors but I can’t really see anything through the viewfinders. Everything looks blurry? I’m thinking maybe I need to just replace the mirrors but have you experienced this? Thank you

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 2 месяца назад

I haven’t. Usually if the mirrors are losing the silvering the viewfinder will be dark and dim. Could the mirrors be lose or crooked? That would make it blurry. Otherwise I have heard of people cutting and making their own mirrors. I have never done it myself though. Good luck with it! Hope you can figure out the issue

@josephdeangelo2223 2 месяца назад

@@AlysVintageCameraAlley Thank you for your reply. I’ll do some more troubleshooting

@Ben-rj7xs 2 года назад

The best thing to clean those with is alcohol as it dries fast..

@cynticss679 3 года назад

I got the same camera but i cant get it out of its Shell. Do you have a trick or somerhing like that to remove it from its Shell?

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 3 года назад

I had the same issue at first. Lift The button on top while you pull the shell off and also the rewind knob has to be pulled outwards I think

@ganzonomy 3 года назад

I Love this camera. I had one, but it had hex screws instead of phillips screws holding the front fascia in. So getting the screws out, was virtually impossible. I wound up with a brownie no.2 from the 20s, which needs new mirrors. But it's still a fun shot when I want to shoot pretty much blind. The brownie in general isn't the most accurate viewfinder. I do like your videos as well. I find them relaxing. Subscribed Stay safe, and feel free to check out my channel as well. I've got some medium format cameras coming up!

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 3 года назад

Thanks. I have another video I think it’s the Brownie six-20 also the Duaflex and they have those hex screws. I used a small keychain plier to unscrew them. Check them out. Maybe it can help you get yours off too.

@ganzonomy 3 года назад

@@AlysVintageCameraAlley I'd love to see the video. I've got some videos you may like on my channel. Take a peek. Somet upcoming ones are my brownie, and the medalists. The medalists... Are interesting

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 3 года назад

@@ganzonomy I just subscribed. I love the look of the medalist. Can’t wait to watch that one

@ganzonomy 3 года назад

@@AlysVintageCameraAlley thanks! I have two. A medalist I and a medalist ii. So each one will get its own video. Next up, the brownie no.2 model f.

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 3 года назад

@@ganzonomy awesome. I’ve been looking to buy one from ebay for a long time but they’re pretty expensive. Maybe one day. Can they fit 120 film?

@Ben-rj7xs 2 года назад

My Mother gave me this camera she remembers having pictures taken of her with the camera. I would very much like to get the film and take some more pictures of her with it. What kind of film do I need to do this. Thank You..

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 2 года назад

Hi Benjamin. You can get 120 film that is re-spooled onto a 620 spool to fit this camera at Film Photography Projects online store. That’s what I used. If you’re brave you can try to re-spool yourself but it takes practice. Hope that helps.

@Ben-rj7xs 2 года назад

@@AlysVintageCameraAlley thank you for your help.. it's pretty exciting because when I was checking to see if the spools we're still in the camera I found a old roll of undeveloped film I am hoping I can have them developed.. it's a family treasure.. lolololol

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 2 года назад

@@Ben-rj7xs oh I love when I find film in an old camera that’s exciting. Make sure to wrap it in a dark envelope

@amandavarn9350 2 года назад

Did you have to develop the film in a dark room with the developer fluid & such?

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 2 года назад

I develop my film using a small dark Patterson tank so there’s no need for a darkroom. Then I scan the film using a flatbed scanner. I’d love to have a proper dark room one day but for now this is what most of us are using these days to develop film.

@amandavarn9350 2 года назад

@@AlysVintageCameraAlley so it does need to be developed??

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 2 года назад

@@amandavarn9350 yes. There’s steps to take with developer and fixer as well as a couple other things. You can get a starter kit here filmphotographystore.com/collections/darkroom-supplies/products/darkroom-supplies-fpp-home-development-starter-kit-bw That’s how I started. You’ll need a dark bag to load the film amzn.to/3tIhqoP There’s tons of videos online to show you how to do it if you’re wanting to do it. Hope this helps.

@Dwarvenchef 2 года назад

Just found one in a thrift store, now to repair it lol

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 2 года назад

Awesome! Good luck 👍🏻

@Dwarvenchef 2 года назад

@@AlysVintageCameraAlley Do you know of a place to get replacement parts? Mine is missing the top lens and it’s frame.

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 2 года назад

@@Dwarvenchef I don’t unfortunately. I wish I did. I have a few cameras I’d love to complete. The only thing is to find a broken one and pillage it for parts. If you do ever find a place please let me know.

@hadisatriaganesa3349 2 года назад

i have old box camera and it's missing the lens and the view finder is pretty rough, it's still fixable or not ?

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 2 года назад

If it’s missing the lens I don’t think it’s useable

@hadisatriaganesa3349 2 года назад

@@AlysVintageCameraAlley ahh okay, thanks for your information

@bryankeidel7864 3 года назад

Hi, I have a Kodak Six-20 Brownie Junior, and for the most part it’s identical. However, after I unscrew the decorative face plate, there is another metal plate that holds the lenses and it appears to be attached to the time lever, so it can’t be removed easily. Or at least I can’t figure out how. Do you have any experience with this model?

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 3 года назад

I don’t have experience with this one. Of you want to send me a photo of the metal plate on my Instagram I’ll see if I can help

@crazycoasters4514 4 года назад

Do you need to develop these photos in a dark room after they’re taken?

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 4 года назад

Crazy Coasters hello. No I use a dark changing bag to load the film into a developing tank. Everything else is done in the light once the film is in the light tight tank

@darking006 3 года назад

I have a box camera very similar to this one but it is branded Spartus. I would like to get film for it and would like to know about where I can get it developed?

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 3 года назад

Which film does it take?

@darking006 3 года назад

The back panel says it takes any standard 120 film. There is a roll already in it when I got the camera and the film say all weather on it. I know the last few exposures are ruined but and curious about the first few that may not have been ruined.

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 3 года назад

@@darking006 ok so you can purchase any 120 film. Here’s a good black and white stock on Amazon amzn.to/3tjkYvl Or color if you prefer amzn.to/3uptz1a You can send it off to be developed by the darkroom lab thedarkroom.com There’s many other film stocks available and labs but hopefully this helps.

@darking006 3 года назад

Thank you very much that does help a lot.

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 3 года назад

@@darking006 no problem. Feel free to contact me if you need anything else.

@abohosamabohosam4178 3 года назад

Is this camera suitable for ilford RC, FP photo paper, can negative or positive photos be produced from it?! Does anyone have correct information on that? Thank you!

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 3 года назад

I wish I had the answer for you. Hopefully someone experienced with it can help.

@abohosamabohosam4178 3 года назад

@@AlysVintageCameraAlley thanks, 👋

@ckj324 3 года назад

Do you know the hex nut size (and standard or metric) on the front of the six-16. I recently bought one and need to clean the lenses inside. Thanks

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 3 года назад

Sorry. I don’t know the size. They were very tiny and I had to use a tiny pair of keychain pliers to turn them

@ckj324 3 года назад

@@AlysVintageCameraAlley Ok thanks. Yes I was searching online thinking there should be a old repair manual or something. Yes very small. It would have been better if it was the slotted screwdriver screw type, as eyeglass repair tools probably would work on those.

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 3 года назад

@@ckj324 I know that would’ve been so much easier. At first I didn’t think I was going to be able to clean it because of those pins. I had given up the idea because I didn’t know they screwed in. I thought they were like nailed in or glued. I decided to turn one on a whim and was surprised. They’re so tiny I had to use a pencil eraser to start turning them back in

@ckj324 3 года назад

@@AlysVintageCameraAlley ok thanks. I’ll keep searching. I’m afraid to try needle nose plyers as that might strip the hex nut.

@ckj324 3 года назад

Update, problem solved. WIHA 2.5 mm. This company makes really small hex nut drivers and with this one I was able to unscrew the 4 micro hex nuts that secure the face plate on my Target six-16. Had to clean the interior lenses and re-glue a reflective mirror.

@valeriegoldman1262 3 года назад

How do you take the picture?

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 3 года назад

There’s a shutter button on the side you press after composing the shot

@jaelen7215 9 месяцев назад

can a 6-20 take 400 film?

@AlysVintageCameraAlley 9 месяцев назад

Can you shoot 400 speed film in a 620 film camera? I think that’s what you’re asking and yes you can but keep in mind that these older cameras have slow shutter speeds. You’ll need to compensate for that

@jaelen7215 9 месяцев назад

@@AlysVintageCameraAlley ok thanks