116 & 122 camera models

[jsmithe]

I've been doing some looking around at cameras that take 116 and 122 and I can't help but notice that nearly all of them were made before WWII. I know 122 film was discontinued in the 70s and 116 in the 80s, but I'm curious as to whether or not any cameras were made for those films following WWII. I'm especially curious as to whether or not any of those cameras ever moved into using TLR or SLR focusing (I'm guessing not.)

 

[MattKing]

When you are considering 116, you should probably consider 616 as well. That was the Kodak version of 116 that differed only as to the thickness and end connection on the spools.

 

[Denverdad]

I seriously doubt it. For Kodak cameras specifically, you could search for 116, 616, or 122 in the list of cameras at http://www.brownie-camera.com/kodakcam.shtml to see which cameras took those sizes, and then check for the latest production years. Actually I just did that and the only post-war production I could find at all were cameras taking 616 film; namely the Monitor Six-16 and the Vigilant Junior Six-16 cameras, both of which were supposedly produced up through 1948. (I say "supposedly" because I've never actually seen a single post war example of a Monitor Six-16, at least when using the lens code for dating).

Of course that's just the Kodak-branded cameras. There were 616 versions of some Kodak Brownie Boxes made through the early 1950's, and there could also be other manufacturers who made such cameras into this time frame (Ansco comes to mind as a possibility). But it seems unlikely that any were TLR's or SLR's. At least I don't recall having ever seen any.

 

[BobMarvin11225]

FWIW there was the early '30s Studio Rolleiflex that produced 9 X 9 CM negatives on 122 film.

 

[studiocarter]

A Monitor 616 is being restored for me with new bellows and total CLA by Ken Ruth at Bald Mtn. That is how to get a new camera in 616.