Target Six-20

[EdColorado]

Well it is medium format....

Anyone have any idea about the speed of the shutter, and the aperture size on one of these Target Six-20s? I've had one for many years and want to run some Adox through it. I have both 50 and 100 iso available and I'd expect 100 would be the thing to use (outdoors). Thoughts?

Ed

 

[DWThomas]

I have one also; I'd guess around 1/50 and f11, but I've not actually tried to measure it (Yegads ... another project for the exponentially growing do-list!) There's a little pull tab for a smaller aperture also.

I respooled a roll of 120 Delta 100 and ran it through a year or so back and got the impression it was a little overcooked. But I think Verichrome (Not Ver....Pan) was only about 50 or 64 speed. And I suppose the shutter could be slow -- I've only had the sucker since about 1950 or so!

DaveT

 

[EdColorado]

Hmm, well perhaps I'll start with the Adox 50 then. The camera does have a sticker inside calling for Verichrome (not Pan). I think 100 was a pretty fast film back in the day, wasn't it?
On my Six-20 the pull tab switches the shutter to a bulb mode. My Brownie 616 has three aperture settings though, and I have a paper in its case which says its a shutter of 1/25 with apertures of f13, 16, and 22. Pretty darn advanced eh!

Ed

 

[DWThomas]

On my Six-20 the pull tab switches the shutter to a bulb mode.

That's the little tab above the shutter lever, but there's a tab about 3/8" wide in the top center of the front plate that moves a smaller aperture into place when pulled up. It probably says for "beach or snow scenes in bright sun" in the manual which I don't have handy.

DaveT

 

[EdColorado]

Well I'll be, so there is!

Thanks Dave!

Ed

 

[mhcfires]

I have one. I have run Delta 100, Delta 400 and Tri-X through it. The 400 speed films were a bit overexposed, but it handled the Delta 100 quite nicely. I also ran a few rolls of Adox 50, it was very nice indeed. Good luck with your camera.

 

[2F/2F]

Hi,

In my experience with box Brownies, 25- and 50-speed films seem to be the films for which they were designed. My Brownie No. 2 (c. 1931) seems to be made for 25-speed film, and the Target 620 (unsure of vintage) seems to be made for 50 speed. My favorite results have been with the No. 2 using Ilford Pan F pulled one stop after shooting in sunny 16 conditions with the smallest aperture of the three. Efke 50 also works very well in my plastic Brownie Starflex, which has only one exposure control: a b/w-color switch that changes the aperture. I haven't had a chance to use the Brownie Hawkeye Flash yet. I will need to respool some more 620 first.

I just did some looking and found this: http://www.brownie-camera.com/tech.shtml

So, my No. 2 with Pan F making a nice exposure at f/22 must mean my shutter is '25 or so.