Kodak Tourist
Film type: Roll film size 620
Approx. dates of manufacture: 1948 — 1951
Approx. original price: $25
Approx. street value: $10
Approx. dates of manufacture: 1948 — 1951
Approx. original price: $25
Approx. street value: $10
Another one of Kodak's 620 wonders from the mid-century, making it another perfectly good filmless classic. Actually I don't quite understand what this camera is about. It looks like a Packard Clipper to me, which gives it some style but it's big and very heavy, which negates a lot of the reason people wanted folding cameras to begin with: they wanted something compact. So while this camera definitely has the edge on most others in how sturdy it looks, it's also not very well suited for being parked in a coat pocket or purse.
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