For sale is a like new 1940s JIFFY KODAK SIX-16 SERIES II FOLDING CAMERA with a LEATHER BELLOWS and a TWINDAR LENS made by the Eastman Kodak Co. Ltd., Rochester, NY, USA. This metal body camera covered in a black leatherette was manufactured from 1937 through 1948. The camera used 616 roll film with a picture size of 6.5 by 11 centimeters. Camera used a 105 mm f/8 Twindar (Periscopic) lens. The camera has a manual focus range of 5 to 10 feet. The camera is sold with its original box and is in like new condition. A unusual vintage camera which displays well.
From the company’s founding by George Eastman in 1888, Kodak followed a business strategy of selling low profit margin cameras and then making large profit margins on consumables such as film, chemicals and paper. As late as 1976, Kodak commanded 90% of film sales and 85% of camera sales in the U.S. The emergence of digital cameras sparked a death spiral for this iconic American company.
