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Camera Type: Folding Camera
The Folding camera type covers cameras where the front lens element and shutter are fitted to a flexible bellows assembly which allows the camera to ‘fold’ up to a smaller size. This type of camera was very popular for medium format film where large negatives could be produced with small body cameras, and was also used with 35mm film to make miniature cameras.
My experiences and some sample photos from using a Voigtlander Bessa 66 folding camera.
This Ensign Selfix 20 camera was made in the UK in the early 1930s by Ensign & Co, and takes 8 pictures on a roll of 120 film, each picture being approx 6 cm x 9 cm.
The Voigtlander Bessa 66 is a very compact, 6cm x 6cm, folding camera which takes 12 pictures on a roll of 120 or 620 film. It was made in Germany sometime between 1938 and 1941.
A look at the Ensign Selfix 16-20 camera from about 1950 which takes 16 pictures on 120 format film.
A Review of the Agfa Isolette V medium format folding camera, which gave 12 exposures on a roll of 120 film.
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