Cameras using 616 film

In 1932 Kodak introduced 616 film with the Kodak Six-16 folding camera, at the same time as the companion 620 format. The 616 film had the same 70mm-wide film and backing paper as the earlier 116 film and produced negatives of the same size — 2-1/2 by 4-1/4 inches — but it used a thinner spool with narrower flanges, which allowed cameras to be made smaller. Kodak developed folding cameras such as the Six-16 and the Junior Six-16 around this film, as well as box cameras including the Six-16 Brownie Junior, the Target Brownie Six-16, and the postwar Brownie Target Six-16, the latter being manufactured until about 1951. The film remained in use long after the cameras had been discontinued and Kodak finally stopped producing both the 116 and the 616 in 1984. As no one currently makes 616 film, collectors who use these cameras respool 120 or 65mm film onto the original 616 spools or use adapters that take a 120 spool, usually taping over the red window to avoid fogging.