CCD photometry extending below the turnoff of the globular cluster NGC 6397 on the uvbyH{beta} system is presented and analyzed. Restricting the sample to stars with small photometric errors and highly probable cluster membership, the reddening from approximately 1500 stars at the turnoff is E(b-y)=0.127+/-0.002 (standard error of the mean), equivalent to E(B-V)=0.179+/-0.003. The photometric abundance for the same sample, on the revised spectroscopic scale for globular clusters, is [Fe/H]=-1.82+/-0.04 (standard error of the mean). From 220 cluster red giants, well-defined relations are established for m_1_ and c_1_ as a function of b-y.