Ebony or Gandolfi ?

George,

Gandolfi has a second hand 8x10" Variant in now. Buying a second hand camera from the original maker should be safe! http://www.gandolficameras.com/

Addendum: There's a Traditional 8x10" too, for sale for a customer. No front swings as far as I can see, but Eddie can retro-fit that if you want. Still cheaper than a new camera.

sattler123 said:

Why not look at a Wehman 8x10 - yes, it is a US based company, but I am sure that Bruce Wehman will do business with folks in Europe. The Wehman is a very lightweight (8 pounds) yet very sturdy camera. It folds into its own aluminum shell and is therefore very well protected. It is one of the best values in 8x10 Field cameras. I own one and am very happy with it. www.wehmancamera.com

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I`ll second that, I got mine a few days ago, and I`m very impressed!
Fantastic camera.

Ole said:

George,

Gandolfi has a second hand 8x10" Variant in now. Buying a second hand camera from the original maker should be safe! http://www.gandolficameras.com/

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Sorry, Ole. I cannot manage to find the "Second hand" page in this site... could you possibly lead me to it with a link ?

Seems to be an inbeded page. Go to the site and on the left hand side click the button at the bottom of the page.

George Papantoniou said:

Sorry, Ole. I cannot manage to find the "Second hand" page in this site... could you possibly lead me to it with a link ?

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I have exactly the same problem on my own PC - I could only find it by going fullscreen (F11). He's used flash instead of html, but I managed to trick it

http://www.gandolficameras.com/Second_hand.html

Thank you Jorge & Ole. I saw the two 8x10's, and the traditional looks good. I don't think that the lack of front swing will disturb me. I will consider bying it. I don't know whether the seller has the camera in USA (he asks for US$) and this might cause problems (the customs again)...
I like the lens, it's not too big, although I guess it won't be good for portraits... If I get this camera I would surely have to find a 360 or longer for the portrait work. I guess this wouldn't prove to be too difficult...

Anyway, if the camera is still available when I plan bying one (as I said, mid autumn) I will seriously consider bying it...

On the page: http://www.gandolficameras.com/Second_hand.html
it says "wanted whole plate Book form film holders"

I have a couple boxes of wooden 8x10 holders that appear to be for plates. How would I identify them as possibly what he wants?

If they're 8x10", they're not whole plate. "Whole plate" is one of the old glass plate standards, normally 6 1/2 x 8 1/2". "Normally" because of national and sometimes even regional differences, but I think that's the size Gandolfi would have used.

Maybe he wants plate holders for something like this: http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10243453&wwwflag=2&imagepos=3 ?