For Sale For Sale, UK Only: Toyo C Monorail outfit, everything you need to start shooting 4x5

[Ed Bray]

As I have been smitten with 4"x 5" film I treated myself to a Horseman LX monorail camera which is not far off as good as they come for 4"x 5" so have decided to sell my recently purchased Toyo C monorail camera and 150mm Xener f4.5 lens as a starter outfit with the accessories I specifically purchased for it, and a few useful extra bits to enable you to start shooting immediately on receipt (although if you are new to large format you might want to do a bit of research first.

Camera and lens/lensboard

So, what is actually on offer?

Toyo C Monorail Camera with rotating back and standard bellows (very good condition although one of the small levels has lost it's spirit)
Schneider Xenar 150mm f4.7 lens in Compur Shutter #1 in flat lensboard with cable release, lens not in the greatest condition and has seen some use, but shutter is good, and as a starter lens will more than suffice (camera and lens/board cost me just under £300)
Toyo bag bellows (allows the use of movements with wide angle lenses) (cost me £125) Very good condition
2x Toyo Recessed Lensboards with Copal #0 hole
1x Toyo Flat lensboard with Copal #0 hole
1x Toyo Flat lensboard with Copal #1 hole (all the lensboards cost £28 each)
Toyo View Bellows Hood (cost me £70) it fits on the front standard of the camera, works with almost all lenses (except super ultra-wide lenses) pivots up out of the way to set lens controls
Large focusing cloth (cost £22 from China)
3x Fidelity Dark Slides (not great looking but all work okay, I will load them with buyers choice of Mono film, from Kodak Tri-X ISO320, Kodak T-Max ISO100 or Shanghai ISO100 (total cost of film/darkslides £20-£25)
2x flat lensboards non-OEM #1 and #3 (cost £35)
2x Spirit Levels, a Torpedo level and a Caravan Levelling Level (both very useful)
40mm to 49mm step-up ring and lens cap (cheaper available filters)
Jobo Universal Tank for Taco Processing with 2 spirals for roll film Processing (better than the Paterson Universal for Taco Processing as slightlt taller) and some hair bands.
Total cost of items purchased secondhand by me in excess of £700

So, how much am I asking for all these lovely 4"x 5" goodies, £335 collected or £350 for courier delivery, which is less than 50% of my purchase prices.

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Payment by Bank Transfer, PayPal Gift or Cash on collection.

Further pictures can be supplied if required.

 

[Ed Bray]

Image below was taken with the Toyo C and 150mm Xenar


Bramble Leaves by Ed Bray, on Flickr

 

[EdGallop]

Not in the UK... If I was and I had the money (which I don't) I'd take you up on that.

But the reason I'm posting is to say that I really like that photo! I don't want to derail the thread, but I just wanted to compliment you on your work and wonder if you could let me know how you did it. I'm just now getting back into photography after a 20 year wait. I would love to hear some details about how you exposed the film. It must have been a pretty wind-free day... Also interested in how you lit that leaf cluster at the center or did you burn it in the darkroom?

Like I said... I don't want to derail your thread so if it would be more appropriate to pm me, that would be fine... If you don't have time to explain it, that's fine too... I'm just curious.

Ed

 

[Ed Bray]

Thanks for your kind comments, PM on its way.

 

[EdGallop]

Thanks for the PM!

Ed

 

[Ed Bray]

Just to raise it a bit.

 

[Anonymousish]

Your definitely not willing to sell to U.S.?

 

[Ed Bray]

Your definitely not willing to sell to U.S.?

Not unwilling per say, I just thought that the cost of shipping it all would be too high to make it a bit of a bargain. Also, I see so many good deals on both here and the large format users forum from people in the US I would have thought that they would have better options available to them.

 

[Ed Bray]

Bunp for the weekend.