For Sale FS: Galvin 6x9 View Camera Kit

[Fragomeni]

I've been working on putting this kit together for a while now and I love it dearly but my priorities are in bigger cameras so I'm letting the Galvin kit go to a new home.

Includes:
1) Galvin 6x9 view camera body with Galvin spring back
2) 3 flat lens boards
3) 1 flat lens board with a 75mm f1.9 Oscilloscope lens permanently fixed to it
4) 1 recessed lens board
5) Graphic 23 6x9 roll film holder
6) Very hard to find Galvin Polaroid back which takes current FP100C and FP3000B instant film from Fuji
7) 1 Galvin rail (I don't have the extension rail as I've never needed it)
8) 5 rolls of TMAX 100 120, 1 roll of Tri-X 400 120, 3 rolls of Ilford Delta 100 120, and 1 expired roll of Portra 160 VC (2008).

Priced to sell: $750 relatively firm. PayPal preferred.

I also have an excellent-mint Rodenstock APO-Macro-Sironar 120mm f5.6 that I can send with the camera kit. It will come ready on one of the lens boards. Price for lens: $600

Shipping: Buyer pays flat $35 for shipping UPS ground insured with tracking within Continental US. Contact me to figure out international shipping via USPS.

 

[Fragomeni]

Bump

 

[Fragomeni]

Final bump. Nice price drop on the Galvin kit: $600 OBO other wise I'll just keep it. I'd rather this be used and I don't have a prioritized purpose for it. I'm heading cross country in two weeks so if someone wants it let me know otherwise I'm storing it.

 

[Fragomeni]

I've had a number of people PM me asking about the oscilloscope that is included and asking for example images. I'll touch on that briefly here and provide a couple of example oscilloscope images.

The oscilloscope lens would essentially be a very fast wide angle, 75mm f1.9. It would be ideal for close up as the camera does not compress enough for it to reach infinity. The included recessed lens board does not have enough space to accommodate the shutter of the oscilloscope lens but another recessed board with more room could be made and then it would focus at infinity. Also, the shutter on this particular lens does not work so it would be used as a barrel lens. I always got around this issue simply by using neutral density filters in front of it and it was never a problem for me. I have lots of images on instant film which I haven't had a change to scan and put on my website yet and my scanner is already packed up because I'm getting ready to head across the country. I did some digging and pulled out a couple oscilloscope examples and photographed them with my iPhone which is the best I can do at the moment. Both of these images were made by this oscilloscope lens, but mounted to a 4x5 camera (before I had the Galvin) which is why there is no 6x9 border which would be the case when using it with instant film using the Galvin Polaroid back. Nonetheless, these images were made with the same lens on Fuji FP3000B instant film. I've had a few similar lenses and enjoy them for their very etherial rendering quality.

Hope that answers some questions. Thanks.