For sale is a Japanese half plate camera with a 4x5 bail back, and an additional back on which the 6x17 holder is mounted. The larger opening of the half-plate size should mean there will be no vignetting.
It has the usual movements typical of these cameras- front rise/fall and tilt, rear tilt and swing. The lens panel has been modified to so that the rise/fall knobs face the rear, instead of the front to allow more convenient operation, but this does impact the bellows. A Linhof fitting has been added to the front, so Technika boards can be used.
Minimum extension with the 4x5 back is 90mm, and 120mm with the 6x17 back, but a recessed board should allow a 100mm lens to be used. Being a triple extension camera, the maximum extension is ~500mm with the 4x5 back and 530mm with the 6x17 back.
There are a number of scuffs and marks on the camera and 6x17 back. The bellows is light-tight. The back is designed for 6x12 and 6x17, but the 612 mask is missing. The dark slide and the slide for the red window are present. The focusing screen is also present, but it does not have the frame that fits on the back, so you'll have to make that part. A two-way bubble level is mounted on the 6x17 back.
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Price: 72,000 JPY / ~675 USD, including worldwide EMS or courier shipping. Payment is in Japanese Yen, payable via Paypal invoice or bank transfer through TransferWise.
If you are buying from me for the first time, please give me your full name, Paypal email, verified street address and phone number and I will send you an invoice. If you would like to use TransferWise, please give me this information, and I will send you an invoice and instructions for making the transfer.
Thanks for looking,
Kumar
It has the usual movements typical of these cameras- front rise/fall and tilt, rear tilt and swing. The lens panel has been modified to so that the rise/fall knobs face the rear, instead of the front to allow more convenient operation, but this does impact the bellows. A Linhof fitting has been added to the front, so Technika boards can be used.
Minimum extension with the 4x5 back is 90mm, and 120mm with the 6x17 back, but a recessed board should allow a 100mm lens to be used. Being a triple extension camera, the maximum extension is ~500mm with the 4x5 back and 530mm with the 6x17 back.
There are a number of scuffs and marks on the camera and 6x17 back. The bellows is light-tight. The back is designed for 6x12 and 6x17, but the 612 mask is missing. The dark slide and the slide for the red window are present. The focusing screen is also present, but it does not have the frame that fits on the back, so you'll have to make that part. A two-way bubble level is mounted on the 6x17 back.
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Price: 72,000 JPY / ~675 USD, including worldwide EMS or courier shipping. Payment is in Japanese Yen, payable via Paypal invoice or bank transfer through TransferWise.
If you are buying from me for the first time, please give me your full name, Paypal email, verified street address and phone number and I will send you an invoice. If you would like to use TransferWise, please give me this information, and I will send you an invoice and instructions for making the transfer.
Thanks for looking,
Kumar
