For Sale FS: Japanese Wooden Camera with Whole Plate, 4x5 and 8x10 Backs and WP Holders

[B.S.Kumar]

For sale is a Japanese Whole Plate camera in excellent working condition. Apart from a few scuffs and marks on the bed, the camera is also in very good cosmetic condition. The bellows is light-tight and supple, all movements are smooth, and the locks are firm.

The bellows extends from 80mm to 480mm. The camera has front and rear focusing, front rise/fall and tilt, rear swing and tilt. It is very compact - 257mm square (excluding the protrusions) and 60mm thick. It weighs only 2.2 kilos, less than many 4x5 field cameras. The lens board size is ~105mm square. I don't have any boards.

The camera comes with three thin and light aluminum whole plate film holders.

A 4x5 reducing back and an 8x10 extension back are available as options.

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Price:
The camera with the whole plate back & the holders is priced at 63,000 JPY / ~575 USD.
The 4x5 back is priced at 16,200 JPY / ~150 USD.
The 8x10 back is priced at 27,000 JPY / ~250 USD.
The entire kit, including the camera with all three backs and the whole plate film holders is 90,000 JPY / ~820 USD.

All prices include worldwide EMS shipping. Payment is in Japanese Yen, payable via Paypal invoice or bank transfer through TransferWise.

Thanks for looking,
Kumar

 

[Peter Schrager]

these are great cameras...I had Richard Ritter make me a back to fit the Chamonix WP holders...

 

[B.S.Kumar]

That's true, Peter. For someone with decent woodworking skills (not me!), it would be quite easy to modify this back as well.

 

[B.S.Kumar]

The camera, holders and 4x5 back are SOLD! I'll create a separate listing for the 8x10 back.

Thanks,
Kumar