Porta-View ll wood camera kit

Changeling1 · May 3, 2005

Has anyone heard of the Porta-View II wood camera kit and know anything about the makers? It's an extremely light-weight wooden mono-rail 4x5 with all the standard movements but has a rather short bellow extension.
It employs a silky smooth, ingenious "non-geared focusing" method.

chuck94022 · May 3, 2005

Nope. Perhaps you're confusing it with this:

http://www.keymed.co.uk/index.cfm/page/products.index.cfm/id/253/navid/253/parentid/206

Changeling1 · May 4, 2005

You're right! It's a wooden anal probe of frightening diameter- Hand-made by skilled (and slightly sadistic) artisans in the North Pole. Thanks!

BradS · May 4, 2005

chuck94022 said:
Nope. Perhaps you're confusing it with this:

http://www.keymed.co.uk/index.cfm/page/products.index.cfm/id/253/navid/253/parentid/206

Yikes!

Terence · May 4, 2005

I actually have a friend who sells those things. He doesn't like it when we refer to him as a butt-nocular salesman.

Seele · May 4, 2005

The PortaVue was made by Les Fader and originally supplied through Calumet around the same time as the Bender appeared. Fader carried on supplying them for a number of years afterwards, and finally seemed to have vanished from the picture.

Changeling1 · May 4, 2005

Thanks for the info. I ran a search on Les Fader and got directed to a grip of French pages! Is Les Fader still around? I have noticed that the "kit cameras" are fairly popular in Australia. Thanks again...

Porta-View ll wood camera kit

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