yes, a sinar vario, going from 6x12 to 6x4.5. it's wonderful, I have one http://www.oddcameras.com/cambo_wide_470.htm at the bottom of the page. and yes, you can change format any time mid roll. and yes, yes, it's far out price wise.
yes, a sinar vario, going from 6x12 to 6x4.5. it's wonderful, I have one http://www.oddcameras.com/cambo_wide_470.htm at the bottom of the page. and yes, you can change format any time mid roll. and yes, yes, it's far out price wise.Are you sure? Sinar is more likely. And far out of the OP's price range.
The best combination (IMO) of price and limited movements (front rise and, IIRC, a little shift) is a 2x3 Speed or Crown, or the later Century, with a roll film holder. Lenses mount on a board so they can be switched in the field, and you'll find focal lengths from 60 or so to 120 (maybe even 135) that will focus with the bellows available. Many of them have a rangefinder, and the older ones have the highly adjustable Kalart, which can be calibrated for almost any lens -- but if you swap lenses, you can still mount the ground glass to focus without the RF and keep the calibration for when you put the "normal" lens back.
2x3 Crown is "Graflex"?
The best combination (IMO) of price and limited movements (front rise and, IIRC, a little shift) is a 2x3 Speed or Crown, or the later Century, with a roll film holder. Lenses mount on a board so they can be switched in the field, and you'll find focal lengths from 60 or so to 120 (maybe even 135) that will focus with the bellows available. Many of them have a rangefinder, and the older ones have the highly adjustable Kalart, which can be calibrated for almost any lens -- but if you swap lenses, you can still mount the ground glass to focus without the RF and keep the calibration for when you put the "normal" lens back.
Only downside for me at the moment is I moved house and I am sans darkroom, with a lot of work to do to get a new one built up.
Steer clear of pre war folders (1920 - 45). While there are some very good ones among them, they are mostly more flimsily build, and have seen extra decades of heavy use (most folders where put on emeritus pensions in the 60s) and they have no coating, weird or no flash sync, and worst of all the glass used for the lenses sometimes age poorly.
Many of the post war folders use lanthanum glass for some or all of the elements. This means better lenses, especially with simple ones, and glass that is unaffected by time.
I use a 120 folder as a regular walk-about camera - Franka Solida III.https://oldcamera.blog/2011/12/09/franka-solida-iii-camera/ I like the compactness and weight of 120 folders. Only downside for me at the moment is I moved house and I am sans darkroom, with a lot of work to do to get a new one built up, - why I have not been here so much recently. Cest' la vie!
The Kodak’s from after about theI'd like to get a pre war folder just to have one - what are the best of the bunch? Would a Kodak No. 1 be considered mid range?
The 645 version is about the size of a pack of cancer sticks. It goes everywhere with me!
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