Lovely 5x7 Sinar Norma. I've CLA'd everything so it's nice and smooth and have replaced all the light seals with 1mm foam. Original bellows in good condition appear light tight testing with a pen light. Custom bellows in UK has new replacement for 160 Euros but these bellows have worked fine for me. I always drape my dark cloth over top anyway as a precaution. Missing the two little knobs on top of the front standard where you can connect to another standard on top for a double high camera. I've replaced them with some nice black threaded screws from the hardware store. All the bubble levels are working. One knob is partly broken off on the front standard that controls the tilt but it works just fine (see pic). The rear helical focus gear is the metal version. The front helical focus gear is the nylon version and it has a missing tooth or two in the middle so at "0" it just spins. See the pictures I took when I cleaned and lubricated the fine focus mechanism. However, just push it forward or back with your finger to the +/-3mm mark and it engages perfectly and focuses fine. That's what I did, I just left it at +3mm and focused from there. I believe Glennview has a few of these spares but again, in real practical use it wasn't an issue for me. Nice clean ground glass.
$1250 + shipping and PayPal fees. If you're a collector this isn't a mint copy, but if you actually use your equipment this will be awesome and will easily last another generation or two. My local camera store is selling a mint copy of this exact camera for $3600 so this is a steal!
$1250 + shipping and PayPal fees. If you're a collector this isn't a mint copy, but if you actually use your equipment this will be awesome and will easily last another generation or two. My local camera store is selling a mint copy of this exact camera for $3600 so this is a steal!
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