This is an oddball.
The best video I know of so far is on youtube by Alastair Bird. It contains all of the pertinent information regarding this camera.
Camera is a heavy all metal body, the true lens board (lens cone) from the factory is a top-hat style technika board that doesn't have a light trap ring on the interior face. This is the key. The board/cone needs to be perfectly flat to mount properly.
One is supposed to get the camera set up at the scene, pop the back off, rest the ground glass on the interior of the film plane, focus with a loupe, insert the film, re-install the back and then expose your image.
If you're not lost, you have likely realized that you cannot focus again mid-roll. There are ways and methods to circumvent this anomaly, but they all take some time using the camera. It is likely that the system I was working towards would not work for anyone else.
these have been offered with I think 2 or 3 different focal lengths. The focus knob on this one has 90mm engraved on it, so I have it here with a Fujinon 90mm SW f8. The glass is clean and clear and I think the shutter speeds are fine.
The camera is capable of 6x12 as well. I have never seen the masks but I think they are simply 2 pieces of metal that shrink the width of the film plane.
The super weird thing to me is that the film take-up is on the left. When you scan your negatives, the film info will be upside down.
I was trying to get the kinks ironed out to have this be a 2-lens "system." The other option I was working with was the little Linhof/Schneider 120mm Angulon.
Sale option A: Camera body with Fujinon 90mm and a cable release that fits well but is a bit long. $1200 shipped, insured and fee'd (paypal) within the US
Sale option B: All of the above plus the Schneider 120mm lens and some extra lens cone extension rings. $1350 shipped, insured and fee'd (paypal) within the US
It's an interesting camera capable of really cool images. I am selling because I can do nothing with the negatives unless I fully embrace the hybrid workflow or source a 5x7 enlarger. Neither of those are happening any time soon.
Last image is a sample image taken with the 90mm Fujinon.
The best video I know of so far is on youtube by Alastair Bird. It contains all of the pertinent information regarding this camera.
Camera is a heavy all metal body, the true lens board (lens cone) from the factory is a top-hat style technika board that doesn't have a light trap ring on the interior face. This is the key. The board/cone needs to be perfectly flat to mount properly.
One is supposed to get the camera set up at the scene, pop the back off, rest the ground glass on the interior of the film plane, focus with a loupe, insert the film, re-install the back and then expose your image.
If you're not lost, you have likely realized that you cannot focus again mid-roll. There are ways and methods to circumvent this anomaly, but they all take some time using the camera. It is likely that the system I was working towards would not work for anyone else.
these have been offered with I think 2 or 3 different focal lengths. The focus knob on this one has 90mm engraved on it, so I have it here with a Fujinon 90mm SW f8. The glass is clean and clear and I think the shutter speeds are fine.
The camera is capable of 6x12 as well. I have never seen the masks but I think they are simply 2 pieces of metal that shrink the width of the film plane.
The super weird thing to me is that the film take-up is on the left. When you scan your negatives, the film info will be upside down.
I was trying to get the kinks ironed out to have this be a 2-lens "system." The other option I was working with was the little Linhof/Schneider 120mm Angulon.
Sale option A: Camera body with Fujinon 90mm and a cable release that fits well but is a bit long. $1200 shipped, insured and fee'd (paypal) within the US
Sale option B: All of the above plus the Schneider 120mm lens and some extra lens cone extension rings. $1350 shipped, insured and fee'd (paypal) within the US
It's an interesting camera capable of really cool images. I am selling because I can do nothing with the negatives unless I fully embrace the hybrid workflow or source a 5x7 enlarger. Neither of those are happening any time soon.
Last image is a sample image taken with the 90mm Fujinon.
