Ysarex
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Free to a good home: 2x3 Century Graflex camera with 2 Mamiya RB 6x7 film backs.
NOTE: This is a project. I'm getting you started but you will have to work and spend money to bring this to completion.
What I want from you: A commitment that I'll eventually see a photo from this camera taken by you. THAT YOU WILL USE IT.
This camera is for someone who is and has been a member of TPF. If you joined the forum in the last week or just so you could ask for this camera you're not getting it.
I'd like to see it go to someone who participates in the Film Forum.
I'd love to see it go to a student.
This is a stock photo of the brand/model camera:
The one that I have I salvaged from a junk heap decades ago. I re-covered the camera in brown leather and I made a new bellows for it. It has none of the typical accessories that you would see with this camera like a rangefinder and it must be used on a tripod. It does have a graphlock back and ground glass and will work with either roll backs or sheet holders. As noted I have two roll backs that take 120 roll film that are included. I used this camera in the past after I put in the new bellows and with the right lens it can take stunning medium format photos if you're willing to make the effort to haul out the tripod, etc. I sold all the lenses and backs I had for it long ago but told myself one day when I'm retired I'd get it back up and running and take magnificent landscape photos etc. etc. Well I've been retired for 5 years and that's not going to happen. So it's wrong for me to keep holding on to this.
IT HAS NO LENS. So don't accept this camera if you don't plan to find and buy a lens. It does have a lens board cut to a #1 hole. A normal lens for this camera would be around 100mm. You'll be looking for a lens in a #1 leaf shutter and it'll fit the lens board. If you find a lens in a #0 shutter you'd be able to shim down the board. With some patience you should be able to find either a vintage lens for one to two hundred bucks or a more modern lens for more.
There's some ISSUES with the RB backs. I got one from a guy who said the light seal was bad and he tried to replace it. Now the back is very hard to close and I suspect his fix-up job should be undone and redone. The 2nd back is a Pro-S back and to use that you'll have to figure out a way to defeat the darkslide lock (shouldn't be a big deal and I can help).
To demonstrate that you're serious ($12.35 serious) you're paying the shipping. It'll fit in a USPS priority mail medium flat-rate box and I'll send it to any address to which USPS will ship that box.
Here's a snapshot of what you'll get.
Joe
Free to a good home: 2x3 Century Graflex camera with 2 Mamiya RB 6x7 film backs.
NOTE: This is a project. I'm getting you started but you will have to work and spend money to bring this to completion.
What I want from you: A commitment that I'll eventually see a photo from this camera taken by you. THAT YOU WILL USE IT.
This camera is for someone who is and has been a member of TPF. If you joined the forum in the last week or just so you could ask for this camera you're not getting it.
I'd like to see it go to someone who participates in the Film Forum.
I'd love to see it go to a student.
This is a stock photo of the brand/model camera:
The one that I have I salvaged from a junk heap decades ago. I re-covered the camera in brown leather and I made a new bellows for it. It has none of the typical accessories that you would see with this camera like a rangefinder and it must be used on a tripod. It does have a graphlock back and ground glass and will work with either roll backs or sheet holders. As noted I have two roll backs that take 120 roll film that are included. I used this camera in the past after I put in the new bellows and with the right lens it can take stunning medium format photos if you're willing to make the effort to haul out the tripod, etc. I sold all the lenses and backs I had for it long ago but told myself one day when I'm retired I'd get it back up and running and take magnificent landscape photos etc. etc. Well I've been retired for 5 years and that's not going to happen. So it's wrong for me to keep holding on to this.
IT HAS NO LENS. So don't accept this camera if you don't plan to find and buy a lens. It does have a lens board cut to a #1 hole. A normal lens for this camera would be around 100mm. You'll be looking for a lens in a #1 leaf shutter and it'll fit the lens board. If you find a lens in a #0 shutter you'd be able to shim down the board. With some patience you should be able to find either a vintage lens for one to two hundred bucks or a more modern lens for more.
There's some ISSUES with the RB backs. I got one from a guy who said the light seal was bad and he tried to replace it. Now the back is very hard to close and I suspect his fix-up job should be undone and redone. The 2nd back is a Pro-S back and to use that you'll have to figure out a way to defeat the darkslide lock (shouldn't be a big deal and I can help).
To demonstrate that you're serious ($12.35 serious) you're paying the shipping. It'll fit in a USPS priority mail medium flat-rate box and I'll send it to any address to which USPS will ship that box.
Here's a snapshot of what you'll get.
Joe