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| #1 posted July 17, 2006 at 9:57pm (EDT)
edited July 17, 2006 at 9:59pm (EDT) |
So, I picked up this big folding print camera called a Zeca. Except, it uses plate film. And, I don't think that there is a similar size for sheet film.
It came with a whole pack of 1940's vintage film, so I would imagine it hasn't been used seriously since then. Also came with an roll folm adaptor- for 616 film...(!), a number of sheet film slides, and a couple of Voigtlander film packet holders. I know next to nothing about large format- where do you get this sort of stuff?
http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/ind...
(Same as the above page, except with 4.5 Trioplan, 1/200 Compur, and brand name is not cast)
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| | #2 posted July 18, 2006 at 7:39am (EDT) |
Wow, plate film?
I use a Toyo 4x5, but it uses sheet film, and I've never actually used plate film in a 4x5 or larger before.
I'm not sure where you could check. Perhaps you could check the Photographers Formulary (http://www.photoformulary.com/DesktopDefault.aspx), but they are mainly chemicals, or Bostick & Sullivan (http://www.bostick-sullivan.com/), but they are mainly chemicals as well.
I'm hoping that isn't for wet-plate photography, if it is you might as well toss it. wet-plate is just about the most time involving, and lethal method of photography. Too many chemicals that are entering the air and can cause really bad things to happen to peoples bodies.
I'll poke around some of the photography forums I frequent and make some inquires.
Where did you find the camera?
| Me
| #3 posted July 18, 2006 at 6:00pm (EDT)
edited July 18, 2006 at 6:02pm (EDT) |
I don't think it's wet-plate, if I'm thinking of the wet-plate they described when I was in photo class. Unless I'm mistaken. It came with a film pack (12 pull tabs), and a box of Kodak Super-XX Panchromatic emulsion paper.
(I'd estimate most of the film dates to around 1950, or so. There's a bunch of unopened 127 and 616 rolls that expire in the early 50's. The camera was made, I think, 1937-38...)
I tried running some roll film through the 616 adaptor, but it kept getting jammed on one of the metal tabs inside the device, it's too small. You'd think an 120 adaptor would be floating around somewhere, because it was of european design. 616, 620 were all Kodak products. I'm hoping there's a chance stuff like this exists, since it came with a Voigtlander film pack, and a slide back with a GOMZ (Soviet LOMO) logo. It seems widespread enough to hope that somebody, somewhere made an adaptor for sheet film, 120, or 220.
A former photographer gave the camera to me with a box full of stuff he collected from flea markets after I did work for him. Almost all that stuff was common Argus, Kodak and fixed shutter TLRs (with lens fungus), but this camera was in a box by itself. The lens had had some mildew on it, but luckily, the front and rear elements screw off, and I was able to clean it with alcohol.
I'll try to see if I can get some pictures of this thing on photobucket. Thanks for the links. | Me
| #4 posted July 19, 2006 at 9:51pm (EDT)
edited December 24, 2006 at 9:38pm (EDT) |
The camera.
This is a nice device, if only it were 120...!
Detail of the rail on the back. I think the film size is 9 x12, that would make it slightly larger than 4x5.
I think the guy who had this used 9x12 sheet film. Unfortunately, I know next to nothing about plate or sheet film. The film sheaths have 4 tabs to hold a sheet in.
Ancient film.
Hey, at least it came with this nice box!
| Me
| | #5 posted December 24, 2006 at 9:56pm (EDT) |
Hmm, I looked up this camera on Yahoo, and this page is coming up at #4. Neat.
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