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How big is your Plaubel Makina III?
Aug 18, 2014 08:50:40   #
RichardQ Loc: Colorado
 
I'm writing an article about the Plaubel Company, which naturally includes their famous medium-format 6.5 x 9 cm Plaubel Makina. However, I can't find the physical measurements, including weight, of the collapsed camera, although its compact flat size reportedly allowed the photographer to carry it in a jacket pocket. I'd like to compare it to our current i-Phones or similar pocket-sized gadgets, if possible. I'm not interested in the Japanese Makina 67 models, which were bulkier. If you have a 1930s to 1950s Plaubel Makina, could you please measure its width, height, and depth with the lens and bellows collapsed, and weigh it, then post the results? Thank you.

Post-WW II Plaubel Makina IIIR
Post-WW II Plaubel Makina IIIR...

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Aug 18, 2014 09:17:05   #
Morning Star Loc: West coast, North of the 49th N.
 
Here's one at 1130 grams:
http://www.cosmonet.org/camera/makina_e.htm

Specs (including size) towards the bottom of this article, don't think it is the same model, though:
http://nikomat.org/priv/camera/mednikkor/makina/makina-e.html

Sorry, nowhere could I find size of the camera, although one article mentioned, when folded it would easily fit in a raincoat pocket.

No sizes, but you may find this interesting:
http://www.cameramanuals.org/pdf_files/makina.pdf

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Aug 18, 2014 09:43:51   #
RichardQ Loc: Colorado
 
Morning Star wrote:
Here's one at 1130 grams:
http://www.cosmonet.org/camera/makina_e.htm

Specs (including size) towards the bottom of this article, don't think it is the same model, though:
http://nikomat.org/priv/camera/mednikkor/makina/makina-e.html

Sorry, nowhere could I find size of the camera, although one article mentioned, when folded it would easily fit in a raincoat pocket.

No sizes, but you may find this interesting:
http://www.cameramanuals.org/pdf_files/makina.pdf


Many thanks, MorningStar, for your kind response. I already had a copy of the manual, but the note about the weight will be very useful. I visited the Plaubel factory in Frankfurt in 1963 and met with Goetz Schrader, the owner. I bought a Plaubel Veriwide 100 and a Peco Jr. 4x5 view, but they had stopped making the Makina a few years earlier, and he didn't even have one to show me. The Makina 67 is the redesigned Japanese model, which is not pertinent for my article.

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