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Dec 9, 2021 14:59:32 #
Attached are photos of the equipment I would like to sell.
I am located in Springfield, Mass. 01105. The shipping weight is aprox. 30 lbs.
The price I would like to get for the equipment is $850.00. Plus Shipping to your Zip Code address.
Attached are photos of the equipment. I can invoice on PayPal with your email address.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Jim Langone
I am located in Springfield, Mass. 01105. The shipping weight is aprox. 30 lbs.
The price I would like to get for the equipment is $850.00. Plus Shipping to your Zip Code address.
Attached are photos of the equipment. I can invoice on PayPal with your email address.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Jim Langone
Dec 9, 2021 15:01:29 #
Dec 9, 2021 15:04:06 #
Dec 11, 2021 09:26:17 #
I can add PayPal charge to expedite I will chem shipping cost I can send prepaid label. Colorado is large Format Country. I assume everything is in good shape. Bellows light tight, shutter sounding as it should lens clear and no fungus or Hase etc
Dec 11, 2021 15:02:10 #
Timmers
Loc: San Antonio Texas.
I will poke my nose in here to add to this information.
First the lens, Kodak never made any lenses, this is a Zeiss lens of the Tessar design. That it states that it is a 'commercial' designation is that it is top of the line and has 100 degrees of coverage, doesn't get any better than that. The 6.3 F stop is for viewing of course. The 12 inch lens is considered 'normal' for a standard 8X10 focal length.
As the the camera body, the bellows is near bullet proof, you can literally soak it in water and it will be good to go. The Calumet 8X10 was probably the single best 8X10 camera body ever manufacture, it is a near perfect design. Yoou must have a recessed lens board for short focal length lenses. The 121 Super Angulon (Ansel Adams go to lens for the 8X10 work). is a jewel for this camera but needs a deep recessed board.
Now for the 'bad news' and this is critical. The camera has one huge flaw in it's design. The camera is made of aluminum. The front standards are drilled and taped 1/4-20 holes and they WILL strip out, you can take that to the bank (sort of speak). BUT, there is a simple solution, get the 1/4-20 to 3/16 adaptor. The old German camera bodies had the larger tripod sized mounting flanges in the camera bodies. The best were the Linhof brass adaptors. So when you get the camera you remove both sides of the mounting screw handles, drill out the 1/4-20 threaded holes and install the larger step down adaptors that are sold through any decent photo suppliers. Again, the best were the Linhof step down adaptors. You can even find these at a Home Depot in the 'fastener' section. You MUST do this because and decent size 8X10 lens will tax the friction mount and force you to over tighten these part of the camera. EXPECT this as a prime truth. A
Last, You realy do need a decent tripod for this hulk! The old air craft Majestic large tripod is neeed. Me, I used a Gitzo Tele Studex with no 5 Rational head. No ball head will work as you will never get it set up, you must have a three point head to adjust the camera body.
Last, get this, even a Deardorf does not have the range of movement that this camera body has. This is the best designed camera body ever made and there are no new ones ever coming out, Calumet discontinued these decades ago. If you are a master with a view camera and there are few of them in the world, this camera will not fail you. It is not light but it is solid like no others including any of the modern mono rail cameras. As a field camera it has no equal. I used it in the rain, snow and at the sea coast and never once found it wanting in performance. It is the jewel that out does even the best Linhof designs and I loved my Linhof Bi 4X5, but the 4X5 was not an 8X10 and those need a type of solidity that is near impossible in field cameras.
First the lens, Kodak never made any lenses, this is a Zeiss lens of the Tessar design. That it states that it is a 'commercial' designation is that it is top of the line and has 100 degrees of coverage, doesn't get any better than that. The 6.3 F stop is for viewing of course. The 12 inch lens is considered 'normal' for a standard 8X10 focal length.
As the the camera body, the bellows is near bullet proof, you can literally soak it in water and it will be good to go. The Calumet 8X10 was probably the single best 8X10 camera body ever manufacture, it is a near perfect design. Yoou must have a recessed lens board for short focal length lenses. The 121 Super Angulon (Ansel Adams go to lens for the 8X10 work). is a jewel for this camera but needs a deep recessed board.
Now for the 'bad news' and this is critical. The camera has one huge flaw in it's design. The camera is made of aluminum. The front standards are drilled and taped 1/4-20 holes and they WILL strip out, you can take that to the bank (sort of speak). BUT, there is a simple solution, get the 1/4-20 to 3/16 adaptor. The old German camera bodies had the larger tripod sized mounting flanges in the camera bodies. The best were the Linhof brass adaptors. So when you get the camera you remove both sides of the mounting screw handles, drill out the 1/4-20 threaded holes and install the larger step down adaptors that are sold through any decent photo suppliers. Again, the best were the Linhof step down adaptors. You can even find these at a Home Depot in the 'fastener' section. You MUST do this because and decent size 8X10 lens will tax the friction mount and force you to over tighten these part of the camera. EXPECT this as a prime truth. A
Last, You realy do need a decent tripod for this hulk! The old air craft Majestic large tripod is neeed. Me, I used a Gitzo Tele Studex with no 5 Rational head. No ball head will work as you will never get it set up, you must have a three point head to adjust the camera body.
Last, get this, even a Deardorf does not have the range of movement that this camera body has. This is the best designed camera body ever made and there are no new ones ever coming out, Calumet discontinued these decades ago. If you are a master with a view camera and there are few of them in the world, this camera will not fail you. It is not light but it is solid like no others including any of the modern mono rail cameras. As a field camera it has no equal. I used it in the rain, snow and at the sea coast and never once found it wanting in performance. It is the jewel that out does even the best Linhof designs and I loved my Linhof Bi 4X5, but the 4X5 was not an 8X10 and those need a type of solidity that is near impossible in field cameras.
Dec 12, 2021 00:08:38 #
Dec 12, 2021 05:05:08 #
Timmers
Loc: San Antonio Texas.
Rhl0630 wrote:
Hi this is Dick from Colorado my zip is 80104
Thanks for the Zip code.
Tim.
Dec 12, 2021 08:50:21 #
I wish you had loaded larger images and used the attach image feature so that we could see these better.
Dec 12, 2021 11:24:54 #
Timmers
Loc: San Antonio Texas.
sb wrote:
I wish you had loaded larger images and used the attach image feature so that we could see these better.
If you make a copy to your computer, then expand the image, you can see the individual images with decent detail enough that you can see what is there. Just hover the cursor over the part of the image that you want to see, then copy, you will get just that portion of the posted item, from all the items.
Dec 16, 2021 10:44:57 #
Dick,
I can’t invoice you for the 8x10 equipment and
shipping cost without your name, email address an
shipping address.
The invoice amount for the camera and accessories is $850.00
The shipping cost for Fedx to Castle Rock Colorado area code 80104 with insurance is
$63.00
The total amount of $913.00 will be paid to my PayPal
account. As soon as I am notified from PayPal that the funds have been deposited to my account, I will
ship the equipment.
Please eMail me at langone@rcn.com
Thank you
Jim Langone
I can’t invoice you for the 8x10 equipment and
shipping cost without your name, email address an
shipping address.
The invoice amount for the camera and accessories is $850.00
The shipping cost for Fedx to Castle Rock Colorado area code 80104 with insurance is
$63.00
The total amount of $913.00 will be paid to my PayPal
account. As soon as I am notified from PayPal that the funds have been deposited to my account, I will
ship the equipment.
Please eMail me at langone@rcn.com
Thank you
Jim Langone
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