Old Folding camera help opening bellows
Nov 24, 2020 15:35:40 #
JFCoupe
Loc: Kent, Washington
You've received some good input. I only add that it looks like you have a very nice connection piece to your grandparents and will look very handsome properly displayed on a shelf.
Nov 24, 2020 18:32:41 #
Lenny wrote:
Found this old camera mint at my grandparents attic Leca ? I open the front cover, now how to take the bellows out the camera. Any ideas.
Push the silver bar under the lens and see if it retracts. I have a Kodak similar to it.
Nov 24, 2020 22:18:33 #
DaveLamb541
Loc: Ashland, OR
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Nov 25, 2020 07:24:43 #
Lenny wrote:
Hi I pull the 2 silver post forward and the bellows came forward next any ideas on how to open the back where the film sits. Thanks
In the dark!!!!
Nov 26, 2020 05:06:41 #
Paul Moshay
Loc: Los Angeles, CA
For old cameras that are covered in black leatherette there is often a hidden button under the covering. If you look carefully around the area of the back you may find a small bump, press it and the back will pop open. I will try to upload a picture of one.
Nov 26, 2020 05:13:16 #
Nov 26, 2020 15:42:15 #
Don’t expect the back to swing open. In the era before spring backs you removed the focus panel and replaced it with a plate holder.
The focus panel either slides off, or tilts away and off. IOW there is no film chamber cuz it doesn’t use film.
The focus panel either slides off, or tilts away and off. IOW there is no film chamber cuz it doesn’t use film.
Nov 27, 2020 19:31:34 #
The Kodak I have opens from the top to close it there is a silver bar beneath the lens that has to be pressed down. The bellow then will retreat.
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