Vintage camera?

**Mikael01** · 4-Apr-2013, 01:53

Originally Posted by mikael01

thanks everybody for your replies!

Now i really have some good stuff to look into.

super!!!

**Mikael01** · 4-Apr-2013, 04:27

Originally Posted by Mikael01

Thanks everybody for your replies!

Now I really have some good stuff to look into.

**ashlee52** · 8-Apr-2013, 07:43

You may want to be sure that whatever you buy is designed to handle the "modern" film holders... before about 1930 the film holders were different, and many cameras were designed to use glass plates.

**John Kasaian** · 8-Apr-2013, 10:33

Don't forget the Century Universal, Burke and James, and of course the mighty Deardorff V8!
What sort of stuff do you intend to photograph? Some designs are better suited for some purposes than others (I'm thinking movements, bellows length, wieght & bulk, lens board size, etc...)
Ideally, you'd have an idea about which focal length lens you think you'll want to use and work around that. As an example, some wartime Anscos had very short bellows and you'd be dissappointed if you intended on using say, a 24" Artar aboard one. But other Ansco models had bellows that went all the way from here to there and back again!
Happy 8x10 hunting!