My friend inherited an old Graphic View that I believe is a Graphic View II. The serial # is 466xxx.
The lens is a Kodak Ectar 203mm f/7.7 serial #107xxx.
I'm interested in perhaps buying this camera off her and starting the adventure that is LF.
I have a few questions:
#1 - what would be a fair price to offer? Everything looks to be in decent working condition. There are no visible cracks or holes in the bellows. The frame is over all pretty clean with no visible rust or major chips. The lens appears to work, although I dont know how well the shutter works. It seems to click pretty adequately for me, but I'm not sure how to assess this.
#2 - I would like to clean and tidy it up a bit. What is used to clean the bellows (inside and out).
Any help or advice would be appreciated. I'm scouring the net trying to find as much info as I can. I'm ordering one of the recommended books, but at this point, I'm just trying to assess the functionality of the camera to see if it is still in functioning condition.
Im located in the Northern Panhandle of WV.
Thanks,
Matt
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