Show off your Large Format camera!

[IanG]

After Josef's bulldozer, my Gandolfi's look like garden trowels.
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I do like British field cameras, but I seen to have gone down the Houghton track myself, nice cameras.

Ian

[myoptic]

Got a Sinar F2 with a Nikon 210mm F5.6, Bogen tripod and head for a song today.

Your Sinar F (version?) looks in very nice condition.
Is it just me or have Sinar prices seen a recent cooling period? I noticed a couple years ago that they had started rising again with many other well known professional brands in the film camera group. Recently however I have found some very low prices with several Sinars going without a single bid on the auction site ...and they were listed at what I thought were already quite reasonable/low prices.

[Otto Seaman]

They're hard to sell, beginners want light woodies instead. $250 for an F is pretty normal.

[DannL]

The newest arrival. What appears to be an example of an A. Franks "Prestograph" camera outfit (half-plate, circa 1896). It arrived with the original carrying case, 3 plate holders, a Thornton-Pickard shutter, auxiliary finder, and a lens only marked as "Made for R H McBean, Edinburgh". I believe the lens is of the rapid variety. This camera has been a joy to operate.

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[gth]

The newest arrival. What appears to be an example of an A. Franks "Prestograph" camera outfit (half-plate, circa 1896). In arrived with the original carrying case, 3 plate holders, a Thornton-Pickard shutter, auxiliary finder, and a lens only marked as "Made for R H McBean, Edinburgh". I believe the lens is of the rapid variety. This camera has been a joy to operate.

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How old would this particular camera be?

[DannL]

How old would this particular camera be?

I can only assume that in was made around about 1896. That is the only time I can find where this model was advertised.

[DannL]

A higher quality piece. Sands & Hunter Exhibition camera (circa ~1881-1886. modified). Camera with three 5x4 plate holders, all matching numbers. Added a R.J. Beck, 5x4 7 inch focus lens and replaced the original bellows. There's also a "Sands & Hunter's Exhibition Camera" plaque affixed to the top of the camera. Another fun camera to operate.

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[BarryS]

From Nadar's studio?!!!!! Wow.

[DannL]

From Nadar's studio?!!!!! Wow.

They weren't going to use it anymore. That's what usually happens . . . me ending up with the equipment that nobody else wants. ;-)

[tgtaylor]

What would be the fair market price for Nadar's camera?