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Thread: What's the LF with no bellows?

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    What's the LF with no bellows?

    Hi,

    My first real post as a newbie here!

    I found a web site about a year ago with LF cameras built without bellows, they look a bit like a flat brief-case with a lens and have a viewfinder on top. I think they used helical focusing. I forget where I found the site.

    I guess someone here will know.

    TIA,

    Peter

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    Re: What's the LF with no bellows?

    cambo wide

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    Re: What's the LF with no bellows?

    Bostick-Sullivan "Hobo" Not sure they make them anymore.

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    Re: What's the LF with no bellows?

    Didn't Gowland make one of those too?

    I've also seen any number of home made cameras that amounted to metal boxes with focusing helicals. Certainly the simplest way of making such a thing.

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    Re: What's the LF with no bellows?

    "They look a bit like a flat briefcase".

    That's the Hobo!

    However, it had a fixed focus, tailored to focal length of the lens. Not a helical mount.

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    Re: What's the LF with no bellows?

    There's lots of 'em. Hobo, Cambo Wide, Sinar Handy, Alpa, Silvestri, Fotoman. Probably more, but my memory...

    C

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    Re: What's the LF with no bellows?

    Maybe it's the Printex I got from Robert Newcomb??

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    Re: What's the LF with no bellows?

    Thanks Guys,

    I followed up the suggestions and its the Hobo! Guess it wouldn't be too hard to make a version?

    Thanks again,

    Peter

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    Re: What's the LF with no bellows?

    Linhof Technar.

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