An acquaintance has a 8x10 Master View for sale that I am going to look at next week. Is there anything I should keep in mind besides the bellows and checking whatever lens is on it? Thanks
An acquaintance has a 8x10 Master View for sale that I am going to look at next week. Is there anything I should keep in mind besides the bellows and checking whatever lens is on it? Thanks
They are heavy!
Make sure all the "pins" that hold the back on are intact.
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Lensboards are rather expensive ($75-$100 each) and cannot be made in the average home workshop. But it can be modified fairly easily to take a standard 6x6 board.
Mine isn't that heavy, maybe 12.5 pounds. A good one is a great camera!
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I had one, it is a very fine camera! Watch out for missing chunks of metalother than that they are pretty much bullet proof. Michael and Paula used to (maybe they still do) have new lens boards for them. I am more sympatico with the 'dorff, which is why I "used" to have a KMV, but I honestly can't thing of a single thing not to like about the KMV. They are really quite beautifully built.
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I have an adapter lensboard to standard Linhof Technika boards if you're interested (had a KMV, loved it but my back did not).
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