Calumet CC-400

[Tyler Anastasi]

I would first like to say that this forum has been great so far. This amount of help quickly is a hard thing to come by on any of the other forums I frequent. I look forward to the rest of my stay here. Thanks for all the help thus far. I really appreciate it.

James, if you could do that, that would be beyond awesome. You have no idea. I'd obviously cover shipping. I have attached pictures showing the areas that are missing parts. It should be pretty obvious what it is missing. It's missing a bit more than I originally thought, too. If you have even just a few of these parts, I'd really appreciate it.

Oh, and yeah I don't know where I got the cc-403 from. I can't wait to shoot with this camera, though. It has gotten my interest back focused on photography. Quite excited, to say the least.

[Tyler Anastasi]

last two. 4 image limit, I see.

[Kuzano]

Be a hawk on eBay. Look for a CC402. They often sell for much less, because people think the bellows are bad.

The CC402 is the wide angle variation. the differences are:

1) Much shorter rail

2 )Front standards reversed to put the front lens board closer to the rear standard. you can tell by the round top... both round tops face away from each other.

3) Front standard also has the lens frame sunk in to simulate a recessed lens board.
The bellows looks incredibly crumpled. Calumets cc402 wide angle bellows, instead of being a bag bellows like the competition, was a fairly routine bellows (often tan) but built without stiffeners in the folds of the bellows. So the bellows, even in excellent condition, looks terribly crumpled, but works well allowing movements to very short focal lengths.

CC402 cameras are a tiny bit more transportable because of the shorter rail. Great learning base for wide angle.

I've seen the wide angle 402 go on eBay from $100 to $200. I sold one about a year ago with a lens for $150.00. All features functioning and camera ready to use.

DO however verify a light tight bellows. As mentioned they look like crap because of the lack of stiffeners in the folds, but most often in light tight condition.

[Kuzano]

This page will show you some brochure pictures of the CC-400,401,402. Note particularly the short rail, the reversed front standard and if you look close, the rough look of the bellows without stiffeners. If you play around with this site in folders, you may find more variations of these brochures.

http://www.cameraeccentric.com/html/info/calumet_2.html

Click on the pictures on the left side for the equivalent of a user manual.

http://www.cameraeccentric.com/html/info/

Have fun. The old Calumets are great starter camera's and do the job, which is essentially holding a lens in front of a Ground Glass or Film holder without the intervention of light until the shot is taken. The ability to change the positioning of the standards for focus and perspective is a plus, which the Calumet does quite well.

Going beyond the Calumet, you can spend HUGE amounts of money for such a box, and that's really all you get. The rest is sales hype, for the most part, until you find out you need a particular function the Calumet does not offer. You'll be a long time shooting a good Calumet before you hit that wall, in my estimation.

[James E Galvin]

Yes I have all of those parts. I'll get them off a parts camera tonight. Your camera looks to be in better shape than my parts cameras, so sending you the parts would be better than just sending the beat-up standards. I'll also send some sketches of how it goes together. Your bellows looks good, but should be checked with a flashlight inside. I'll need your address. And the postage will be too small to bother with.

[Tyler Anastasi]

Wow, thanks James. I cannot say how much I appreciate it. The photography community and its members continue to amaze me with their generosity.

I've PM'd you my address. Thanks again.