Red Bellows Society - New Facebook Group

[William McEwen]

.... this sounds bigoted and exclusionary.


How about if you have a red 4x5 pinhole camera? It has interchagable focal lengths which is like a bellows.

Not exclusionary! We're an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the week. But all the decision of that officer have to be ratified at a special biweekly meeting by a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs, but by a two-thirds majority in the case of broader matters.

We voted. Sorry, no red pinhole cameras.

(By the way, my pinhole camera is mostly Kodak Yellow, since it was made out of a 500-sheet Azo box!)

[Ken Lee]

My Wisner 7x17 has red bellows. Never could warm up to that...

My 4x5 Wisner Technical Field has red bellows, and it's a... person magnet.

It's virtually guaranteed to draw onlookers and friendly inquiries.

[William McEwen]

My Wisner 7x17 has red bellows. Never could warm up to that annoying red mass. It's just wrong and a stupid color for bellows if you ask me... Say, do you tips in your group on how to paint the thing black?

Um, no, since we like red bellows.

You can get a replacement bellows in black from a company in England. Here is a link to their order form:

http://www.camerabellows.com/Order_1.asp

[Greg Lockrey]

Not exclusionary! We're an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the week. But all the decision of that officer have to be ratified at a special biweekly meeting by a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs, but by a two-thirds majority in the case of broader matters.

We voted. Sorry, no red pinhole cameras.

(By the way, my pinhole camera is mostly Kodak Yellow, since it was made out of a 500-sheet Azo box!)

Mine is a Zero Image. Makes surprisingly sharp photos whenever I get a chance to go out and use it. The pic at my signature is made with my 612F (#1 of 1000). I can be snooty too.

[Jim Galli]

I knew keeping the old Kodak would eventually pay big dividends!

[William McEwen]

I knew keeping the old Kodak would eventually pay big dividends!

Yes. BIG dividends.

[Peter Collins]

Mine is a Zero Image. Makes surprisingly sharp photos whenever I get a chance to go out and use it. The pic at my signature is made with my 612F (#1 of 1000). I can be snooty too.

Ah, Greg. Snooty, but maybe not so unusual. Most people are snooty about something, and most of them manage to keep it under wraps pretty well. (Normal is overrated.) In that department, this forum seems to be 'way above average! Like maybe 3 or 4 standard deviations above the mean?

[WalterE54]

Ok, got to ask, can 'black bellows' folks lurk? Kinda jealous of this exclusive group--bellows do rock, though!

[rdenney]

My first view camera (after having had the use of a wonderful vintage Linhof Kardan in college) was a Newton NewVue. It had red bellows.

I have not been able to tolerate red bellows ever since.

Rick "who can't join...the NewVue left me" Denney

[Glenn Thoreson]

A red camera won't work????