Had a great day yesterday -- a little background:
I've been patiently waiting at least a half a year for a Walker Titan SF to show up for sale somewhere at a price I could afford. It finally did about a week ago on the auction site. Put up for sale by a Pro who does a lot of product, architectural and other photography, the auction included the following:
- Walker Titan SF
- 210 mm Caltar II-N lens
- extra lens board (0 shutter?)
- polaroid 545 back
- fuji 4x5 film back
- dark cloth
Anyway, I set my max bid to $1751, which I figured would still make winning the auction a great deal. When the auction finally closed, my winning bid was a little more than 8 1/2 bills (you can imagine the overwhelming joy I experienced).
I've been wanting a real field camera to supplement my Norma setup for some time now. The Norma is a great camera, allows me to shoot both 4x5 and 5x7, and great macro (with the rail and bellows extensions I've got). But it really is a pain in the neck to haul around here in the mountains and wetlands. Now I'm getting a camera that sans lens, I could probably drop into a lake and wash off in the kitchen sink, and be no less for wear.
A picture of the SF setup I bought:
Needless to say, I'm kind of elated.
Jan C.
P.S. I'll probably sell the Caltar lens since I've already got its Rodenstock equivalent. Same thing goes for the Polaroid and Fuji backs. Just need to get some tek boards now for the lenses I own, a wide angle bellows, and Sinar-tek adapter for the Norma (talked to Mike Walker--gonna order these from him).
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