Is there a US source for spares for Wista and or Tachihara?
Is there a US source for spares for Wista and or Tachihara?
OmegaBrandess is the new US distributor for Wista. There is no current US distributor for Tachihara.
For things other than bellows, glass or lens boards the best way to get some spares is probably to buy a second beater camera and strip the parts from that. Something that has really bad bellows would probably be the cheapest deal with the best other parts but I haven't checked lately.
Ric
Someone in the US was selling off all the Wista service spare parts on ebay very recently, within the last months. I was watching the sale but I guess deleted it - however the seller was acklma who I assume runs a repair shop.
Whoever bought the parts I assume they'll sell them.
Ian
Nippon in NYC bought all the parts from Marflex. They are in NYC. Ask for Rim.
ive contacted the seller of that listing, and it appears someone in australia bought it, but he was not forth coming in forwarding my contact info to the buyer (to ask if he wanted to sell a few bits)... In any case someone is sitting on that lot probably forever.Originally Posted by IanG
It was worth a try, I nearly bought that lot it was BIN but I've too much in terms of spares/restoration projects
Ian
I did not see it in real time, otherwise would have bought that in heartbeat
Is Wista still making LF cameras? Or contracting them out?
I still need replacement parts for my Wista (Tachihara) 8x10 camera. Nippon Photo Clinic was no help. Perhaps OmegaBrandess would be able to get parts?
On my to-do list is just to get the parts machined by SKG otherwise.
What are you after?
Cheers Shane
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