Captain_joe6
28-Jan-2014, 07:22
Hey all,
I've got a restoration going on a 5x7 Deardorff, early WWII construction, without front swing, and it needs new bellows. I had planned, some time ago, on using Western Bellows for the replacement, but he's closed down. There's an outfit in Japan that offers bellows for the later model with front swing, and their quality seems good, but for my camera they'd have to do a custom job and it would run more than their stock product, and they would not be able to start until march.
So my question to you is, if I wanted to have a new set of bellows in my hands and ready to go in a reasonable amount of time (I'd like to use the camera for as much of spring and summer as I can, since they're so nice in the PNW), who do I need to contact to get a good bellows made?
I've got a restoration going on a 5x7 Deardorff, early WWII construction, without front swing, and it needs new bellows. I had planned, some time ago, on using Western Bellows for the replacement, but he's closed down. There's an outfit in Japan that offers bellows for the later model with front swing, and their quality seems good, but for my camera they'd have to do a custom job and it would run more than their stock product, and they would not be able to start until march.
So my question to you is, if I wanted to have a new set of bellows in my hands and ready to go in a reasonable amount of time (I'd like to use the camera for as much of spring and summer as I can, since they're so nice in the PNW), who do I need to contact to get a good bellows made?