karl french
18-Nov-2014, 09:10
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It's definitely from the wrong side of the tracks. Hardware from just about every generation of Deardorff, black painted rear turntable and ugly but apparently light tight bellows that are about 5 inches shorter than they should be. Complete with a bed plate and latches from the Deardorff banquet camera parts bin.
I sent some pictures to Ken Hough. He thought it might be a wartime camera as it seems to be made out of Spanish Cedar rather than Honduran Mahogany. But then again, it has a fair bit of gold hardware and a few 30's style narrow knobs. At some point the front standard was modified to take standard round cornered 6x6 boards.
I talked to Jeff at Quality Camera, based on that conversation it's not Nick Nixon's old 10x12 Deardorff.
Taking it for a spin today.
It's definitely from the wrong side of the tracks. Hardware from just about every generation of Deardorff, black painted rear turntable and ugly but apparently light tight bellows that are about 5 inches shorter than they should be. Complete with a bed plate and latches from the Deardorff banquet camera parts bin.
I sent some pictures to Ken Hough. He thought it might be a wartime camera as it seems to be made out of Spanish Cedar rather than Honduran Mahogany. But then again, it has a fair bit of gold hardware and a few 30's style narrow knobs. At some point the front standard was modified to take standard round cornered 6x6 boards.
I talked to Jeff at Quality Camera, based on that conversation it's not Nick Nixon's old 10x12 Deardorff.
Taking it for a spin today.