What's this??...

[Roberto Italy]

Hello everyone,
I've recently bumped on the camera you see in the attachments
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what's this??...
A sort of portable wooden camera or?... I think 180cm lens is for 13x18 format... Eurynars were made fro 1909 to 1924, if I'm right, so this is the only data I have...
Thanks a lot for viewing and answering.
Roberto Italy

[Steven Tribe]

A guess would be a "scratch" (home built) outfit for a street photographer. After a few hours of work at a tourist centre , he would remove the big film roll, develop and make prints. I was snapped last in 1952 at Weston-super-Mare (UK) - there was an automatic number system at the top of the negative to assist finding the right shot. A kind of SLR - I think!

[Sirius Glass]

Welcome to Large Format Photography Forum

[Roberto Italy]

Thanks Sirius Glass!
...of course the lens is a 180mm not 180cm!
Many thanks also to Steven...
This camera appeared on a local buying and selling website here in Italy. Drawing my curiosity, I wrote to the owner and he sent me those pictures.
I'm a newbie in LF photo and actually I'm a collector of made in italy cameras, mainly using 135 and 120 rolls. I decided to join LF very recently, buying a Murer 9x12 with double-extension bellow. I also have a 9x12 to 6x9 rollex adapter that fits very well so I'll try to use 120 rolls. It opens me the world of LF!
I wonder if I'll be able to find a 6,5x9 to 6x9 adapter!...
Thanks again for answering and merry Xmas to all LF forum users.
Roberto Italy

[Jim Galli]

That's a Kleptobleepenpfloffen model of 1919. Very hard to find those. It has a btu rating of + or - 24.

[Roberto Italy]

That's a Kleptobleepenpfloffen model of 1919. Very hard to find those;). It has a btu rating of + or - 24.

;) ;) ;) got it!!...

[Steven Tribe]

Seriously though, This could have been the main source of income for somebody in Italy in bad times before the 1950's.


I can imagine this being used in a street scene from one of many great post war Italian films I saw in the late 50's with some magnificent actors and directors.