Identifying a 4x5 wooden camera.Deardorff??

[Mori2021]

Hi, can anyone help me identifying this camera?
Thanks in advance

[Keith Pitman]

Not a Deardorff.

[Greg]

I once came across a similarly constructed camera that was made in India, though it was an 8x10. Definitely was a Deardorff clone. Ended up not buying it in the end, but it definitely was a camera worth taking apart and refurbrishing. Over the years I have restored many view cameras and always enjoyed the restoration process and then eventually using the cameras in the field.

[Tin Can]

Japanese parts

modified bottom

many of them have no name or serial #

[Mark Sampson]

If the camera is made of teak, It's likely to be a Rajah; a Deardorff clone made in India in the 1970s-80s.

[xkaes]

Here's a Rajah 4x5.

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[Vaughn]

The original bottom is not there (or never there). The added tripod socket is questionable in stability and strength (especially the strain on the wood).

The Rajah I owned (bought new in 1979) was a direct copy of a Deardorf Special -- a Deardorf 5x7 back fit perfectly on it. Like the image above, nice cameras, but the metal work was rough compared to Deardorf...and mine came with a massive light leak where the metal film back met the wood.

[Mori2021]

Thanks for all your replies, I appreciated it, indeed It has similarities to the Rajah camera but I couldn't find the same model, I bought this with many other cameras from the son of a camera collector, most cameras were American cameras from around 1900 to 1920, some Gundlach Korona, B&J... touching this camera I had the impression that it's very old too. I will do some more research and let you know if I find the exact model.
Thank you all for the time you put into answering me.

[Rod Klukas]

There was also the Prinzdorf from India/Pakistan late 1980's and early 1990s.

[domaz]

Stored with the filmholder in the film back. RIP the back springs...