4x5 camera identification

[jpreisneto]

Any idea what manufacturer/model this 4x5 camera is? I didn't find any identification. Thanks.

[jpreisneto]

245964

[John Layton]

Wow...looks amazing! Looks Ebony-ish to me somehow. Ebony tailboard camera prototype? Hmmm...

[Tin Can]

Copy camera?



245964

[Tracy Storer]

Copy camera?
Don't think so, there are tilts on both standards, though the lock locations are unusual. I second the thought that it could be an Ebony brand product.

[Oren Grad]

Seems vaguely Ebony-ish to me too. But if it is an Ebony, it must be a very early one - the details of the hardware fittings are not consistent with any Ebony model I've seen, from the Wide/New Wide onward.

It might help to have front and rear views in addition to the side views.

[jpreisneto]

245980

Front view without lens

[John Layton]

Hmmm...that's a bit of an odd arrangement. A bit of a "push me pull you" design.

Perhaps a mount at the front of the camera for a behind the lens roller-blind shutter? And that lever at the bottom in front - does it lock the front swing? It would be great to see this in action, or at least know a bit more about the cameras various movements and how they work.

Did anything else come with this camera? Any lens boards, etc.?

[Tim Meisburger]

Looks homemade to me.

[Tin Can]

I have 2 Made in Japan

OLD LF Full Plate I bet Pre War

Bench cameras, few movements

Very well made, bought from KUMAR our best seller!

Actually he gave them away, I paid shipping

Thanks again KUMAR!

[B.S.Kumar]

It looks very similar to the Bossy View Camera made by Yayoi Seiko. There were a few variations in the knobs, etc, but the basic design was consistent.

Kumar