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Ash
16-Apr-2007, 13:10
As the title suggests, please tell me everything you know about the Korona 4x5

I'm awaiting the arrival of this beauty from Simon,
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showpost.php?p=226084&postcount=1

The only information I have is from,
http://www.fiberq.com/cam/gundlach/view.htm

In anticipation, does anybody have the same camera, or a similar model?

I'd like to know dimensions, what size lensboard it takes, whether the extension rails are easily manufactured or if anybody has one spare, max/min extension of bellows, max extension using the single rail that is attached to the camera etc etc. Anything and everything really!


Any help would be brilliant, thanks!

Randy H
16-Apr-2007, 13:27
Congratulations. Nice lookin camera. Enjoy!

reellis67
16-Apr-2007, 14:53
I have that model and can send you detail shots of whatever you like. Shoot me an email so I know where to send them...

- Randy

reellis67
16-Apr-2007, 14:58
The lens boards are 4" x4"

The rails should be easy to make as far as the wood part, but the metal sections might require a bit of effort, though not all that much I wouldn't think.

The shortest lens I can use on mine is a 127mm Ektar without a recessed board.

The rear rail is as long as the front, so you get the bed + 2x front length out of the bellows (I'll measure the length shortly).

Email me if you need specific detail photographs and I'll try to get them out to you right away.

- Randy

Ash
16-Apr-2007, 15:01
sent you a pm,
thank you so much :)

matthew blais
16-Apr-2007, 15:13
I have the later version where they added front tilts.
Took it completely apart, refinished and even polished the nickel off each brass piece. Used it for a year before moving on...worked fine but a bit unstable.

I believe there are 16 teeth per inch on the extension tracks, so when looking for a rear extension, be sure to ask this. I used a 120 Nikor SW on mine with a little room for movement though the bellows were a bit stiff.

Gorgeous to look at though..a true babe magnet for a young fella like you. :)

Ash
16-Apr-2007, 15:17
That's nice. I was hoping this one may be light enough to carry around and hang off my.......shoulder :D

Rob_5419
16-Apr-2007, 15:21
It looks very similar to the last one you just repaired though? Wasn't that a Kodak Specialist which weighs over 4 kg??



Edit: "tried to repair" ;)

Ash
16-Apr-2007, 15:24
Rob, I understand your message was taken in jest, but yes I 'restored' it. There was nothing to repair. It was in fairly fine order beforehand, I merely adjusted the aesthetic and made it into a 4x5 camera with working shutter for a sunk barrel lens.

The Kodak and the Korona are remarkably similar. They are based on the same basic design.

Scott --
16-Apr-2007, 15:35
Uh, oh - I see another batch of lensboards being called for... ;)

Ash
16-Apr-2007, 15:36
4" is very close to 10cm... I'll see whether I can get away with it Scott :D

Wayne R. Scott
16-Apr-2007, 17:02
Ash,

I have the same model of Korona and I use 4" lens boards from my Graphic View II and Anninversary Speed Graphic. With a Kodak Ektar W.F 100mm in shutter on lens board, a quick release plate, and the extention rail it weighs exactly 5 lbs.

Wayne

Ernest Purdum
16-Apr-2007, 18:20
Be very careful regarding an extension rail. If the fit of the gearing is in any way incorrect, rapid damage can result. Should you get one from another camera, even though the same model, you may have to do some adjusting to get the fit right.

Brian Ellis
16-Apr-2007, 20:33
A man after my own heart - buy it first, ask questions later. : - )

Dave Parker
17-Apr-2007, 16:22
A man after my own heart - buy it first, ask questions later. : - )

Is there any other way Brian!

LOL

:D