Krisna Das
27-Dec-2008, 14:55
Hi,
delighted to find a small View Camera which i have identified as a Klito Junior (c1911). it is in bad shape but i cannot see that i can't rennovate it. the smoked glass back allowed me to test the lens out before the glass dropped out of the frame, so this will be the first repair item: 1mm thickness smoked/ground glass
what i am totally stumped on however, is the negative - how does it go into the camera - inside a quarter plate or do you fold raw film into the rear compartment? can you still get film this size (3"x4") or maybe customise some 120 film?
here are some first impressions of the camera - i intend to use this repair project as a test, possibly for larger view cameras:
Klito Junior [folding plate camera; ¾ plate] c1911
Made by HOUGHTONS Ltd (London)
¾ view
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p32/r_i_c_2007/klito.jpg
birdseye, with rear door and 'folding plate' open
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p32/r_i_c_2007/klito2.jpg
rear (door) view
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p32/r_i_c_2007/klito3.jpg
rear panel lifting out
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p32/r_i_c_2007/klito4.jpg
rear panel removed
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p32/r_i_c_2007/klito5.jpg
smoked glass detail
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p32/r_i_c_2007/Klitosmokedglassdetail.jpg
help appreciated ;)
thanks
delighted to find a small View Camera which i have identified as a Klito Junior (c1911). it is in bad shape but i cannot see that i can't rennovate it. the smoked glass back allowed me to test the lens out before the glass dropped out of the frame, so this will be the first repair item: 1mm thickness smoked/ground glass
what i am totally stumped on however, is the negative - how does it go into the camera - inside a quarter plate or do you fold raw film into the rear compartment? can you still get film this size (3"x4") or maybe customise some 120 film?
here are some first impressions of the camera - i intend to use this repair project as a test, possibly for larger view cameras:
Klito Junior [folding plate camera; ¾ plate] c1911
Made by HOUGHTONS Ltd (London)
¾ view
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p32/r_i_c_2007/klito.jpg
birdseye, with rear door and 'folding plate' open
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p32/r_i_c_2007/klito2.jpg
rear (door) view
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p32/r_i_c_2007/klito3.jpg
rear panel lifting out
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p32/r_i_c_2007/klito4.jpg
rear panel removed
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p32/r_i_c_2007/klito5.jpg
smoked glass detail
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p32/r_i_c_2007/Klitosmokedglassdetail.jpg
help appreciated ;)
thanks