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BradS
6-Apr-2010, 18:49
A package arrived today....

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4498195849_56957bccc3_b.jpg
BradS
6-Apr-2010, 18:52
From the UK....
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4498195057_81bae48d6f_b.jpg


what could it be?
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4498194305_2d05409925_b.jpg
BradS
6-Apr-2010, 18:53
Ah.....


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2748/4498829850_f68108d4fe_b.jpg
BradS
6-Apr-2010, 19:01
Its a new bellows for me....

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2777/4498829088_e38f63d658_b.jpg


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4015/4498192103_ed1c6f8886_b.jpg

Finally I'll get to use that Deardorff that came with "just a few pinholes...just drape your dark cloth over the bellows before pulling the dark slide". If you ever read an ad like this, just assume that you're gonna have to spring for a new bellows.

Long story...suffice to say this camera has been nothing but a disappointment for me. It is a beautiful camera but, because of the light show going on inside the bellows, I was never able to make a decent image with it. I gave up on it and just put it away in the back of the closet. I bought a ratty old Kodak 2-D with a decent bellows and have been shooting it ever since.

A few weeks ago, I came across the forlorn Deardorff in the closet. I had a little extra money so, I ordered a new bellows....it arrived today. I am hopeful.
Colin Graham
6-Apr-2010, 19:03
Careful with that knife buddy.
Daniel Stone
6-Apr-2010, 19:17
custom bellows.co.uk?
what's their pricing run? I'm looking to get a set of replacement bellows for my K.M.V. 8X10

turnaround time from order placed?

thanks

-Dan
Steven Barall
6-Apr-2010, 19:30
I just thought the same thing about that knife.
urs0polar
6-Apr-2010, 20:39
nice reveal! congrats!
Donald Miller
7-Apr-2010, 04:04
Why did they not install the front and rear framework?
Tracy Storer
7-Apr-2010, 09:04
Custom Bellows always do a great job of attaching bellows to frames if you send the frames.
I cannot recommend them highly enough.
Pete Watkins
7-Apr-2010, 09:31
With the exchange rates as they are you can't really go wrong.
Hope that it all works out well Brad. I'm still using the B&J and loving it.
Pete.