cyberjunkie
24-Jan-2011, 10:03
Some time ago i purchased an Eastman Kodak 2D 5x7 missing the front and back rails.
The camera came with a Wollensak Ext.W.A. 6 1/4 inches, the real object of my interest.
I am already happy, the lens was in good shape, and a perfect fit for a Betax No.3 i have at home, but i feel that's a real pity to have a nice camera that can't be used.
I tried to find the two missing rail on the "market" sub-forum, to no avail.
Looking for a cheap solution, and seeing incomplete and/or overused wooden cameras going quite often on sale on Ebay, i am wondering if some other brand/model could be useful. What really matters is IF the racks are the same.
As long as the rack pitch is compatible, the rails could be modified with a certain ease.
As an example, now there is a tailboard ROC View 5x7 on the bay. My (un)educated guess is that the camera is too different to be really useful, but i lack too many basic informations. Are the parts used by ROC view cameras (after or even before the acquisition by Eastman) compatible with those used on the 2D 5x7? Did other cameras use compatible parts? I am referring in particular to complete rails, or just to the rack's pitch.
I am sure that some forum users were involved, at some time, with the restoration of old US wooden cameras, expecially a few old-timers living in the USA, and still in love with their Eastman View! :D
I live on the other side of the ocean, so i have no access to swap meets or photographica fairs were is possible to find parts for old US wooden cameras. In Italy there are more chances to find an Universal Heliar than an extension rail for a 2D 5x7! :(
If you found out about some degree of compatibility with other cameras (perfectly compatible rails; easily adjustable; compatible racks only), please let me know which brands/models i should look for.
Thanks in advance
have fun
CJ
The camera came with a Wollensak Ext.W.A. 6 1/4 inches, the real object of my interest.
I am already happy, the lens was in good shape, and a perfect fit for a Betax No.3 i have at home, but i feel that's a real pity to have a nice camera that can't be used.
I tried to find the two missing rail on the "market" sub-forum, to no avail.
Looking for a cheap solution, and seeing incomplete and/or overused wooden cameras going quite often on sale on Ebay, i am wondering if some other brand/model could be useful. What really matters is IF the racks are the same.
As long as the rack pitch is compatible, the rails could be modified with a certain ease.
As an example, now there is a tailboard ROC View 5x7 on the bay. My (un)educated guess is that the camera is too different to be really useful, but i lack too many basic informations. Are the parts used by ROC view cameras (after or even before the acquisition by Eastman) compatible with those used on the 2D 5x7? Did other cameras use compatible parts? I am referring in particular to complete rails, or just to the rack's pitch.
I am sure that some forum users were involved, at some time, with the restoration of old US wooden cameras, expecially a few old-timers living in the USA, and still in love with their Eastman View! :D
I live on the other side of the ocean, so i have no access to swap meets or photographica fairs were is possible to find parts for old US wooden cameras. In Italy there are more chances to find an Universal Heliar than an extension rail for a 2D 5x7! :(
If you found out about some degree of compatibility with other cameras (perfectly compatible rails; easily adjustable; compatible racks only), please let me know which brands/models i should look for.
Thanks in advance
have fun
CJ