BigEfromLC
9-Apr-2011, 13:41
My father died in February and I have been tasked by my sibs to take charge of disposing of his large collection of antique, classic and vintage cameras. Have been doing OK until today.
In one of the boxes I opened today was this huge ol' thing! I am pretty sure it is a B&J large format camera but have not been able to do more than open the front of the sunshade, identify and remove the film cartridge and make it click when I manipulate the button to the left of the viewfinder! I have not been able to open the back even though there is a hinge at the bottom or extend the bellows (if there are some) or even identify what model it is.
Can someone help me out? There are a couple more images on my imageevent.com album.
Thanks
Eric
http://photos.imageevent.com/bigefromlc/dadscameras/websize/BandJback.JPG
http://photos.imageevent.com/bigefromlc/dadscameras/websize/BandJtop.JPG
http://photos.imageevent.com/bigefromlc/dadscameras/websize/Band%20Jfrontopen.JPG
http://photos.imageevent.com/bigefromlc/dadscameras/websize/BandJfilmpack.JPG
In one of the boxes I opened today was this huge ol' thing! I am pretty sure it is a B&J large format camera but have not been able to do more than open the front of the sunshade, identify and remove the film cartridge and make it click when I manipulate the button to the left of the viewfinder! I have not been able to open the back even though there is a hinge at the bottom or extend the bellows (if there are some) or even identify what model it is.
Can someone help me out? There are a couple more images on my imageevent.com album.
Thanks
Eric
http://photos.imageevent.com/bigefromlc/dadscameras/websize/BandJback.JPG
http://photos.imageevent.com/bigefromlc/dadscameras/websize/BandJtop.JPG
http://photos.imageevent.com/bigefromlc/dadscameras/websize/Band%20Jfrontopen.JPG
http://photos.imageevent.com/bigefromlc/dadscameras/websize/BandJfilmpack.JPG