Scott Bintner
6-Oct-2003, 20:30
I recently aquired an 8x10 camera at a bargian price off ebay. I knew when getting it that it was a Cambo, had the square monorail (I believe SC1/Calumet style--ruled), tripod mount, good bellows, and front and rear standards. I tried doing some research on it to see exactly which variety of Cambo it was, by visual inspection, and had little luck. The tell tale signature it seems to posess is L-shaped standards instead of U-shaped standards. The lensboard and groundglass are definately locked into Cambo style mounts (SC and above--not the Cadet variety)
The "Very Important Thing" I overlooked when I did all this, was fail to realize it has no swings, tilts, shifts, or rises. I made the assumption that since it was a monorail, it had all of these. I will take the full blame for this omission in forethought, which leads me to my question of "What type of Camera is it?"
The "Very Important Thing" I overlooked when I did all this, was fail to realize it has no swings, tilts, shifts, or rises. I made the assumption that since it was a monorail, it had all of these. I will take the full blame for this omission in forethought, which leads me to my question of "What type of Camera is it?"