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I'll be putting this camera up for sale in the near future but I'm wondering what camera it is?
There's no branding of any kind on it and it's very light-weight. I have called it a Nagoaka all the years I've had it yet I see an ebay sale that looks exactly the same and the seller calling it a Tachihara, not that ebay sellers are necessarily authoritative in any way. ;)
Here's an image of mine. http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z210/emanphoto/_MG_7873.jpg
The ebay look-alike is here http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tachihara-4x5-Beautiful-Wooden-Field-camera-Nice-/260915348505?pt=Film_Cameras&hash=item3cbfc44419
Thanks for any help!
Eric
Jan Normandale
20-Dec-2011, 14:03
If you think it's a Nagaoka it probably is. The difference between these two cameras is slight cosmetically speaking. The hardware is usually brass for the Tachihara but I've also seen some with chrome. A third maker is Osaka and their cameras also have a similar appearance.
Here's a discussion on Tachihara and Nagaoka:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/largeformat/discuss/72057594095748646/
Thanks Jan. The "brass" is more like an anodized surface although the knobs appear to be brass. I came to the naming of this via guess work back before the internet. I don't recall where I bought it but the seller didn't know the brand either.
Jan Normandale
20-Dec-2011, 15:10
check this current link to a Nagaoka discussion here at LFPF
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=84464
Frank_E
20-Dec-2011, 16:29
it is a Nagaoka as mentioned in the thread which was referenced in the previous post in which I was also a participant.
You will often see it called something else like a Tachihara or a Wista on ebay and in other selling threads. Maybe I am being a bit cynical but my suspicion as to why they are often mis-categorized is because the cameras with the alternate name (to which they have been mis-categorized) typically sell for more.
Thanks Jan that sums it up for me! Esp. this pic http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=64874&d=1323228393 which is claimed to be a Nagoaka. Looks just like mine so I'll stick w/that name.:)
Thanks again.
Thanks Frank. From those threads (and the hundreds spinning off from them) I saw a Tachihara and it is similar but details in the metal were definitely different than mine. Mine has the 3 screws in the lens board so my guess it isn't the Calumet.
Brian Ellis
20-Dec-2011, 18:05
I'll be putting this camera up for sale in the near future but I'm wondering what camera it is?
There's no branding of any kind on it and it's very light-weight. I have called it a Nagoaka all the years I've had it yet I see an ebay sale that looks exactly the same and the seller calling it a Tachihara, not that ebay sellers are necessarily authoritative in any way. ;)
Here's an image of mine. http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z210/emanphoto/_MG_7873.jpg
The ebay look-alike is here http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tachihara-4x5-Beautiful-Wooden-Field-camera-Nice-/260915348505?pt=Film_Cameras&hash=item3cbfc44419
Thanks for any help!
Eric
FWIW the ebay look-alike doesn't look like any Tachihara I've seen. Not that I've seen every Tachihara of course but I've owned two of the later ones - circa 1994 - and a good friend owned a much earlier one with the nickel or chrome plated metal, circa early or mid-1980s I believe.
Bill_1856
20-Dec-2011, 18:44
It doesn't look like my Nagaoka. A major difference is that mine (1975) has a rack/pinion drive at front and back of the bed.
Fotoguy20d
20-Dec-2011, 19:57
It's a Calumet Wood-Field. I have one and your photo matches mine in every detail.
Dan
Brian Ellis
20-Dec-2011, 22:19
It's a Calumet Wood-Field. I have one and your photo matches mine in every detail.
Dan
My understanding is that Calumet Woodfields were Tachiharas with a Calumet sticker.
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