Originally Posted by
steven_e007
Hi,
I have a number 8 Century studio camera. Huge beast.... The bellows seem to be what I think is called Mackintosh cloth. It is a rubberised fabric - not very thin by bellows standards but it works here because the camera s so big. The rubber layer is on the outside of the outer fabric. The inner liner seems to be simple cotton fabric. I don't know if these are the original bellows, but they certainly look very old and have square corners. I can't see any evidence of replacement on the front or rear standards (although that might just mean whoever replaced them did a professional job). They had a few pin holes and cracks, but were successfully restored to being light roof with a couple of coats of diluted acrylic paint on the inside (I wasn't sure anything would stick to the rubber outer).
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