New forum member member needing some guidance....
Picked up a fairly beaten, 5x7 field camera for thirty five (35) quid. I bought it because even though it's not in the best shape, the bellows on it are brand new. I reasoned that the cost alone was worth it for the bellows even if the camera is not worth anything.
I'm GASing to get into LF photography, and I'm quite taken with the idea of restoring this camera and making work again. The camera was part of a job lot, and the new bellows suggests it may well have been a working camera before being stripped for sale.
So my question is, would you invest the time to repair the camera as a project, or not bother but keep the bellows for a better 5x7 camera?
In my head, I'm seeing it with black stain, get the brass polished up. That would pop lovely with the red bellows! I'm thinking that this would make a good studio camera for portraits. Done old school with an Industar 51 type lens etc. Saying that, I'm not even sure what backs it takes!
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