Does anyone have a short rail ( 12" ) 4x5 Calumet for sale? Looking for condition 9 or better.
This model has the special pleated bellows for wide angle work.
I intend to do perspective control with a 90 mm lens and roll film back.
Does anyone have a short rail ( 12" ) 4x5 Calumet for sale? Looking for condition 9 or better.
This model has the special pleated bellows for wide angle work.
I intend to do perspective control with a 90 mm lens and roll film back.
You may want to check with Jim @ Midwest Photo. He had one not long ago at a good price. I believe it is the CC-402 that you seek. It is a good camera for the money, I used mine when doing commercial architectural work years ago and I believe Kirk Gittings still uses one.
Believe it or not I do still use one. It is actually called the Calumet Widefield. I paid 175.00 for it twenty years ago on a lark and have used it ever since. I also bought a back up at Central Photo in Chicago a few years back for 200.00. Mine is modified a bit with oversise knobs and knobs on both sides of the standards and replaced the bails with the long version and filed out the GG holder so it will take a roll film holder properly. And I had it powdercoated flat black so it looks a bit more contemporary. Calumet still stocks all the parts including the bellows. It still makes a great camera for architecture. I primarily use it with Calumet 6x9 roll film holders. It is one of the few cameras that will take a 47mm on a flat lensboard. I hate recessed lens boards. It is only 4 parts different from the regular Calumet
Thanks,
Kirk
at age 73:
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep"
Keh has one listed for $172.00. It is "bargain condition", but the picture they show looks pretty good. You could call them and find out more as to condition. www.keh.com is the website.
Thank you all.
Kirk may have the one I returned to Central Camera. I decided I need one camera that does it all rather than tote around complete long and short rail systems.
I need roll film and perspective control and now it seems like the ideal solution. I would stay with 4x5 except it is harder to get 4x5 color neg processed than 6x7. My Zone 6 accepts the roll film back, but it seems like a real stretch for it. The cc400 series seems better suited for the abuse.
Last I looked, Midwest had one in 8+ for $149.
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