Show off your Large Format camera!

[Louis Pacilla]

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Latest acquisition. A Szabad 12x16 (5x7) in the later black series.
Serial #1499. There were only just over 1500 Szabad cameras in all made so this is a very late one. Probably manufactured in Stockholm 1961-1962.
The earlier "red series" was obviously inspired from the Eastman 2D but with a bit more movements. The "black series" is something completely different with a few nice design solutions.
Extension is 600 mm and the extension is internal (no extra extension rails to carry around). The whole back standard and rail slides out backwards when extended.
It´s more like a tailboard camera with the rail bed folding up to the back standard too. I think it's a rather clever design.
The tripod plate can slide under the rails to balance the camera and locks when tightened.
Full movements in front and tilt and swing on the back. It also has a double rise and fall in front.
Filmback can rotate from landscape to portrait.
Very solidly built in aluminum, steel and wood (mahogany?). Weight just over 5 kg. Probably intended for studio use so low weight wasn't an issue one can assume.

Condition is very good except for the bellows that needs to be replaced.
Otherwise just a bit of cleaning, adjusting and waxing is needed.

Very happy, yes!

Love it! Have a great time using that beauty.

[Thierry Schreiner]

Argentum Excursor 5x7 Horizontal only

[Tin Can]

I like!

I want a 5X7 Horizonal only too

Argentum Excursor 5x7 Horizontal only

[Axelwik]

My newest camera. Intrepid 5x7 with its Fujinon A 180mm lens.

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[Fungus]

Here's my Sinar F2, recently acquired from an eBay seller in Japan.

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Spent yesterday amongst the bonsai with my Rittreck and Tachihara:

[smudge.g]

Hi all. My first foray into LF photography. A recent purchase of an early 1900s Butcher & sons 1/2 plate view camera "the National" in lovely condition but it was missing its lens. I have paired it up with a 8" F8 Beck lens and made a mahogany lens board, as the original shutter that came with the camera (as shown) wasnt working. I bought a job lot of early TP roller blind shutters in-keeping with the original but these need to go infront of the lens rather than behind. I have yet to try one but my first test in the garden with photo paper negative just blew me away with the detail!! I though 6x6 was good but this is a different level. Its early days but I hope to out around the Highlands in the comig months to capture some stunning scenery.

[Dugan]

Welcome, Smudge!

[pchong]

I am relatively new to LF, been shooting MF for decades. Here is my first and only large format camera.

[Ron (Netherlands)]

Hi all. My first foray into LF photography. A recent purchase of an early 1900s Butcher & sons 1/2 plate view camera "the National" in lovely condition but it was missing its lens. I have paired it up with a 8" F8 Beck lens and made a mahogany lens board, as the original shutter that came with the camera (as shown) wasnt working. I bought a job lot of early TP roller blind shutters in-keeping with the original but these need to go infront of the lens rather than behind. I have yet to try one but my first test in the garden with photo paper negative just blew me away with the detail!! I though 6x6 was good but this is a different level. Its early days but I hope to out around the Highlands in the comig months to capture some stunning scenery.

Welcome with this very nice 'find'. Have a rebatched one, albeit full plate. I'm still a bit puzzled about the front of this camera, more specific its horizontal shift feature: there seems no thumbscrew to fasten the lensboard when shifting horizontally; although admittedly there is not much room for horizontal shift because of the two thumbscrews for vertical shift.


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