It’s a pleasure to see this excellent camera in excellent condition. I find my own to be a joy to use.Originally Posted by NormaN
It’s a pleasure to see this excellent camera in excellent condition. I find my own to be a joy to use.
Never saw one
I know KODAK also made it in wood
I suppose the Mag version is far lighter
Do you know dating?
I think they are Post WWW II
Tin Can
The Eastman All Metal Commercial View was only made from 1938-1942, discontinued due to the war effort’s need for magnesium. The camera certainly resembles a metal version of the 2D, but it was actually a replacement for Eastman’s earlier, massive wooden Commercial View (http://www.piercevaubel.com/cam/ekc/eastcomm.htm).
The All Metal Commercial View and the wooden 2D were sold simultaneously, but the All Metal camera cost more than twice as much and was pitched as the absolute top of the line for professional users. Weight is actually about the same, but the All Metal offers more movements and is substantially steadier. To me it feels like a precision instrument, the pride of pre-war Rochester, expertly designed and skillfully made.
Last edited by Whir-Click; 18-Dec-2022 at 20:32.
My Special Order HORSEMAN WOODMAN 45
She needs a bit of cleaning up, but I'm anxious to see her arrive today!
I have a Toyo Field 45A that I really like, but the bellows were not light tight, and my attempts at repairing the bellows with black tape were not successful. I have now replaced the bellows with new bellows, and the results are pretty good.
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SONY DSC by Nokton48, on Flickr
Using Brass Hobby Modeling Screws I bolted a Plaubel 120x120 Adapter Board, to a Sinar Norma Uber Heavy Metal Homemade Machined Norma Board (heavily used) LOL. Always wondered what I would ever do with this thing LOL. So now all my Plaubel Junior mounted boards fit onto the Norma, which I can go up to 8x10, although with these 4x5 will do it nicely. This is the Schneider 135mm F3.8 Schneider Xenar, a not often seen lens, in the F3.8 version. Great to look through on the 4x5 Norma. The tripod is Shulman-inspired Leica Tiltall, modded with aluminum block. This tripod is in Shulman's books on Architecture and Interiors, which I studied intensely back in the Eighties.
Flikr Photos Here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/
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Someday a Norma...they're just so dang beautiful! someday...
Ron Wisner built Zone VI Classic. First and only collaboration between Ron Wisner and Fred Picker. S/n 241 out of 150 made. I have Fred Picker's write up about the design of this camera
Very beautiful!
Pressing the shutter is the only easy thing
Assuming you replied to my post, Thank you! It is a beautiful camera. Very well made and still in a perfect shape for a 35 year old camera. (The newest camera I have. All my other ones are older)
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