What 4x5 Camera Is This?

[eman]

I'll be putting this camera up for sale in the near future but I'm wondering what camera it is?

There's no branding of any kind on it and it's very light-weight. I have called it a Nagoaka all the years I've had it yet I see an ebay sale that looks exactly the same and the seller calling it a Tachihara, not that ebay sellers are necessarily authoritative in any way.

Here's an image of mine. http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z...o/_MG_7873.jpg

The ebay look-alike is here http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tachihara-4x...item3cbfc44419

Thanks for any help!
Eric

[Jan Normandale]

If you think it's a Nagaoka it probably is. The difference between these two cameras is slight cosmetically speaking. The hardware is usually brass for the Tachihara but I've also seen some with chrome. A third maker is Osaka and their cameras also have a similar appearance.

Here's a discussion on Tachihara and Nagaoka:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/largefo...7594095748646/

[eman]

Thanks Jan. The "brass" is more like an anodized surface although the knobs appear to be brass. I came to the naming of this via guess work back before the internet. I don't recall where I bought it but the seller didn't know the brand either.

[Jan Normandale]

check this current link to a Nagaoka discussion here at LFPF

http://www.largeformatphotography.in...ad.php?t=84464

[Frank_E]

it is a Nagaoka as mentioned in the thread which was referenced in the previous post in which I was also a participant.

You will often see it called something else like a Tachihara or a Wista on ebay and in other selling threads. Maybe I am being a bit cynical but my suspicion as to why they are often mis-categorized is because the cameras with the alternate name (to which they have been mis-categorized) typically sell for more.

[eman]

Thanks Jan that sums it up for me! Esp. this pic http://www.largeformatphotography.in...4&d=1323228393 which is claimed to be a Nagoaka. Looks just like mine so I'll stick w/that name.
Thanks again.

[eman]

Thanks Frank. From those threads (and the hundreds spinning off from them) I saw a Tachihara and it is similar but details in the metal were definitely different than mine. Mine has the 3 screws in the lens board so my guess it isn't the Calumet.

[Brian Ellis]

I'll be putting this camera up for sale in the near future but I'm wondering what camera it is?

There's no branding of any kind on it and it's very light-weight. I have called it a Nagoaka all the years I've had it yet I see an ebay sale that looks exactly the same and the seller calling it a Tachihara, not that ebay sellers are necessarily authoritative in any way.

Here's an image of mine. http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z...o/_MG_7873.jpg

The ebay look-alike is here http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tachihara-4x...item3cbfc44419

Thanks for any help!
Eric

FWIW the ebay look-alike doesn't look like any Tachihara I've seen. Not that I've seen every Tachihara of course but I've owned two of the later ones - circa 1994 - and a good friend owned a much earlier one with the nickel or chrome plated metal, circa early or mid-1980s I believe.

[Bill_1856]

It doesn't look like my Nagaoka. A major difference is that mine (1975) has a rack/pinion drive at front and back of the bed.

[Fotoguy20d]

It's a Calumet Wood-Field. I have one and your photo matches mine in every detail.

Dan