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I bought this camera off some junkies for 600 dollars with the filter. I've been learning it with some expired slide film.
The viewfinder is non-coupled, and only for framing the image. You focus with zone focusing. It has the original manual and it recommends stopping down to at least f/8 but generally with large format lenses f/22 is optimal for good sharpness.
It comes with a center spot iv filter which is 500 USD alone, and fixes the extreme vignette the lens exhibits when projecting onto such a big film plane.
For reference a 4x5 photo is ~13 cm on the longest end and this has an extra 4cm on it.
Loading it is pretty easy.
The Bad. No movements. Can't correct for horizon. Also the levels have lost their liquid and probably need replacing. Als I gotta repair the shutter as anything slower than 1/30th doesn't work. Bulb still works though, so I've been shooting mostly on bulb or at 1/60th.
The viewfinder is non-coupled, and only for framing the image. You focus with zone focusing. It has the original manual and it recommends stopping down to at least f/8 but generally with large format lenses f/22 is optimal for good sharpness.
It comes with a center spot iv filter which is 500 USD alone, and fixes the extreme vignette the lens exhibits when projecting onto such a big film plane.
For reference a 4x5 photo is ~13 cm on the longest end and this has an extra 4cm on it.
Loading it is pretty easy.
The Bad. No movements. Can't correct for horizon. Also the levels have lost their liquid and probably need replacing. Als I gotta repair the shutter as anything slower than 1/30th doesn't work. Bulb still works though, so I've been shooting mostly on bulb or at 1/60th.
