[pure-silver] Replacement bellows for full plate camera
- From: Bogdan Karasek <bkarasek@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:09:42 -0500
Hello,
I hope this isn't too OT........
I recently acquired a Century (1902) full plate camera. I want to
replace the bellows on it. The original bellows were made out of fabric
and this particular camera, had another strip of fabric glued to the
edge of each crease on the top and two sides. The bellows as such is
light tight, but the strips prohibit the bellows to open to their full
extension on the rail, which 28 inches, Right now, I get 24-25 in.. I
want to take advantage of the full extension. And because each crease
is so much thicker, it is very difficult to close and pull the bellows
in sufficiently in order to fold up the front extension. It had been
done in the past and this caused stress on one of the joints causing a
slight split in the joint in the bellows box which I reglued, so I don't
close the camera to avoid that stress again.. And, frankly, it looks ratty
So for all those reasons I want to get a new bellows made for it. The
full extension is 28 inches but I'd like 29" to facilitate shift. tilt,
rise; a full plate back, 6.5x8.5 and tapering towards the lens
standard. And made in that thin synthetic material rather than
leather. With the thinner material, I can get my extra inch of extension.
So, does anybody have any recommendations as to where I should go for a
well made set of synthetic bellows and which places to avoid? Preferably
in North America, US or Canada, because of postage costs. I imagine it
would have to be a custom job? Any ideas as to how much I can expect
to pay for such a creature? I just checked in "View Camera" and
couldn't find anything on bellows, lots of great LF and ULF cameras,
though, drooooool
Just drop me a line. Thanks!
Cheers,
Bogdan
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Bogdan Karasek
Montréal, Québec bogdan(at)bogdanphoto.com
Canada www.bogdanphoto.com
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