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Anyone fancy some large format photography?
I haven't used this in a while so looking to move it on.
It's a Calumet branded 5x4 camera. There's a lens of unknown focal length, film holders with dark slides and a box with 12 sheets of Harmann direct positive paper.
I've only ever shot paper in the camera rather than film (I don't have a suitable enlarger to shoot film in it) so I tend to use it on Bulb mode but the shutter speeds all seem to work. Aperture works as it should (I presume it's not meant to have detents?!).
There's paint chips throughout, some rust on the chrome parts and two of the plastic knobs are a little broken and there's some gaffer tape on the inside of the bellows but it still all works and will absolutely make images.
The bit where you put the film holders can be rotated so can be used to shoot portrait or landscape.
The direct positive paper, I've found it quite hard to work with, seems very sensitive to getting the right exposure. I'd tended to shoot multigrade rc paper in it which makes a paper neg which you can either scan or make a contact print.
If you make a contact print it's a nice size, something akin to a carte visite.
£100 posted?
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