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Bellows Obsession

These are the working ones! Couple of other irredeemably broken ones not pictured, but every one of these has had light-sensitive material of one sort or another through it (apart from the Voran, which is next on the to-shoot list). L-R:

 

Mess-Baldix 6x6cm, uncoupled rangefinder, Ennagon 75/3.5 (coated), Prontor-SVS 1-1/300. £30 antique shop buy.

 

Isolette I 6x6cm, Agnar 85/4.5 (coated), Vario 1/25-1/200. £10 eBay buy.

 

Zeiss Ikon Nettar 510/2 6x9cm, Anastigmat 105/7.7 (uncoated), unnamed Gauthier shutter 1/25 + 1/75. £5 Oxfam shop buy (back when they sold cameras cheap!)

 

Beier Voran 6x9cm, Rodenstock Trinar 105/4.5(uncoated), Prontor II, 1-1/150 (private buy, £30 from Ukraine!)

 

Voigtlander Bessa 6x9cm, Skopar 105/3.5 (uncoated), unnamed Gauthier shutter 1-1/200. £15 antique shop buy.

 

Rajar No.6, 6x9cm Bakelite, unnamed 105(ish) ƒ/8(ish) fixed focus, simple I & T shutter (not used with film due to cracked body but has been used with Harman Direct Positive Paper and cyanotype paper). £8 antique shop buy.

 

Voigtlander Bergheil 9x12cm, 135/4.5 Heliar (uncoated), Compur 1-1/200. Used with paper negatives so far. £40 antique shop buy (yeah, I really pushed the boat out for this one!)

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Taken on April 16, 2014