village idiot
12-Jun-2007, 21:42
While the remains of my Tech V are working their way back East on a slow truck, I've been looking for another camera. While I do think I would like to get another Technika, I'm certainly not married to the idea. I stopped into Glazers today and found this lonely Cambo in the case, with no price tag, and surrounded by far more elegant, ( and far more expensive) beauties. Turns out the Cambo was dirt cheap. I had the salesman mount it, and a Sinar F1 on tripods, and played with them both for a while. Frankly, I wasn't all that impressed with the F1, particularly at over four times the price of the Cambo. So I bought the Cambo. :)
As you see in one of the photos, there is a separation happening at the edge of the bellows. ( The only reason I could find for the bargain basement price) What adhesive should I use to repair this? I remember seeing in another thread about a product called pliol? Is this what I want? What is it, and where do I buy it? ( Don't tell me, go back to Glazers...:o )
Also, Is there model # or name for this unit? That would be nice to know if I need parts, and from what I saw, Cambos' website is useless, unless you are looking for current model info.
So at this point, I think the only thing I need to start wrecking film is a lensboard or three. Which brings up my my next question.
Is there a spreadsheet somewhere cross-referencing which lens boards fit which cameras? The opening in the supplied lensboard is 3-11/16" square, or 94.3mm square, whichever way you want to look at it. Is this opening a standard opening for X? camera? I'm going to post a WTB, but just in case you've got a #0 and/or a #00 lensboard, I'm looking for those, as well as a couple of leveling vials....
Thanks in advance for any and all assistance!
As you see in one of the photos, there is a separation happening at the edge of the bellows. ( The only reason I could find for the bargain basement price) What adhesive should I use to repair this? I remember seeing in another thread about a product called pliol? Is this what I want? What is it, and where do I buy it? ( Don't tell me, go back to Glazers...:o )
Also, Is there model # or name for this unit? That would be nice to know if I need parts, and from what I saw, Cambos' website is useless, unless you are looking for current model info.
So at this point, I think the only thing I need to start wrecking film is a lensboard or three. Which brings up my my next question.
Is there a spreadsheet somewhere cross-referencing which lens boards fit which cameras? The opening in the supplied lensboard is 3-11/16" square, or 94.3mm square, whichever way you want to look at it. Is this opening a standard opening for X? camera? I'm going to post a WTB, but just in case you've got a #0 and/or a #00 lensboard, I'm looking for those, as well as a couple of leveling vials....
Thanks in advance for any and all assistance!