Pierre Kervella
25-Sep-2000, 19:06
Hi,
I just found in a german catalogue a 4x5" camera named B.I.G. 45 GJM. It is a wo oden field camera, made of teck wood (a kind of wood used for boats I think, I w ould be interested in comments on its resistance to humidity).
The camera weights 2200 g (4.8 pounds), and measures (closed) 215x175x95mm. Ther e is a picture of it at the following adress http://www.alles-foto.de in the "Gr ossformat" category, but the web site seems to be dead (I can mail a small pictu re to interested persons). It is not very expensive, especially with a 150 mm Sc hneider Xenar for 2000 DEM.
Has anyone any idea of how good this camera could be (or ever used it) ? Could i t be a "renamed" Tachihara or another brand ?
Thank you in advance :-),
Pierre.
I just found in a german catalogue a 4x5" camera named B.I.G. 45 GJM. It is a wo oden field camera, made of teck wood (a kind of wood used for boats I think, I w ould be interested in comments on its resistance to humidity).
The camera weights 2200 g (4.8 pounds), and measures (closed) 215x175x95mm. Ther e is a picture of it at the following adress http://www.alles-foto.de in the "Gr ossformat" category, but the web site seems to be dead (I can mail a small pictu re to interested persons). It is not very expensive, especially with a 150 mm Sc hneider Xenar for 2000 DEM.
Has anyone any idea of how good this camera could be (or ever used it) ? Could i t be a "renamed" Tachihara or another brand ?
Thank you in advance :-),
Pierre.