Here's my contribution to your Befriend-A-Forgotten-Camera Challenge: An old Calumet C1 8x10 view camera from the 1950s. It has since gotten a proper lens board and film holders. The big negatives fueled my first foray into platinum printing. For all the gory details see here.
Thanks for sparing a gander!
Christoph Hammann
Thank you, thank you, thank you! This camera (in green) is easily my most used. It's surprisingly light for a metal 8x10, when mounted on an appropriate tripod it's rock solid, and it has every movement under the sun. There are more elegant cameras, but few more capable.
Posted by: Dave | Wednesday, 10 September 2008 at 02:08 PM
Well, I wouldn't call it light in any way, shape or form, but the beast has grown on me, too. Mine is an early model where the bed folds out to the front, so you have to be careful not to get it in the picture with a wide angle. It allows the neccessary movements easily, though. You have to have long arms ...
Posted by: Christoph Hammann | Wednesday, 10 September 2008 at 10:10 PM