I work at a place where I meet a lot of people and conversations about photography sometimes come up. One thing led to another via word being passed from person to person about me being into photography, and I was given a complete 8x10 View Camera.
It's a 1920's-vintage Korona Home Portrait from the Gundlach-Manhatten company (from good 'old Rochester NY), equipped with a Goerz Dagor 10 3/4" F/6.8 lens (roughly the 35mm equivalent of a 28mm lens) and several film holders- a couple of which look like they'll take Glass Plates as well as film or paper!
The Shutter (suprisingly) works fine, albeit a bit slow and the optics are pretty clean. My only concern is the bellows; they're pretty much shot so I'll have to make new. I'm super excited to get try it out- I hope to get new bellows made next week. Pester me to upload photos when I get 'em so I don't forget.
And yes, I fully plan to take it exploring ;)
Some sample photos- folded (it's actually quite light and compact for an 8x10), deployed, and size comparison shots with my F100 and my homebuilt 4x5 Ultrawide (which doesn't seem as huge as it used to)
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